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Topical Budget 529-2: World's Unemployment Problem (1921)
 

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"World's Unemployment Problem. In London there have been demonstrations followed by a few scuffles with the police, but -" View of huge crowd of men some waving flags and some carrying banners. " - our workers will never reach the heart-rending plight of men in New York who auctioned themselves as slaves to secure bread." Slow pan right of auctioneer (back view) and "slave", in front of them is a huge crowd. Auctioneer with one man - the man slumps and is given a hunk of bread. Another man strips off his shirt and shows his muscles as the auctioneers shot to the crowd.