Series I. Transport Workers Union of America Films, 1930-1977, inclusive

Early demonstration by Transport Workers Union; early footage of some of the Union's founding member leaders speaking at a rally.

Exterior of bus company garage; 1930s street scenes in New York City boroughs; Transport Workers Union elections.

Transport Workers Union bus drivers; Transport Workers Union's Transport Hall; Philip Murray negotiates with New York City mayor.

Tom Mooney reads from a written statement, on camera and in voiceover, recalling his personal history and the labor history of the time as context for the story of his arrest, trial, and imprisonment. It is intercut occasionally with stock footage and stills.

International Workers Order (IWO) picnic; May Day parade, Union Square, New York City.

Films spliced together for transferral to videos. Includes: 1939 Quill Re-election;1939 Local 100 election; 1939 city hall demonstration;1941 Convention; 1941 United We Are Invincible; 1942 "Defend America"; 1942 NY at war; 1945 Field Day; circa 1940s Field Day; circa 1940s hearing; circa 1940s American Airlines.

Transport Workers Union strikers' picket line. Transport Workers Union pickets home of individual ex-member.

Transport Workers Union members picket the homes of more than a dozen individual TWU members (different Manhattan locations and other boroughs) who have "deserted" the union; Michael Quill and other union leaders are shown speaking at outdoor rallies.

Transport Workers Union demonstration in three locations (possibly New York City's outer boroughs or Washington Heights). Picket signs include the following slogans: "We Want Our Lunch Break Back," "We Want Retroactive Pay," "Don't Want 9 1/2 Hour Day," "United/Invincible."

Several different sequences on one roll, including Rally for Michael Quill's re-election to the New York City council (1939); Speakers at ca. 1940's union meeting indoors (Possibly 1939 Local 100 election campaign); TWU convention delegates ca. 1940's; Third Biennial TWU Convention; 1939 City Hall demonstration; "Defend America" pro-WWII rally and parade, 1942; Field Day, ca. 1940s; "11th Annual Outing and Dance," ca. 1945; Man testifying at a hearing.

Includes silent footage of Philip Murray addressing a convention or a meeting; Murray announcing agreement over a TWU contract after a meeting with New York City Mayor O'Dwyer (probably 1949); Murray speaking out against Communism and supporting United States efforts against it. Some of this footage is probably from the commercial stock footage house Movietone News.

Two Transport Workers Union meetings.

A discussion of bus drivers' occupational maladies; a Transport Workers Union strike meeting.

Bus driving, bus passengers, and traffic in New York City.

Transport Workers Union members picket the homes of more than a dozen individual TWU members (in different Manhattan locations and other boroughs) who have "deserted" the union; Michael Quill and other union leaders are shown speaking at outdoor rallies.

A documentary telling the story of the Transport Workers Union's successful March 1941 strike against the New York City Omnibus Corporation and Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

The first sequence is May Day, 1946 or, 1947; the second sequence is Labor Day, 1961.

May Day rally and demonstration. Includes shots of a young Pete Seeger performing.

Highlights of the Transport Workers Union's Seventh Biennial Convention, held at the union's Transport Hall.

This film is part of a film series produced for the AFL-CIO. It focuses on subway workers (represented by the Transport Workers Union) in New York City and the New York City subway system, giving an overview of different jobs and functions. Music and voice-over narrate the footage.

Footage depicts a dance or debutante ball for young black women. A banner in the background reads: "The Amsterdam News Welcomes You." Various other banners around the large room have state names, including New Jersey and Tennessee, perhaps indicating that this is a national event.

Statement for Transport Workers Union delivered by Arthur Goldberg, union's Special Counsel (later U.S. Supreme Court Justice).

Buses and passengers in mid-town Manhattan.

Michael Quill announces that a bus strike has been called off.

Miscellaneous trims, many of which relate to Transport Workers Union's 1953 strike against New York City's private bus lines.

Transport Workers Union's officers stating some of union's contract demands in what appears to be negotiations with employer.

Trims -- A labor union (possibly the Furniture Workers' Union) banquet, dance, and award ceremonies.

Miscellaneous trims, mostly of workers using industrial machinery. Most are from longer sequences present elsewhere in the Collection. Only sequence that does not appear to be duplicated elsewhere in the Collection is (4-:03:02 - 4-:03:34) Wide-angle shot of workers at powerhouse raising and lowering a large engine block.

Interview with Joseph Curran of the National Maritime Union on a program in the "Meet the Press" series broadcast on NBC. The reporters focus on Curran's position on the AFL-CIO resolution to cut ties with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and International Longshoremen's Association, and his involvement in organizing a "Transportation Conference" on the waterfront that includes his union, the Teamsters and the Longshoremen's Unions. Moderator of the program is Ned Brooks, and the four questioning reporters are, left to right: Clark Mollenhof of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, May Craig of the Portland, Maine Press-Herald, William Hines of the Washington Evening Star, and Lawrence Spivak.

