GENERAL STRIKE STARTED THROUGHOUT JAPAN TODAY.

Record ID: 1062917

  • Title: GENERAL STRIKE STARTED THROUGHOUT JAPAN TODAY.
  • Date: 27th April 1973
  • Summary: 1. Shinjuku station, western terminal station in Tokyo where pan shot shows from left to right, so many people standing outside of the station to the railway trunk where no trains or electric cars are operating since early this morning 2. People are waiting for taxi and waiting for the bus or microbes from the company to pick them up at the station. 3 4 5. more or less same shots. 6. Shibuya Station, south western terminal station where one bus is operating where hundreds of people are waiting for the bus line bounding for the city. those who are waiting for the bus. 7. One bus arrives and people get down and people get on the bus. 8. Traffic control man push the people to the car. 9. The Shibuya station (general shot) till down. 10. Akasaka junction and fly over road where hundreds of cars pack up going to the city. telephoto shot of the automobiles jammed on the highway. 11. Domestic air line departure gate of the Tokyo airport. 12. ditto. wider shot. 13. Interior of the airport where All Nippon Airways goes on strike and the officers accept cancellation and refund of the tickets which were already bought by passengers. Passengers complaining to the counter. lines of people receive the refund though they can not change to the trains which were all stopped due to general strike. All long distance railway services are called off. Cassette tape sound covers the Shinjuku station front where hundreds of people are waiting for taxi. street noise. 2. Shibuya station bus terminal where hundreds of people are waiting for the bus; traffic controller blew a whistle to signal to the driver stop and go street noise. Car noise etc. Initials This is ??? a quick undering of Mo??? report good Coverage in Processed print will follow Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 11th May 1973 13:00
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  • Location: JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVABDLVT5IN9YVEXG49R7X3UM2IM
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