Strike demonstrations turn hostile in Berlin rail battle (1949)

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GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

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Disputes between German railwaymen and their Soviet-controlled management lead to a strike, and demonstrations result in hostilities and physical confrontations

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SLATE INFORMATION: Strikers in Berlin Rail Battle

GERMANY: Berlin:
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GERMANY. Shot of German railways strike, railwaymen picket station, train set on fire, march along railway lines, strikers fight with police,


POLICEMEN German Police battle with German communists strikers outside railway station, shots of marching police,


RAILWAYS Shots of German railways, during strike, shots of pickets out-side railway station near Berlin, also of train being set on fire, strikers seen fighting with police on tracks.


STRIKES German communist picket station near Berlin, seen marching along tracks, setting fire to train, fighting outside station with German police


Germany; Industrial Relations; Railways

Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany), DR, German Reich Railways, German Democratic Republic or GDR, Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in West Germany, strike breakers, walk-out, work stoppage, workers, striking
Background: Disputes between German railwaymen and their Soviet-controlled management lead to a strike, and demonstrations result in hostilities and physical confrontations

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