Jake Gray and Esther Gray Interview 2

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00:00:00 - Watching a Newsreel

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Partial Transcript: GEORGE STONEY: Thank you.

JAKE GRAY: I don't see nobody yet I recognize.

Segment Synopsis: Jake Gray and Esther Gray watch a newsreel of the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Keywords: newsreels

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)

00:03:40 - Mills in Gastonia

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Partial Transcript: GEORGE STONEY: Now this I think --

ESTHER GRAY: This is Firestone.

Segment Synopsis: Jake Gray and Esther Gray describe several mills around Gastonia.

Subjects: Gastonia (N.C.)

00:06:16 - Watching the Labor Day Parade and Flying Squadrons

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Partial Transcript: [music from the newsreel]

Segment Synopsis: Jake Gray and Esther Gray watch and react to newsreel footage of a Labor Day Parade and Flying Squadrons.

Keywords: Labor Day; Labor Day parade; flying squadrons; newsreels

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); Textile workers--Labor unions

00:08:45 - Textile Workers' Strike of 1934

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Partial Transcript: JAKE GRAY: No mills shut down.

Segment Synopsis: Jake Gray discusses his memories of the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)

00:11:20 - Labor Day Rally

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Partial Transcript: GEORGE STONEY: This is a big Labor Day rally. We're textile workers want peace.

Segment Synopsis: Jake Gray and Esther Gray watch newsreel footage of a Labor Day rally by textile workers adn discuss their memories of the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Keywords: Labor Day

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); Textile workers--Labor unions