Transport Workers Union Local 100 party.

Leaflet distribution; Michael Quill at press conference.

A technician demonstrates or instructs a group of men on the features of a Mack diesel engine.

Transport Workers Union officers and members seated and standing around a long table.

Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill announces end of a strike by Philadelphia TWU workers.

Two outtakes from Michael Quill press conference. He reports that leaders of Transport Workers Union met with Gerald O'Casey and the Transit Authority to present their $50 million proposal and demands for exclusive bargaining rights, and announces Transport Workers Union's intention to continue collective bargaining per the memorandum of understanding with the city until December 15.

Miscellaneous trims, almost all from scenes present elsewhere in the collection.

Consists of scenes from demonstrations, meetings, a television program and press conference from the Transport Workers Union's drive to win a forty-hour week for New York City Board of Transportation employees. Narration is provided by printed titles.

Several takes each of a New York City Transit Authority official and a representative of privately-owned bus companies in New York City reporting on a luncheon hosted by the companies and the Transport Workers Union for representatives of the newly (re-?) constituted Transit Authority to discuss common problems and how to increase ridership on mass transportation in New York City; Flubbed takes of another New York City official giving a report on illegal parking from 14th Street to 60th Street.

Transport Workers Union picket line; Transport Workers Union leaders address mass rally.

Michael Quill seated between two groups of men looking over a contract or agreement, possibly in the midst of negotiating.

Press conference by Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill. He announces the conclusion of an agreement between the Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority for its 37,000 employees.

Press conference in which Michael Quill announces that the International Executive Board of Transport Workers Union recommends to Transport Workers Union Local 100 that it prevent, by any means, proposed layoffs being prepared by the Board of Transportation and the proposed new Transit Authority. The Union's demands included immediate collective bargaining, a wage increase of 25 cents per hour, and a contract that includes provisions making Transport Workers Union the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees of the Board of Transportation.

Two press conferences with Michael Quill speaking; passengers on New York City subway trains and buses; Transport Workers Union's 20th anniversary meeting.

Various press conferences held by Michael Quill and other leaders of the Transport Workers Union; Transport Workers Union rallies and meetings; interview with Senator Wayne Morse.

Workers disentangling telephone wires from and cutting down a fallen tree in front of a house; group of hunters walking up snowy slope on an open landscape; brief shots of meeting of Transport Workers Union officers.

Outtakes of street interviews with workers endorsing Robert Wagner for mayor of New York.

Clips from Twenty-Nine Days to Victory and The Nation's Future; Debate between Michael Quill and Fred Hartley Jr.

Local 100 members of the Transport Workers Union voting in a union election or referendum.

Amateur film on contract negotiations between Transport Workers Union and New York City private bus lines. Narration is supplied by printed titles.

Speakers include Father Charles Owen Rice of Pittsburg, and Philadelphia's Mayor Clarke.

Selects from two films on Philip Murray: the CIO's Imprint of a Man--The Story of Philip Murray (1952) as well as a filmed report from the Philip Murray Memorial Foundation.

Part of the Philip Murray Memorial documentary that is unrelated to the rest of the roll; includes an address by Murray on the upcoming 1952 presidential election

Various segments of Allan Haywood speaking.

Selects from two films on Philip Murray: the CIO's Imprint of a Man--The Story of Philip Murray (1952) and the Transport Workers Union's A Memorial Tribute to Philip Murray (1957).

Mass meeting of strikers on twenty-third day of the Transport Workers Union strike against New York City private bus lines. Speakers include Matthew Guinan, Morris Lushewitz, John O'Connell, John F. O'Donnell, and Ellis Van Riper.

Television broadcast in which Transport Workers Union officers report to Local 100 members on relations with the Transit Authority and the Transport Workers Union's program for working conditions and wages on New York City subways and buses and in privately owned bus companies.

New York City CIO Council endorses mayoral candidate Robert F. Wagner. Includes a campaign advertisement and statements by New York City union leaders and by Wagner himself

At the last official meeting of the Transport Workers Union to be held in its old headquarters, the organization commemorates its history and salutes the opening of its new headquarters.

Compilation documentary featuring photographs and moving images of Allan Haywood intercut with music and narration eulogizing Haywood and reviewing his biography.

Includes footage from mass meetings of strikers during the Transport Workers Union Local 100's strike against private bus lines in New York City.

Father Charles Owen Rice making a statement of support for a Transport Workers Union strike.

Father Charles Owen Rice gives a statement of support for Transport Workers Union's strike; demonstration in same strike; people crowding onto subway trains.

Officers of the Transport Workers Union report on the progress of the 1953 New York City private bus lines strike.

Gustav Faber speaking at mass meeting of Transport Workers Union strikers during TWU's 1953 strike against New York City private bus lines.

