Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
The only known film record of the mass march and meeting held in Detroit on Feb. 4, 1932, against hunger and unemployment. Also shows the dramatic demonstration by workers at the Ford auto plant in River Rouge, Michigan in March of 1932, which ended with a violent attack by Dearborn police and Ford Company guards on the crowd with clubs, tear gas and guns which killed four young men. These deaths set off a wave of protest across the country (OCLC-WorldCat).
Detroit and New York Film and Photo League, Workers International Relief
Year
1932
Runtime
7 minutes
Format
35mm
Collaborators
Production: Detroit and New York Film and Photo League, Workers International Relief
Direction: Leo Hurwitz with collective
Photography: Jack Auringer, Robert Del Duca, Joseph P. Hudyma, Leo Seltzer, John Shard
Editors: Lester Balog, Joseph F. Hudyma.