March 14

The Movie "Salt of the Earth" opens. The classic film centers on a long and difficult strike led by Mexican-American and Anglo zinc miners in New Mexico. Real miners perform in the film, in which the miners’ wives – as they did in real life – take to the picket lines after the strikers are enjoined – 1954

Also on this date: Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars, cutting time from 12½ hours to 93 minutes.

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