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1937
Voice-over narration throughout. Universal newsreel. Medium shot of a crowd of Monroe, Michigan citizens, men and women, gathering to stop the strikers from picketing the steel plant. Long shot of citizen vigilantes shooting tear gas toward the strikers fleeing the site of the steel plant. Moving long shots of the citizen vigilantes destroying cars and encampments left behind by the fleeing strikers. Gov. Murphy of Michigan calls in the National Guard to stop the civil unrest. Long shot of the National Guard arriving on the scene in a carravan of military vehicles transporting National Guard soldiers. Long shot of the soldiers unloading themselves from their vehicles. Close up shots of soldiers marching through the area outside of the steel plant. Long shot of soldiers coming in and out of their encampments in front of the steel plant. Long shot of cars lined up to come hear their new union leaders take charge and declare the strikers move their picket line to another location. Long shot of crowd gathered with picket signs.