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Distro - 1936 Popular Front Government In France 

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The French general election on the 3rd of May 1936 was won by the 'Popular Front,' a left wing coalition of the Radical, Communist and Socialist parties. They formed a government headed by the Socialist leader Leon Blum. The election triggered a wave of strikes and demonstrations across the country, as workers joyfully awaited changes in their social conditions. The subsequent 'Matignon Agreements' legalised the right to strike, installed a framework of rules for every branch of work, limited the working week to 40 hours and initiated the first paid holidays for workers, reforms that marked the... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France region. Seine-Saint-Denis department. Town... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France. St Ouen. May / June 1936. Striking workers... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Boulogne-Billancourt. June 1936. National strike at the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. 1936. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Paris. Employees of the department store "Galeries Lafayette"... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. St Ouen. May / June, 1936. Striking workers passing a... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Parisian suburbs. June 1936. National strike for the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Saint-Ouen, near Paris. May-June, 1936. Sit-in strikers... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France region. Town of Boulogne-Billancourt. June... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. St Ouen, near Paris. May-June 1936. Sit-in strikers at... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Parisian suburb. June 1936.
National strike for the 40... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Parisian suburbs. June 1936. National strike for the... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. June 1936. Striking workers in the courtyard of the Jacquenet... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Parisian suburbs. National strike for the 40 hour week,... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Paris. May 19th, 1935. Popular Front leaders together... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE.

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Montrouge, near Paris. June 12th, 1936. The delegations... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Montrouge near Paris. Buffalo velodrome stadium. Miners... 

David Seymour 1936

FRANCE. Montrouge near Paris. June 12th, 1936. The delegation... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Paris. 1936. Supporters of the Popular Front government,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Paris. 1936. Man and boy at Popular Front (Front Populaire)... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile de France. Along the Marne river. First paid holidays.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France. St Ouen, near Paris. Sit in strikers at... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France region. Along the Marne river. First paid... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France. Along the Marne river. First paid holidays.... 
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Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile de France. Along the Marne river. First paid holidays.... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France region. First paid holidays. 1938. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile de France. Along the Marne river. First paid holidays.... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. First paid holidays. 1938. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. First paid holidays. 1938. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1936

FRANCE. Ile-de-France region. Val-de-Marne department. First... 
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