ATV Today: 08.10.1973: Triumph workers - demonstration march, Coventry

Summary

Demonstration march and rally in Coventry by Triumph Motor Cycle workers, campaigning to keep the Meriden factory open.

Year:

1973

Duration:

0:02:06

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Extract from a speech by Maurice Edelman MP who addressed the outdoor meeting insisting that the factory would not close down. Shots of the trade union march and gathering in Coventry city centre. John Withington interview with Bill Lapworth of the transport union who has been meeting the Triumph chairman Dennis Poore over the weekend about how the workers plan to keep the factory open by running it themselves.


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