Broadcast focusing on the strike in progress by the TWU against New York City's private bus lines; includes interview with the union's leader, Michael Quill.

Expressions of support for Transport Workers Union's 1953 strike against New York City private bus lines by leaders of Transport Workers Union's Philadelphia Local.

Michael Quill press conference on Transport Workers Union's 1953 New York City bus strike.

Press release by Michael Quill regarding the TWU bus strike. Ellis Van Riper, John O'Donnell, Matthew Guinan, and Gustav Faber are also present.

Several takes of filmed press release by Transport Workers Union; includes Michael Quill speaking.

Transport Workers Union members voting in a Transport Workers Union election or on contract or strike settlement.

Matthew Guinan reads aloud a resolution to mass strike meeting.

Speakers at Transport Workers Union mass meeting.

Trims, including audience shots at mass meeting, Michael Quill press conference, Transport Workers Union members voting

1) Transport Workers Union mass meeting; 2) Michael Quill, flanked by Guinan, is interviewed by a reporter at the very beginning of the 1953 strike against New York City private bus lines; 3) Filmed press conference with Michael Quill.

A campaign statement from New York City CIO council president, Michael Quill, replying to charges against Quill by the Republican candidate for mayor of New York and endorsing Democratic mayoral candidate Robert F. Wagner, Jr.

Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill announces TWU's appeal to New York City's superintendent of schools to close schools for duration of strike.

A documentary that chronicles the 1953 strike of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against nine privately owned New York City bus lines. It was produced shortly after the events it recounts.

Depicts a mass meeting during the 1953 New York City private bus lines strike.

TWU Local 100 mass meeting during 1953 New York City bus strike; Transport Workers Union memorial meeting for Allan Haywood; filmed press releases by Michael Quill; Transport Workers Union officials in front of New York City Bar Association headquarters.

A documentary produced by the Transport Workers Union that reviews history of the union, its status ca. 1967, and its future.

Telecast (on the Dumont Network) of the Transport Workers Union's celebration of its twentieth anniversary, mass meeting held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City, on the evening of April 29, 1954.

Telecast (on the Dumont Network) of the Transport Workers Union's celebration of its twentieth anniversary, mass meeting held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City, on the evening of April 29, 1954.

Picket line, "Save the 3rd Avenue El" demonstration by Transport Workers Union against destruction of elevated subway line.

Officers of Transport Workers Union Local 234 and Michael Quill of Transport Workers Union International urge local members to ratify new contract with Philadelphia Transportation Company.

New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. makes speech to (New York City or New York State) CIO Council during his campaign for U.S. Senate.

Appeal to voters by New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in the last days of his campaign for U.S. Senate

Campaign speech by Democratic-Liberal party candidate for United States Senate, New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill demands New York City Transit Authority conduct a representation election among its employees.

The program contains a documentary biographical sequence, using voice-over narration, music, stills and stock footage, and a panel of Transport Workers Union officials and friends giving memorial tributes to Murray, broadcast from a television studio.

Trims from private bus lines strike meeting held by Transport Workers Union.

November 26, 1957 mass meeting held at Henry Hudson Hotel in New York City, called by Transport Workers Union leadership to report to members on results of negotiations with eight privately operated bus companies in New York City.

Michael Quill addresses Transport Workers Union mass meeting.

At the Manhattan Center, Transport Workers Union Local 100 members vote to authorize a strike against private bus lines in the New York City metropolitan area.

Transport Workers Union mass meeting with vote and speech by Matthew Guinan.

Transport Workers Union officials present the union's complaints against the management of the Pennsylvania Railroad to a meeting of presidents of 51 Railroad Division locals.

A documentary with voiceover narration, music, and synch sound. The film depicts an AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade and its organziation.

TWU Local 100 mass meeting to vote on authorizing a strike (to commence January 1, 1960) against both the city of New York and the city's seven private bus lines. Speakers include Matthew Guinan, John Howell, Frank Sheehan, Harry Van Arsdale Jr., and Michael Quill.

New York City Central Labor Council's Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. addresses mass meeting of Transport Workers Union Local 100.

Filmed press release of announcements by Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill on contract demands presented by the union to the New York City Transit Authority.

Mass meeting of Local 100 Transport Workers Union; Michael Quill reads aloud resolution for a bus strike.

Outtakes and trims from several films, including: trims from a mayoral campaign film for Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; low-angle shots of feet and shoes of New Yorkers and traffic, filmed in midtown Manhattan in the 1950's; shots of buses and bus driver; outtakes from Transport Workers Union's film on the 1953 New York City bus strike, Twenty-Nine Days to Victory; a "Save the El" demonstration; a take for a filmed press release by Michael Quill; negotiations.

Mass meeting of the Transport Workers Union during a strike against New York City Transit Authority.

Press conference by Michael Quill; he announces a deadlock in collective bargaining between the New York City Transit Authority and Transport Workers Union.

