September 3 - The Day the Pictures Spoke

03/09/2025 1 min Episodio 2617
September 3 - The Day the Pictures Spoke

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Episode Synopsis

On this day in Labor History the year was 1928. 300 musicians working in Chicago went on strike against 250 movie theaters. They were protesting their impending replacement by talking pictures. This was part of a nationwide wave of protest by the American Federation of Musicians.