General Strike Number 2 (1926)

Events take place in various locations around the U. K. Item shows the effects of the General Strike on the country. Panning shot of a deserted colliery. Various shots of idle colliery lifts. Various shots of male volunteers being inducted into the emergency constabulary reserves; they are given helmets and truncheons, their training takes place in a village hall. Various shots of constabulary reserves being trained on horseback by a man in a safari helmet. Intertitle: All clear. C, U of railway signals changing. M, S of a steam train leaving the station. M, S of crane lifting crates with Cyrillic writing on off a ship. C, U of the (Russian, Soviet) ship s name: the Kuban. Various shots of volunteers unloading the ship. Low angled shot of the sun behind some clouds. L, S of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Various shots of M. P. s and government officials arriving, by foot and by car, at the House of Commons. Various shots of crowds of people waiting beside the railings of Parliament.