Press conference by Michael Quill; he announces a deadlock in collective bargaining between the New York City Transit Authority and Transport Workers Union.

Press conference by Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill on wildcat strike by Transport Workers Union bus drivers.

Michael Quill announces a strike by Transport Workers Union against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., delivers a primary election campaign speech at a meeting of the Transport Workers Union.

One press release regarding nationalization of railroads, and one press conference on NYCTA collective bargaining.

Four copies of the same film clip in which Michael Quill answers a reporter's questions about a strike threatened by the Transport Workers Union against the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads.

United States Senator Wayne Morse speaks out against the Kennedy-Landrum-Griffin bill and against Senator John F. Kennedy for Kennedy's sponsorship of the bill and for his machinations on behalf of it. Morse promises to continue fighting the bill by attempting to amend it.

Michael Quill announces Transport Workers Union strike against Pennsylvania Railroad.

Television program announcing the calling of the 1960 Transport Workers Union strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad, and explaining the reasons for the strike.

Transport Workers Union's participation in 1960 New York City Labor Day parade, including demonstration against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Material related to negotiations between the Transport Workers Union Local 234 and the Philadelphia Transportation Company.

This footage appears to have been shot to demonstrate the effectiveness of Transport Workers Union's strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

This footage appears to have been shot to demonstrate the effectiveness of Transport Workers Union's strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

An inspection tour taken by TWU officers to look at the operation of a new kind of subway train.

At a meeting at their union (District 65-RWDSU) headquarters, employees of Stern's Department Store decide whether to call a strike.

Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill announces a strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad; Theodore Kheel interview.

Shots from the 1960 and 1961 New York City Labor Day parades.

Michael Quill addresses Transport Workers Union meeting on attempted corporate takeover of Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Pickets and strike headquarters; Labor Day parade in New York City.

Series of clips related to TWU strikes against Pennsylvania Railroad and Brooklyn Union Gas Company. Includes: Douglas MacMahon speaks to strikers; New York City Mayor Robert Wagner interviewed by film producer Tom Costigan; Matthew Guinan speaking at press conference; Brooklyn Union Gas strike rally.

Philadelphia transit strike clips; bus driver driving bus; trains linking; bus or subway destination sign.

Two travel films produced for American Airlines in the early 1960's, one focusing on Los Angeles (00:00 - 4:30), the other on Chicago (9:13 - 13:40).

Roughly follows sequence of airplanes being repaired/serviced in the shop, to being cleaned/checked before take-off, baggage put on board, take-off and landing.

Material related to negotiations between the Transport Workers Union Local 234 and the Philadelphia Transportation Company.

Transport Workers Union program reporting on the proposed contract with the Philadelphia Transit Company to Local 234 members.

A negotiating session between union officials and management

Meeting of Transport Workers Union enlarged joint executive committee. Matthew Guinan addresses meeting; Ellis Van Riper reads a list of demands; Daniel Gilmartin speaks on automation; Douglas MacMahon speaks; Michael Quill speaks.

Matthew Guinan and Ellis Van Riper speak at enlarged Transport Workers Union joint executive committee meeting.

Trims of members speaking from floor at Transport Workers Union meeting; Transport Workers Union officers addressing same meeting off camera.

Transport Workers Union leaders address mass meeting on subject of attempted corporate takeover of Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Transport Workers Union leaders address mass meeting on subject of attempted corporate takeover of Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

TWU demonstration and automobile cavalcade against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Democratic candidates for New York City mayor, comptroller, and president of the City Council address a meeting of the Transport Workers Union, to solicit its active support for their campaign.

Transport Workers Union members leafletting on street at parade.

Outtakes of campaign speeches by New York City mayor Robert Wagner and his running mates Paul Screvane and Abe Beame.

At a meeting of the Transport Workers Union discussion includes desirability of political organizing and formation of a labor party, and Robert F. Wagner, Jr. is endorsed as candidate for mayor of New York City.

A filmed press release with three main takes, in which Michael Quill is interviewed about a threatened strike.

Strike rallies during Transport Workers Union strike against Brooklyn Union Gas Company.

Press conference at City Hall on Transport Workers Union strike against the Brooklyn Union Gas Company.

Includes interior shots of control rooms with closeups of dials, switches, screens, equipment and shots of workers.

Trims or outtakes of graphics and still cartoons representing contract demands or provisions of Transport Workers Union (including "No robot motormen, conductors, or mechanical railroad clerks").

Scenes from 1961 New York City Labor Day parade.

1961 Labor Day Parade--including footage of marchers down Fifth Avenue and facades of businesses, Transport Workers Union floats, parade spectators, and fife and drum corps.

Rally for Transport Workers Union Local 101 against Brooklyn Union Gas Company.

All sequences relate to Transport Workers Union Local 234 strike against Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), except for sequence 7, which has to do with the union's strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Shots of audience.

