Films
United We Bargain
Summary This is a promotional video highlighting successful union campaigns and strikes within the public…
Taking The Children: Western Australia’s Stolen Generations
Summary A confronting short documentary that reveals the cruel and unjust forced removal of Aboriginal…
Your Union Your Job
Summary This is a promotional video aimed at recruiting retail workers in the fast food…
Negotiating In The Workplace
Summary Set in a fictional hospital, this instructional video employs docudrama to assist in the…
Heat Hazards
Summary This presenter driven instructional video deals with heat hazards in the workplace and how…
When The Dust Settles
Summary A documentary about the dangers of uranium mining in Australia, with a particular emphasis…
Preventing Disaster: Learning From Longford
Summary This educational video is an academic analysis of the ESSO Longford Gas Plant explosion…
Live Exports
Summary Presented by Grant Courtney, Federal President of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU),…
Kevin Reynolds
Summary Overlaid with still images, this is an extended interview with prominent construction union official…
Job Security: Fighting From The Front
Summary This DVD consists of three video streams, the first of which is a memorial…
Grocon: A Dispute About Safety
Summary Produced by the CFMEU, this short documentary recounts the union’s 2012 clash with the…
Constant Vigilance
Summary Produced for the CFMEU, this polished documentary charts the campaigns and struggles of the…
CBA Central Coast: A Case Study In Unity
Summary In 2009, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia informed workers in branches on the New…
Ark Tribe
Summary A short campaign video highlighting the excessive power of the Australian Building Construction Commission…
10 Years Of Struggle
Summary An extended promotional video highlighting a decade of struggle by members of the Western…
The Pearlers
Summary This is an interesting short documentary about pearlers working in remote waters off the…
Workers Compensation Anniversary Video
Summary A campaign video by Unions NSW highlighting the human impacts of the NSW Liberal…
The Future Of Work
Summary Presented by Tony Sheldon, National Secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), this short…
Sustainability In The Emergency Department
Summary Two nurses in the Monash Medical Centre Emergency Department embark on an initiative to…
Securing Workers’ Entitlements
Summary A union video promoting reform of the Howard Government’s General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy…
RBTU: Your Industry Union
Summary Produced by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU), this promotional video highlights the…
Noise
Summary Featuring iconic Australian actor Bryan Brown, this informational film demonstrates the dangers of excessive…
Michelle O’Neil: There Is Extraordinary Power In Workers Sticking Together
Summary A promotional video highlighting ACTU President Michelle O’Neil’s dedication and work to better the…
Every Day’s A Challenge
Summary Referencing the 2004 Victorian Taskforce on Violence In Nursing, this video highlights the issue…
Gloria
Summary Produced by the Women’s Film Unit in 1984, this short documentary explores the struggle…
Design Build & Maintain Our Ships Here
Summary This is a short video promoting the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union’s (AMWU) Design, Build…
Battle: The Road To Ratios Legislation
Summary Consisting primarily of interviews with union leaders, health related professionals and politicians, this polished…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Ian Mair
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Robert Wright
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Jack Mulcahy
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Bob Rhymes
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Bill Driver
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
Field Day Interview Eveleigh Workshops – Nerida
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is a brief interview with…
ATP Interview Eveleigh Workshops– Richard Butcher
Summary Produced by the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, this is an interview with former…
AMIEU – The Story Of Your Union
Summary Presented by Grant Courtney, Secretary of the Newcastle and Northern Branch of the Australasian…
Year In Review 2015
Summary This is a promotional video highlighting a wide range of education issues and campaigns…
Year In Review 2014
Summary This is a promotional video highlighting a wide range of education issues and campaigns…
Year In Review 2012-2013
Summary This is a promotional video highlighting a wide range of education issues and campaigns…
The Union Rep. Will You Join?
