The Best of Families, No. 6: The Great Trolley Battle

Stephen Rafferty and his brother John Patrick take opposite sides in a violent trolley strike in 1895. Stephen, a union man, supports the strikers and John Patrick keeps a car running as a scab motorman. Sarah Lathrop covers the ambush of John Patrick's car as a photojournalist.

More in Best of Families Series

  1. The Best of Families, No. 1: Generations 1977
  2. The Best of Families, No. 2: The Bridge 1977
  3. The Best of Families, No. 3: The Election--Patronage or Paradise 1977
  4. The Best of Families, No. 4: Ambition 1977
  5. The Best of Families, No. 5: Chill to the Bones 1977
  6. The Best of Families, No. 6: The Great Trolley Battle 1977
  7. The Best of Families, No. 7: New Times 1977
  8. The Best of Families, No. 8: January 17, 1977 1977

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record