Britain's First 'General Strike'

It’s the biggest strike in British history - and it’s on film.

A million workers down tools in support of locked-out, overworked and underpaid miners. Yes, it’s the biggest strike in UK history - and it’s on film. Newsreel company Topical Budget’s on-the-spot report gives the impression of dispassionate newsgathering but by closing on a reassuring pipe-smoking PM Stanley Baldwin (his message to the nation - "Steady!") its editors’ bias may be showing…