Product Details

• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 3
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers Inc.
• Run Time: 210 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000O27OVC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,942 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This compilation features over three hours of films following the struggle of labor unions in America from the 1940s - 1950s. Table Of Contents: (1) Newsreel: AFL's William Green speaks at Washington DC conference (1945) - Newsreel footage - 2 Minutes (2) Newsreel: NY meeting of CIO and AFL for merger (1955) - Newsreel footage - 2 Minutes (3) The Great Swindle (1948) - This film was used to recruit new members to the union and is filled with great economic propaganda to support the arguments for unionized workers and pricing control - 25 Minutes (4) Make Mine Freedom (1948) - Communism threatens the American way of life in this animated classic that associates labor unions with communism - 10 Minutes (5) Seed for Tomorrow (1947) - Discusses the need for unions for agricultural workers to help maintain price and wage control - 20 Minutes (6) Working Together: A Case History in Labor-Management Cooperation (1951) - Documents the formation of a labor union at the American Lead Pencil Co. in New Jersey in 1937 - 22 Minutes Disc II: (1) Salt Of The Earth (1954) - A full length feature produced by the International Union Of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers which tells the story of the struggling mine workers efforts to gain a safer working environment and higher pay - 94 Minutes Disc III: (1) Deadline for Action (1946) - The left-wing labor unions made this historically priceless film in 1946 that openly and earnestly criticizes big businesses and their growing power and influence over government immediately following World War Two. This film is amazing because the labor unions have actually weakened dramatically since this film was made! With an important theme, great filmmaking and wonderful metaphoric illustrations, this is a wonderful documentation of a changing mid-century America - 37 Minutes

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy Salt of the Earth and Skip the Rest, May 22, 2010

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Richard J. Gibson (san diego, california United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Labor Unions Films 3 DVD Box Set: 1940s - 1950s American Labor Union Relations, Workers Rights & AFL-CIO History Pictures Films. (DVD)

Salt of the Earth is not only a great labor history movie, it is one of the great movies of all time. But the rest of the material here simply does not stand up to that standard. Save some money, buy Salt of the Earth, and show it to friends.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Union member takes a time trip, August 30, 2008

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Ronald W. Haldeman (Indianapolis, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Labor Unions Films 3 DVD Box Set: 1940s - 1950s American Labor Union Relations, Workers Rights & AFL-CIO History Pictures Films. (DVD)

A great view of a time is labor union history. If you are having a hard time making ends meet take a look at "Deadline for Action" when unions were working very hard to save an important idea "price control". It is an idea that we should be fighting for today.