Picket signs at meeting of Transport Workers Union.

Transport Workers Union leadership presents proposal on how to combat a corporate takeover of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company to a mass meeting of the membership. Speakers include M. Guinan, D. Gilmartin, J. Donoghue

Michael Quill and other Transport Workers Union officers negotiating with the New York City Transit Authority

Transport Workers Union press conference discussing presentation of wage demands to New York City Transit Authority.

Material relating to Transport Workers Union Local 234 strike against Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC).

Materials relating to Transport Workers Union strike against the Philadelphia Transit Company. Features Teamsters Union official Jimmy Hoffa addressing the strikers and participating in a press conference with TWU leader Michael Quill.

Footage relating to Transport Workers Union strike against Philadelphia Transit Company.

Edited footage of a control room, including industrial equipment, chutes, turbines, dials, screens, and people at work.

Press conference by Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill on union's demands to New York City Board of Transportation or New York City Transit Authority.

Transport Workers Union official reports on progress of negotiations with Brooklyn Union Gas officials.

Miscellaneous trims from Transport Workers Union footage, including a press conference with Douglas MacMahon speaking.

A documentary film reporting on the Transport Workers Union's progress since its last convention, and the union's plans for the years ahead.

TWU film press release; Michael Quill voices union's opposition to the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads.

Press conference with Michael Quill on the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads and threatened strike against the railroads by Transport Workers Union.

Matthew Guinan announces union's opposition to proposed merger between Eastern and American Airlines.

Emergency mass meeting called by Transport Workers Union Local 100 to vote on strike resolution against Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Transport Workers Union's strikers against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company picket New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller's offices; New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Lobbying trip to the New York State Legislature in Albany, by striking New York City bus drivers.

Michael Quill's rebuttal to Roy Cohn and Lawrence Weissman's statements on the TWU strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, televised on the same station the previous night

Mass meeting at the Manhattan Center of TWU strikers against Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Transport Workers Union delegation in New York City St. Patrick's Day parade; TWU strike picket line against Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Footage from the TWU vs Fifth Avenue Coach Company Pension Hearings, held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Picket line and lobbying trip to New York State capitol by strikers during the Transport Workers Union strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Jimmy Hoffa addressing TWU strikers (voice-over).

Lobbying trip to New York State Legislature by strikers during Transport Workers Union strike against Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Fifth Avenue Coach Company strike victory meeting; TWU participation in New York City St. Patrick's Day parade.

Presentations and arguments from both company management and Transport Workers Union officers.

Michael Quill announces end of strike by workers on the New York City Omnibus and Third Avenue bus systems.

Victory demonstration by Transport Workers Union strikers against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; workers in bus repair shop.

Trims of emergency mass meeting called by Transport Workers Union Local 100 to vote on strike resolution against Fifth Avenue Coach Co.; hearing before arbitrator on insolvency of Fifth Avenue Coach Co.

Annual stockholders' meeting of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; company pensioners picketing stockholders' meeting.

Transport Workers Union leader Michael Quill announces the union's intention to become actively involved in the stockholder struggle over the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Press conference or filmed press release with Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill on settlement of strike by 3rd Avenue Omnibus and Fifth Avenue Coach Company workers.

Transport Workers Union leaders announce the union's opposition to proposed merger of Eastern and American Airlines.

This is a program in a weekly series hosted by Howard K. Smith. The program examines the problem of current industrial unrest, and the upsurge of strikes. The program includes interviews of Jimmy Hoffa, J. Max Swaggart, Michael Quill, Robert H. Stier, George Taylor, and A.H. Raskin interspersed with stock footage montages.

Transport Workers Union's John O'Donnell and another man address meeting of Fifth Avenue Coach Company pensioners.

Michael Quill announcing the TWU's opposition to the proposed merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads. Formal announcement of proposal by TWU to nationalize railroads.

At a press conference, TWU's Michael Quill discusses breakdown of negotiations with New York Transit Authority and threatened strike.

Press conference meeting of Transit Labor Mediation Board agreed upon by the Transport Workers Union, Amalgamated Streetcar Union and the New York City Transit Authority. Arbitrated by Theodore Kheel. The press interviews Quill.

New York City Mayor Robert Wagner, Jr. reports to press on his discussions with Transport Workers Union officials, New York City Transit Authority officials and mediators on contract negotiations.

This film includes 1) A joint press conference by the Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority to report on negotiations between the two parties. John O'Donnell, Matthew Guinan, and Michael Quill are present. 2) An open arbitration session between the TWU and NYCTA, including Theodore Kheel. Same content as 001_0338.

Signing of contract between Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority; press conference following the signing; report on this contract to a Transport Workers Union body by union officers that includes references to dissidents within the union.

Transport Workers Union leader Michael Quill announces signing of contract between union and Pennsylvania Railroad.