Summary This short film addresses the issue of aggressive union recruitment in the workplace and…
Unions Work For Women
Summary A promotional video about the benefits of union membership for women in public education,…
Union Communication Facts
Summary This is a humorous short film about the risk of misinformation and hearsay within…
The Australian Education Union Supports Tasmanian New Educators
Summary This promotional video produced by AEU Tasmania highlights the role of the union in…
TAFE4All
Summary A union campaign video showing a rally outside the Victorian Parliament in protest against…
Slavery and Exploitation: Human Trafficking in Australia
Summary This short video produced by the ACTU reveals the disturbing issue of forced labour,…
Year In Review 2016
Summary This is a promotional video highlighting a wide range of education issues and campaigns…
Neville Bonner: Australian Biography
Summary Produced for Australian Biography, this is a fascinating and inspiring interview with Neville Bonner,…
Gonski Bus Launch
Summary A corporate video profiling the Australian Education Union’s I Give a Gonski national campaign,…
AEU Tasmania Supports The TA Development Program
Summary This corporate video produced by AEU Tasmania profiles a former kindergarten assistant who has…
The Year In Review 2012
Summary A 2012 conference video presentation for the NSW Teachers Federation, consisting of still photography,…
18 May Stop Work Archive Version
Summary This is a collection of interviews critical of the New South Wales Government’s 2012…
Victoria Converts Brown Coal To Power And Light – Australian Diary 14
Summary Produced in the post war years, this newsreel profiles the Yallourn open cut coal…
Railways At Work
Summary This government documentary showcases the Australian railway network in the 1960s and its importance…
The Timber Getters
Summary This government short documentary profiles timber workers in the coastal hardwood forests of the…
The New Ipswich
Summary This government film showcases the post-war period of work and lifestyle in Ipswich, an…
The Helping Hand: The Story Of The Good Neighbour Movement
Summary With one in six Australians born overseas, this government documentary promotes the work of…
The Great Strike Newsreels (1917)
Summary Three silent newsreels produced by the Australasian Gazette during the Great Strike of 1917,…
The Great Strike (1917)
Summary Consisting of two surviving fragments of a previously one hour documentary, this silent film…
Story Of A City
Summary This government film showcases the thriving industrial city of Newcastle in New South Wales,…
Snowy Waters
Summary This government short documentary shows the planning and commencement of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric…
Making A Start In Australia
Summary This is a fascinating snapshot of Australian migration during the 1970s, when the nation…
Eight Hour Day Procession – Melbourne 1939
Summary Silent footage of an Eight Hour Day celebration procession through the streets of Melbourne…
Building A Brick House
Summary This is an instructional film demonstrating the stages of brick house construction in the…
The Commonwealth’s Trans-Australian Railway
Summary This silent film documents the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway from 1912 to 1917,…
The Coal Miner
Summary Loosely told through the eyes of a fictional coalminer, this government film promotes the…
The Change At Groote
Summary An intriguing short documentary about indigenous colonisation and the clash of civilisations, shown through…
The Cane Cutters
Summary This government short documentary profiles cane cutters in far north Queensland, revealing an industry…
Power From The Snow
Summary This government short documentary profiles the commencement of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, starting…
Motor Car Body Building Is Important Industry – Australian Diary 45
Summary A newsreel story profiling the manufacturing of cars at the Holden factory in Adelaide,…
Australia And Your Future – No.1 Men Wanted
Summary In the aftermath of World War Two, this government film attempts to attract workers…
Artisans Of Australia – Iron Craft
Summary A short documentary exploring work practices in an iron foundry in Newtown, Sydney, which…
Goldtown
Summary This is a well-crafted documentary with some striking and atmospheric footage of underground gold…
Eight Hour Day At Tamworth 1916
Summary Silent newsreel footage of the Labour Day parade in Tamworth, New South Wales, celebrating…
Coal Mining The Modern Way – Newcastle NSW
Summary Silent Movietone newsreel footage of modern underground coal mining techniques in Newcastle, New South…
Trade Unions Celebrate Historic Occasion – Australian Diary
Summary A newsreel about the 1955 Labour Day celebration parade through the streets of Sydney,…
Bridge Riggers Have Nerves Of Steel – Australian Diary 89
Summary A newsreel story profiling painting and maintenance workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in…
