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Triangle fire, an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American experience ; presented by American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and directed by Jamila Wignot

eng

videorecording

MPAA: Not rated

Triangle fire

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an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American experience ; presented by American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and directed by Jamila Wignot

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The fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the gruesome culmination of years of unrest in America's most profitable manufacturing industry. Two years earlier, led by a spontaneous walkout in the same factory, twenty thousand garment workers, in the largest women's strike in American history, took to the streets of New York to protest working conditions. They gained the support of both progressives and leading women in New York's society

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory -- Harsh working conditions -- Strike! -- Demands for unionization -- The fire -- Tragedy inspires reform

live action

Tragedy that forever changed labor and industry