Press conference on contract negotiations between Transport Workers Union and New York City Transit Authority--Michael Quill speaks and unidentified spokesperson for NYCTA speaks.

"Garment Center Labor Rally to Protest Murder of Emmett Till and Racist Terror in Mississippi. Tuesday October 11 at 12 noon. Sponsored by District 65 RWDSU-CIO."

Negotiations between the Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority prior to 1966 transit strike; press conferences given by both sides and by arbitrators.

Interviews with some of the first passengers to ride the subways and some of first transit workers to return to work after 1966 New York City transit strike; press conference with Michael Quill; Quill's funeral.

Airport baggage and baggage handlers; airplane maintenance mechanics; jet and propeller airplanes and helicopters.

Elevated subway trains and New York City landscapes shot from elevated subway trains; subway train repair shop; airport baggage handlers.

Solidarity demonstration for the Farah strikers by the American Postal Workers Union during an APWU national convention in New Orleans.

Documentary advocating for the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin amendments to the Wagner Act. It discusses the current labor situation in which large companies in the textile, auto parts, and steel industries flout the labor laws with impunity, exploiting workers. Most of the film consists of voiceover narration over still photographs, drawings, and graphics. Live-action footage includes clips of George Meany speaking at a meeting.

Airplane maintenance; Transport Workers Union strikers picket.

A few different shots of a jet airplane aloft and of subway trains.

Control rooms, turbines, interiors and exteriors of industrial buildings.

John Quill is the son of Michael Quill.

Transport Workers Union's Michael Quill responds to an indictment by Brooklyn District Attorney.

This film includes 1) A joint press conference by the Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority to report on negotiations between the two parties. John O'Donnell, Matthew Guinan, and Michael Quill are present. 2) An open arbitration session between the TWU and NYCTA, including Theodore Kheel. Duplicate of 001_0337.

Five takes of an announcement by Michael Quill. He was accompanied by Eugene Attreed and Frank Sheehan. Quill announces a strike by the Transport Workers Union against the Pennsylvania Railroad; he says negotiations are deadlocked and that the union is asking its members to commence strike at "one minute after midnight."

Press conference by Michael Quill; he announces a deadlock in collective bargaining between the New York City Transit Authority and Transport Workers Union.

Trims including: IBC Meeting; Josie Lynch; street scenes; shop worker; bus operations; MacMahon interview. These may be trims from the film The Best is Yet to Come.

Still photographs relating to Transport Workers Union and Michael Quill

Former New York City mayor William O'Dwyer speaks out in favor of organizing civil service workers.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union members leafleting on street at parade; Transport Workers Union bus drivers; Transport Workers Union's Transport Hall; Philip Murray negotiates with New York City mayor, City Hall, New York, NY; Transport Workers Union rally at City Hall; Exterior of bus company garage; 1930s street scenes in New York City boroughs; Transport Workers Union elections; Early demonstration by Transport Workers Union; early footage of some of union's founding member leaders speaking at a rally.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union members picket the homes of former dozen TWU members; Michael Quill and other union leaders speak at outdoor rallies; Rally for Michael Quill's re-election to New York City Council; Third Biennial Convention of the Transport Workers Union; Transport Workers Union and pro-World War II demonstrations; field days and outings of the Transport Workers Union's members and families.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union strikers' picket line; Transport Workers Union pickets homes of ex-members; Airplane maintenance; airplane baggage; flight crew and United We Are Invincible documentary; Bus drivers' occupational maladies; Transport Workers Union strike meeting; Bus-driving, bus passengers, and traffic in New York City; CIO Convention in Philadelphia, PA; Local 100 delegates departing New York City for TWU 6th Biennial Convention; Michael Quill and his young son, John, at a Transport Workers Union convention.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union officers, staff, and families at a celebration; Scenes from Transport Workers Union's 6th Biennial Convention, Chicago, IL; Demonstration; Fiorello LaGuardia and Michael Quill speaking at a rally; Demonstrations, picket lines, rallies of Transport Workers Union urging New York City's Board of Transportation to implement collective bargaining.

Includes part of the documentary film Our Case For The Forty-Hour Week.

Includes the following clips: Seventh Biennial TWU Convention proceedings; Local 100 members voting.

Includes the following clips: Contract negotiations between Transport Workers Union and New York City private bus lines.

Includes the following clips: Television program relating to Transport Workers Union's 1952 convention, Philadelphia, PA; Memorial meeting for Philip Murray; Twenty-Nine Days To Victory documentary.

Includes the following clips: Michael Quill and Matthew Guinan at a Transport Workers Union mass meeting on the eve of the 1953 private bus lines strike in New York City; Quill and Allan Haywood address mass strike meeting; Rank and file members at TWU meeting; Allan Haywood and Michael Quill addressing mass meeting; workers going on and coming off shifts; Press release of Michael Quill announcing a meeting of striking bus workers; Allan Haywood of the CIO speaks in support of New York City bus strike and need for 40-hour week for New York City and Philadelphia bus drivers; Father Charles Owen Rice making a statement of support for a Transport Workers Union strike.

