A rare screening of the recently unearthed documentary. The 1926 General Strike: A Revolution Betrayed is a 70-minute 1974 documentary recently unearthed in the archives of Platform Films. The nine-day 1926 General Strike brought over a million workers across the country to the picket lines in solidarity with 600,000 locked-out miners, who were resisting pay cuts and a lengthening of the working day. The power of this film lies in its extensive use of first-hand testimony from former strikers and strikers' relatives.

Sheffield Film Festival 2026

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Year 1974
Duration 1h 15m