Barrier Story
Summary This is a government informational film showcasing the success of Broken Hill in Western…
All In A Day’s Work
Summary In the aftermath of World War Two, this government film highlights the importance of…
Our Man Kisch
Summary An entertaining short documentary about the scandalous and unprincipled treatment of Czechoslovakian writer Egon…
Sydney Trade Union Club
Summary This short documentary is a fascinating insight into the iconic Sydney Trade Union Club…
Peko Pilbara Pirates
Summary Produced for the Trades and Labor Council of Western Australia, this short documentary recounts…
The Woodside Dispute
Summary Produced for the Trades and Labor Council of Western Australia, this short documentary recounts…
Don’t Be Too Polite Girls
Summary This is an interesting short documentary addressing the theme of women and work in…
Devil’s Dust
Summary Broadcast on ABC TV, this two part mini-series is a devastatingly emotional portrayal of…
Manic Studios – Principles
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial features a well dressed…
Strikebound
Summary Arguably Australia’s most celebrated labour focused feature film, Strikebound is a gritty and emotionally…
Times Up – The Story of the Campaign For Equal Pay
Summary A short documentary charting the struggle of Australian women for equal pay for not…
The Eureka Stockade
Summary Broadcast on the Seven Network, this two part television miniseries is a historical dramatisation…
Eureka Stockade
Summary Produced by English Ealing Studios and shot on location in New South Wales, this…
Whatever It Takes
Summary This short video covers the Australian Services Union’s successful Equal Pay campaign for women…
The Mobile Nurse
Summary This is a short documentary on patient transport in NSW, by patient transport nurse…
The Hairbrush
Summary A short animated comedy film that highlights the challenges faced by nurses in the…
The Future of Nursing
Summary A comedic spoof of Star Trek in which a monster attacks a hospital operating…
The Soulcatcher
Summary An experimental short film in the horror genre, the film uses innovative visual effects…
Simply The Best
Summary This short documentary charts the journey of a burns patient in the burns unit…
Robo Nurse
Summary It is 10 years into the future and a fascist government has taken over. Lamenting…
Robo Nurse 2
Summary This short film is a sci-fi spoof featuring robot nurses in a futuristic neo-conservative…
Once Upon A Time In Bankstown
Summary This is a short documentary consisting of interviews with health workers from a diverse…
OMGHIV a Stigma
Summary A short documentary discussing the issues surrounding nursing and HIV some twenty years after…
Nurses Strike Train
Summary A short documentary about the November 2010 nurses and midwives strike, industrial action launched…
Nurse!!!
Summary This short film imagines a world without nurses. A patient in a hospital bed cries…
Malleus Malleficarum
Summary This short film tells the story of the persecution and murder of midwives and…
Looking For Gracie
Summary This is a short documentary about searching for the ghost of a patient who…
In His Arms
Summary This short film dramatizes a couple expecting a baby, which tragically appears to go…
I’m A Nurse Get Me Outta Here
Summary This short film is a spoof of the TV reality show I’m A Celebrity…
I Was Just Thinking
Summary This is a short film highlighting the importance of human involvement in nursing. Nurses care…
Health Watch
Summary This is a mockumentary style satire in protest of NSW Government budget cuts and…
Fingers Crossed
Summary This short film dramatises a nurse deciding to reskill in podiatry nursing and start…
Escape From The Cafe Of Health Salvation
Summary This short film addresses the issue of heart disease and diet, especially re-occurring heart…
Echoes
Summary A short film in which a depressed indigenous man explores dark thoughts about himself…
Diabetes Diablo
Summary A sing-a-long dedicated to raising awareness about diabetes. Special Notes/Achievements Author: J Bird, 2023
Dementia Rising
Summary A short film dedicated to raising awareness about dementia. The film starts with an uncle…
Compassionate Gestures
Summary This short film highlights the important role of nurses in providing compassion to patients…
Cath Lab Safari
Summary A mockumentary that spoofs a serious nature documentary about the various inhabitants of a…
Bon Appetit
Summary This short film addresses the issue of poor food presentation in NSW hospitals and…
Baby Nurse
Summary A short documentary about an EN baby nurse and the challenges encountered on her…
Your Rights At Work: Worth Fighting For – Melbourne National Day of Action
Summary An extended campaign video featuring a national day of action event at Federation Square…
Your Rights At Work – Worth Fighting For
Summary This is an extended campaign video featuring a national day of action event at…
WWF Film News No.1
Summary In 1956 the Waterside Workers Film Unit made its own newsreel of the 1956…