Includes the following clips: Officers of the Transport Workers Union report on the progress of the 1953 strike against New York City private bus lines; Michael Quill addresses two different mass meetings during 1953 strike against private bus lines.

Includes the following clips: Mass meeting of strikers during Transport Workers Union's 1953 strike against New York City private bus lines; Crowded subway station and subway station entrances.

Includes the following clips: Memorial Tribute to Allan S. Haywood; Matthew Guinan, Ellis Van Riper, John O'Donnell and Michael Quill report to mass meeting of Local 100 members on relations with the New York City Transit Authority.

Includes the following clips: Last official meeting at TWU's old headquarters; Commemoration of the union's history and opening of its new headquarters; TWU members voting.

Includes the following clips: Michael Quill speaks at mass meeting; Michael Quill makes a statement endorsing Robert F. Wagner, Jr. for mayor of New York; Exteriors of co-op apartment buildings, New York City school; footage relating to Robert F. Wagner, Jr.'s mayoral election campaign; Michael Quill addressing mass meeting of Local 100 members on strike; 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Transport Workers Union.

Includes the following clips: 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Transport Workers Union; Two press conferences with Michael Quill speaking; passengers on New York City subway trains and buses; Transport Workers Union's Twentieth Anniversary Meeting.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union demonstration to save the Third Avenue elevated subway line in New York City; Officers of Local 234 and Michael Quill urge local members to ratify new contract with Philadelphia Transportation Company; Partial print of the film A Memorial Tribute To Philip Murray.

Includes the following clips: Segments from the film A Memorial Tribute To Philip Murray; Michael Quill statement on progress of American labor; Michael Quill demands that the New York City Transit Authority conduct a representation election among its employees; Local 100 members vote to authorize a strike against private bus lines; demonstration and automobile cavalcade against the Pennsylvania Railroad; TWU officials present the union's complaints against the management of the Pennsylvania Railroad to a meeting of presidents of 51 Railroad Division locals; Michael Quill reacts to an indictment handed down by a Brooklyn Grand Jury; Local 100 mass meeting.

Includes the following clips: Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. addresses a Local 100 mass meeting; Michael Quill press conference announcing a contract proposal for the New York City Transit Authority; New York City Transit Authority strike meeting; press conference with Michael Quill criticizing New York City Transit Authority's deal with the Consolidated Edison company; airline merger opposition announcement; Press conference on wildcat bus driver strike.

Includes the following clips: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. delivers a primary election campaign speech at a TWU meeting; labor union banquet and award ceremony; TWU picket line and mass rally; press conferences held by Michael Quill and other TWU leaders; interview with Senator Wayne Morse; Press conference by Michael Quill on union's demands to New York City Board of Transportation or New York City Transit Authority; Michael Quill and other officers negotiating with the New York City Transit Authority; Leaflet distribution; Michael Quill at press conference.

Includes the following clips: Buses and passengers in mid-town Manhattan; Santa Claus promotes public transportation; Michael Quill announces end of a wildcat strike by Philadelphia TWU workers; Special counsel Arthur Goldberg's statement on TWU representation of New York City transit workers; Local 100 party; Trims and outtakes from a number of different films or shoots, including footage from a New York City mayoral campaign film, a TWU demonstration, and shots of New Yorkers' feet; Michael Quill announces that a bus strike has been called off.

Includes the following clips: Mixed trims and outtakes; shots of street signs in New York City; TWU mass meetings; press conferences by Michael Quill; pickets against the Pennsylvania Railroad; address by Michael Quill to members; Michael Quill answers questions about a threatened strike against the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroad; Why Pennsylvania Railroad Strike? television program.

Includes the following clips: New York City Labor Day parades of 1960 and 1961; TWU strike against the Philadelphia Transit Company, Philadelphia, PA.

Includes the following clips: Reports to membership of Local 234; Television broadcast by the Transport Workers Union to its membership on its new contract with the Philadelphia Transit Company; Matthew Guinan and Ellis Van Riper speak at joint Executive Committee meeting.

Includes the following clips: Trims of members speaking from floor at TWU meeting; Union officers addressing same meeting off-screen; TWU meeting discussing formation of a labor party and endorsing Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Robert F. Wagner, Jr. at TWU meeting.

Includes the following clips: Candidates for mayor, comptroller and president of city council in New York City election address TWU meeting; NYC Labor Day Parade 1961; Jimmy Hoffa speaks at Transport Workers Union's 11th Biennial convention; Years Of Challenge documentary.

Includes the following clips: Years Of Challenge documentary (partial soundtrack, but superior visual quality); Union leaders speak at mass meeting; Audience shots at mass meeting; Picket signs at mass meeting.

