This was the beginning of the end of the world I knew. What happened to all these workers who Murdoch sacked? I'd love to see a documentary about this. I was living in London all during this time, Fleet Street had been the press from 16th Century and here was a man, not from the UK, destroying it. It makes me want to cry looking at this.

If you are a working blue collar man and suddenly at age 50+ you are being let go, it is a scary thing. And no one had a crystal ball 30 years earlier, so your career path seemed safe especially in printing because the industry stayed the same, more or less, for 150 years prior. So yes, out of fear for their future they fought back. Not to stall technology, but to allow the men nearing retirement the opportunity to do so after working a lifetime - what's wrong with that? You can not just "throw out" people because technology makes them obsolete. Provide an alternate path for those that worked 30 years as loyal employees - you don't just throw them away like a used Kleenex. Remember, YOUR job may be next!

thanks for posting. great stuff x

Mugdoch,maxwell,salam shar all in thatchers good books destroying the unions not only the print but coal as well So glad that the mirror is dying on its knees along with the sun etc

Having spent the last few days on a deep-dive into AI, deepfakes, block-chain and machine-learning: it's mesmerizing to watch this footage. It's less than 40 years ago, and yet it seems like a different millennia. People arguing about whether wood-block printers should be replaced with automation. And a nation that is scarcely recognisable in its make up, values and politics. I don't say it was better or worse - but it was so, so different, and such a few years ago.

I hate to see the Press go by the waste side. We need the Paper

What's the music at 3.41? Cheers.

Thatcher sent in the army dressed as london bobbies.....THIS IS A FACT!!!

Disgraceful behaviour by Thatchers Army.

As an NHS employee between 1974 and 2007, I was delighted at the changes that resulted from the trades union legislation changes brought in by the Conservative governments. I was sick of the ridiculous powers that the unions believed they could wield - they held back the UK for far too long and their passing will not be missed.