Woolloomooloo
Summary This grassroots film documents the bitter struggle by residents of Woolloomooloo, a working class…
Why Glencore Is A Dirty Word
Summary A campaign video highlighting the impact of mining giant Glencore Xstrata’s drive in and…
Why Glencore Is A Dirty Word – Extended Version
Summary An extended version of the campaign video highlighting the impact of mining giant Glencore…
What About The Workers’ Workers
Summary In 1992 thirty-four clerical staff at the NSW branch of the Building Workers Industrial…
Wharfies
Summary This is an engaging documentary charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation, from…
Your Rights At Work: Worth Fighting For – We Can’t Be Beaten
Summary A Your Rights at Work campaign video that combines Rose Tattoo’s song We Can’t…
Waterloo
Summary The film that established Tom Zubrycki’s credentials as a notable Australian filmmaker, Waterloo charts…
Vale Pat Clancy -Working Class Champion 1919 -1987
Summary Funeral and tribute video for Pat Clancy, a bricklayer and communist who became a…
United Services Union Sponsorship 2005 – Newcastle Knights
Summary Promotional video highlighting the United Services Union’s sponsorship of the Newcastle Knights, a rugby…
UMFA Amalgamation Video
Summary A promotional video aimed at garnering support for the amalgamation of a collection of…
Tough Men Tough Times – Stories From The Great Depression
Summary A collection of first hand accounts dealing with the struggles and deprivations experienced by…
Time, Place and Circumstances – The Brian Miller Story
Summary A tribute video to construction worker and unionist Brian Miller, noted for his significant…
Think Twice
Summary Commissioned by the Boilermakers’ Society of Australia, Think Twice was the second external film…
Training Film For Union Delegates
Summary A CFMEU Mining & Energy Division short training film aimed at union delegates to…
There Is Power In A Union
Summary A promotional video featuring footage from the 1998 Patrick Dispute along with Billy Bragg’s…
The Past We Inherit The Future We Build – Fred Moore With Andrew Denton
Summary Comprising mainly of an extended interview with legendary miner and unionist Fred Moore on…
The Old Man And The Inland Sea
Summary Beautifully filmed in a stunning sunburnt landscape, this short documentary is an emotive and…
The Metals – Anatomy Of A Union
Summary In the wake of 1993 legislation granting unions the right to bargain with companies…
The Legend of Fred Paterson
Summary A documentary charting the personal and political life of Fred Paterson, the only communist…
The Hungry Miles
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit in 1955, and set against the backdrop…
The Great Strike 1917
Summary Set against the backdrop of growing Australian casualties in the First World War, this…
The Chifleys of Busby Street
Summary An eloquent and moving tribute to Ben Chifley, the humble engine driver who would…
Bones Of Building
Summary Commissioned in 1956 by the Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia and made by…
Sunday Too Far Away
Summary Set against the backdrop of the 1956 Shearers Strike, legendary Australian actor Jack Thompson…
Sugar Slaves
Summary A revealing documentary about the abominable use of Pacific Islander slaves on the Queensland…
Steam Power – The Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Summary A documentary chronicling the history of Sydney’s Eveleigh Railway Workshops, the hub of New…
Songs On The Waterfront
Summary Produced by the Maritime Union of Australia, this grassroots documentary records events in April…
Solidarity at Home & Abroad
Summary Produced for the 2004 MUA National Conference, this short documentary recounts the Maritime Union…
SDA Recruitment Video
Summary A corporate video showcasing the Real Skill, Real Jobs apprenticeship program in the building…
Saving Millers Point Compilation
Summary A compilation of footage covering the fight to save Sydney Harbour’s Millers Point public…
Rocking the Foundations
Summary One of Australia’s most acclaimed labour films, Rocking the Foundations traces the history of…
Rocking For Rights
Summary A component of the 2006 Your Rights At Work campaign against the Howard Government’s…
Red Matildas
Summary In a world of mass unemployment and extreme poverty, three Australian women recount their…
Real Skills Real Jobs
Summary A corporate video showcasing the Real Skill, Real Jobs apprenticeship program in the building…
Powlett Express Newsreel
Summary Newsreel footage of various social activities and events in the Wonthaggi District during the…
Petersen
Summary A searing critique of social stratification across class and gender lines in early 1970s…
Peter Garrett at Austar Coalmine – March 13 2007
Summary Establishing shots of the coalmine and workers finishing their shift. Peter Garrett meets with…
Oakdale – 6.3 Million Reasons To Belong To The Union
Summary A short documentary that tells the story of the 125 miners who lost not…