Includes the following clips: Michael Quill addresses mass meeting; Matthew Guinan addresses mass meeting; Brooklyn Union Gas Company strike picket line and rally; Press conference on strike against the Brooklyn Union Gas Company; officers entering Gracie Mansion (mayor of New York's official residence); official reports on progress of negotiations with Brooklyn Union Gas officials.

Includes the following clips: leaders address TWU mass meeting on subject of attempted corporate takeover of Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Michael Quill announcing strike against New York City's private bus lines; Michael Quill announces union's intention to become actively involved in the stockholder struggle over the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Includes the following clips: proposal to membership on how to combat a corporate takeover of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Arbitration hearing before Theodore Kheel on the insolvency of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Emergency mass meeting called by Local 100 to vote on resolution to strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Includes the following clips: Lobbying trip to New York State Legislature by strikers during strike against Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Fifth Avenue Coach Company strike victory meeting; TWU participation in New York City St. Patrick's Day parade; Michael Quill's rebuttal on WCBS-TV to Roy Cohn and Lawrence Weissman's televised statements about the TWU's strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

Includes the following clips: Mass meeting of TWU strikers against Fifth Avenue Coach Company; TWU delegation in New York City St. Patrick's Day parade; TWU strike picket line against Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Fifth Avenue Coach Company strikers picket New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller's offices.

Includes the following clips: Picket lines, rallies, meetings during strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Fifth Avenue Coach Company pensioners in wheelchairs being helped on and off buses; picket line by pensioners of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Stockholders' meeting of Fifth Avenue Coach Company; pickets in front of Biltmore Hotel; pickets at the headquarters of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; Matthew Guinan speaks at picket line at Fifth Avenue Coach Company headquarters; Michael Quill announces end of strike by workers on the New York City Omnibus and Third Avenue bus systems; Victory demonstration by strikers against the Fifth Avenue Coach Company; workers in bus repair shop.

Includes the following clips: Signing of 1964/65 contract between Transport Workers Union and the New York City Transit Authority; press conference following the signing; report on this contract by union officers; Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. reports to press on his discussions with Transport Workers Union officials, New York City Transit Authority officials and mediators on contract negotiations; Michael Quill discussing breakdown of negotiations with New York Transit Authority and threatened strike; Press conference following statement by Michael Quill proposing nationalization of the nation's railroads.

Transport Workers Union 30th Anniversary Convention, Americana Hotel, New York, NY

Includes the following clips: Pan American Airways airplane repair shops; Subway tunnels; subway station platforms; Fashion show; John Quill applauding; negotiating session between union officials and management; Sequences and outtakes from documentary United We Are Invincible; Interior shots of a New York City powerhouse facility; Trains; train passengers; unemployed workers; statements by both union and management on strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Includes the following clips: Deserted waterfront, train station, trains, and train yards; Transport Workers Union's participation in 1960 New York City Labor Day Parade; Exterior and interior shots of a New York City powerhouse facility; Events leading up to Transport Workers Union 1961 strike against the Philadelphia Transportation Company.

Includes the following clips: negotiations between the Transport Workers Union Local 234 and the Philadelphia Transportation Company; 1961 Labor Day Parade, New York, NY; Lobbying trip to Albany, New York by striking New York City bus drivers.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union demonstrating against Fifth Avenue Coach Company; street scenes in midtown Manhattan and upper east side; conflict between workers and police; poverty; scenes from inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Program from the national public affairs television series on a TWU strike against New York City's private bus lines; campaign statement from Michael Quill endorsing Democratic mayoral candidate Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Luncheon honoring William O'Dwyer; Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. makes speech to CIO Council during his campaign for U.S. Senate.

Includes the following clips: Senator Wayne Morse speaks about his opposition to the Kennedy-Landrum-Griffin bill; Former New York City mayor William O'Dwyer speaks out in favor of organizing civil service workers; Rally sponsored by the labor union District 65 and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to protest the murder of Emmett Till; Art show by members of the labor union, District 65; meeting of members of labor union District 65, RWDSU to decide whether to strike against Stern's Department store.

Includes the following clips: May Day rally and demonstration; young Pete Seeger performing; International Workers Order (IWO) picnic; May Day parade, Union Square; New York City May Day parade; New York City Labor Day parade.

Includes the following clips: Buses, bus drivers, bus passengers; traffic; subway trains, subway train equipment; views of New York City from elevated subway train; Airport baggage and baggage handlers; airplane maintenance mechanics; jet and propeller airplanes and helicopters.

Includes the following clips: Elevated subway trains and New York City landscapes shot from elevated subway trains; subway train repair shop; airport baggage handlers.

Includes the following clips: Railroad train maintenance workers; gas utility workers; Transport Workers Union's Railroad Division president talking with railroad workers.

Includes the following clips: Transport Workers Union election; rally with speakers; transport workers' demonstration at New York City's City Hall protesting the demolition of elevated subway lines.