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For Twenty Cents a Day

For Twenty Cents a Day

Item is a documentary film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19. Archival footage and photographs complement the narration. The film includes interviews with Syd Thompson, a participant in the On To Ottawa Trek and later a leader of the IWA Vancouver local, Steve Brodie, leader of the Vancouver sit-in, and poet Dorothy Livesay.

[CCCA demonstration]

Photograph shows a woman holding a megaphone for another woman who is giving a speech.

CCCA rally

Photograph shows a crowd of people and signs.

CCCA rally

Photograph shows the Nelson Women's Centre and IMAGES banner.

CCCA rally

CCCA rally

Photograph shows people sitting and standing on the steps in robson square.

[CCCA demonstration]

[CCCA demonstration]

Photograph shows a crowd of demonstrators. Photograph also shows the back of the Bird of Spring statue which is located on the stairs down to the plaza from the Vancouver Art Gallery at Robson Square; corner of Robson Street and Hornby Street.

CCCA rally

CCCA rally

File shows the march with people holding IWA, CUPW, and Trotskyist League banners.

CCCA rally

Photograph shows a woman giving a speech.

[CCCA demonstration]

Photograph shows women holding a large banner at Queen Elizabeth Plaza Assembly Point.

Protest

Protest

Item is a documentary film documenting a street demonstration in Vancouver in July 1981 protesting the screening of the sexually explicit feature film Caligula in a conventional movie house (not a pornographic establishment). The film includes footage of a crowd of several dozen adults and children carrying placards and picketing the Towne Cinema (919 Granville Street) where Caligula was being shown, a spokesperson for the organization United Citizens for Integrity explaining their reasons for protest, and a number of heated debates on the street between protestors and bystanders/theatre-goers. Film also includes some general views of Granville Street showing the Towne Cinema and nearby buildings.

Union Made : June 9/82

Item is an audio cassette containing an episode of Union Made hosted by Al Grierson and Louise May. The episode features a segment at the UBC Archives with George Brandak and a documentary about the 1976 strike by the Canadian Association of Smelter and Alloy Workers.

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