Pensions For Veterans
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, the film depicts the 1953 Waterside Workers…
Painters And Dockers Strike
Summary Produced by the rank and file of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union,…
Oaky North Mine
Summary This short video highlights the Oaky North Mine in Queensland, where 190 workers have…
Oaky North Mine Christmas Letter
Summary This short campaign commercial is about the Oaky North Mine in Queensland, where 190…
November Victory
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, the film charts the successful November 1954…
Not Only The Need
Summary Commissioned by the ACTU and produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, this social…
National Textiles – One Hundred Cents In The Dollar
Summary A conservative anti-union prime minister, a prime minister’s brother presiding over a bankrupt company…
Naked Into The Jungle – Rio Tinto, Workers and Communities
Summary Produced for the CFMEU, this short documentary charts the nefarious actions of mining giant…
Naa Muru Gurung
Summary This feature length documentary tells the story of those who fought for the right…
MUA – Militant & Progressive
Summary Produced for the 2004 MUA National Conference, this conference video presents the MUA as…
MUA Idol – Your Union At Work
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this is a short documentary articulating…
MUA Idol – Working Idol
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this short documentary explores working life…
MUA Idol – Waterfront Delegate
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this is a short documentary articulating…
MUA Idol – Port Of Whyalla
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this short documentary depicts maritime operations…
MUA Idol – The Heart Of Port Adelaide
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this short documentary explores historical attractions…
MUA Idol – MUA TV
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, and presented as MUA TV, this…
MUA Idol – The MUA
Summary Produced for the MUA’s Working Class Idol competition, this short documentary explores what it’s…
MUA Book Launch Fighting Films
Summary This is a short video presentation of the MUA book launch of Lisa Milner’s…
Globalising Solidarity – Extended Version
Summary This is an extended version of the Globalising Solidarity conference video presentation. The video…
Globalising Solidarity
Summary This video presentation argues that Australian workers and unionists need go outside the country…
From The Mines To The Ships – Our Strength Is In The Chain
Summary The video presentation begins with Paddy Crumlin, representative of the Maritime Union of Australia,…
Manual Twistlocks Time’s Up
Summary This video explains how job security requires a strong union and commitment by all…
The Union At Work
Summary This video profiles workers on the Spirit of Tasmania, which travels between Melbourne and…
Pearling – A Culture of Cover Up
Summary This is a video about dissatisfied workers leaving the pearling industry. If something goes…
Maritime Unions Of Australia Going For Growth
Summary Interview fragments from union officials on their strategies and what is needed to make…
Conference Highlights – Working Together
Summary Conference video presentation of highlights, including MUA Here To Stay, the many faces of…
APHEDA Union Aid Abroad
Summary APHEDA is the overseas humanitarian aid agency abroad of the ACTU Union. Its aim…
CFMEU MWCU Maritime Workers Credit Union
Summary This short video aims to make clear the benefits and services that come with…
SRF SERF Merger Of The Two
Summary Video highlights how superannuation was established by the maritime union in 1967, for all…
Victory In Strasbourg
Summary The video shows the MUA delegation to Strasbourg, which is there to fight the…
Industry Sharks
Summary Video covers how the union is encouraging divers working in the field of recreational…
Spirit Of The Union
Summary A short video about the Spirit of Tasmania, trekking the Bass Strait, it is…
Inaugural MUA National Youth Conference Oct 3-5 2007
Summary A video presentation extract from the 2007 Inaugural MUA National Youth Conference. The video…
Viva Timor Leste
Summary A video extract from the Feb 2008 5th Anniversary Conference of East Timor Maritime…
Rockin For Rights
Summary March 27, 2006 marks the introduction of the Work Choices bill, a comprehensive change…
War On The Waterfront
Summary This short documentary looks back at the wars on the waterfront. There is a…
MUA 2008 National Conference Opening Video
Summary This conference video argues that the Liberal agenda of the Howard years was one…
International Solidarity
Summary Begins with an interview with Paddy Crumlin discussing internationalism, not just organising but also…
Manic Studios – Where Is Marius BBQ
Summary Presented by comedian Charles Firth, this video shows a street barbeque outside the head…
Manic Studios – What Have Unions Ever Done For Us?
Summary This satirical commercial shows fictional mining magnate Alan Billson sitting in a dark and…
Manic Studios – We Love Workers
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial highlights how mining companies…
Manic Studios – Tough Times
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial features fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – The Mandate
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, in this satirical commercial, fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – Spin
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial features fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – Not Against Reform
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial shows fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – More Spin
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial features a suited fictional…
Manic Studios – More Incentives
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial features fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – Mine Safety A Matter of Life And Death
Summary A satirical commercial ridiculing attempts by Queensland mining companies to replace union safety inspectors…
Manic Studios – Larry OH&S
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, in this satirical commercial,…
Manic Studios – Larry No Locals
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial advocates…
Manic Studios – Larry Needs More
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial advocates…
Manic Studios – Larry Launch
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial advocates…
Manic Studios – Larry Is Sad
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial highlights…
Manic Studios – Larry Is Happy
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial highlights…
Manic Studios – Larry Fairness
Summary A spin off from the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial advocates…
Manic Studios – Frittering It All Away
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial shows fictional mining magnate…
Manic Studios – Eager To Please
Summary From the Fair Go For Billionaires campaign, this satirical commercial integrates footage used from…
Manic Studios – Deniers In History
Summary A satirical campaign commercial ridiculing ‘climate change deniers’ and advocating support for an Australian…
Last Stand At Nymboida – United Collieries
Summary Extended footage of contemporary underground coal mining operations at United Collieries in the Hunter…
Last Stand At Nymboida – Recreations
Summary Raw footage of below ground and above ground mining recreations shot for the documentary…
Last Stand At Nymboida
Summary This acclaimed documentary tells the remarkable story of the historic worker rebellion and takeover…
Lockout
Summary An in-depth account of the 1929-30 Lockout on the Northern District coalfields of New…
Life On The Picket
Summary A grassroots film documenting life on the picket line during a 51 week strike…
Let’s Rap About Skills
Summary Through the use of rap music and a music video style, this video addresses…
Land Of Australia – Aboriginal Culture
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, this is an animated film that depicts…
Labour Council End Of Year Video 2005
Summary Accompanied by Midnight Oil’s song One Country, this is a video chronicle by the…
Kemira – Diary Of A Strike
Summary Against a backdrop of economic recession, in September 1982 BHP announced the loss of…
Interview with Unknown Subject
Summary The subject received a writ a couple of months after a strike action. The…
Interview With Malcolm and Bernie Peters
Summary On the Perth to Mandurah railway project, the workers stopped work when the heat…
Interview With Lorissa Stevens
Summary Lorissa was a coal miner in the middle of her training. She was handed…
Interview With Jack O’Shea
Summary An old miner relates his experiences in mining and some conflicts with the mine…
Interview With John Pez And Amanda
Summary The interview concentrates on how the Federal Government fined workers over strike action, sending…
Interview With Jason Travis
Summary The worker was penalised for being injured, and it wasn’t his fault. He wasn’t…
In Working Memory
Summary Archive footage of unknown origin featuring loosely related historical footage of underground coal mining,…
How The West Was Lost
Summary Told through the eyes of the strikers themselves, this groundbreaking feature documentary recounts the…
Hewers Of Coal
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit in 1957 and commissioned by the Miners’…
Gough Whitlam – In His Own Words
Summary Commissioned by SBS Independent this feature length documentary recounts the political life of Australian…
Gordonstone Tapes
Summary Commencing in 1997 and lasting 22 months, the Gordonstone Mine Dispute became one of…
Gordonstone Mine Dispute
Summary An extensive and loosely structured recording of the Gordonstone Mine Dispute in Central Queensland….
Friends and Enemies
Summary Seen from the perspective of workers and their families, this feature length documentary follows…
Fremantle Lockout
Summary A grassroots documentary covering events at Fremantle’s Webb Dock in Western Australia during the…
Four’s A Crowd
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, Four’s A Crowd is a slapstick comedy…
For Love or Money
Summary A landmark feature documentary that charts the history of women and work in Australia…
Can You Hear Me?
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this training film addresses the issue of industrial…
Winning Illawarra Coal
Summary Commissioned by BHP Steel International Group, this film shows underground mining at the Cordeaux…
Safe Roof Bolting
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this is a training film about underground coalmine…
Rescue From Manton Colliery
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this is a dramatised film about mines rescue…
Open Cut Safety, Induction Training
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this is a training film concerning open cut…
Longwall Mining At Invincible Colliery
Summary Commissioned by Austen and Butta United, this film shows the installation and operation of…
Coal Dust, The Invisible Killer
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this film highlights the danger of coal dust…
Coal And The Environment
Summary Commissioned by the New South Wales Combined Colliery Proprietors Association, this film seeks to…
A Safe Start
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, A Safe Start follows four new recruits as…
Where The Action Is
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, the film starts with a scene of the…
View From Below
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this film is an introduction to working underground…
The Search For Coal
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this episode depicts the exploration for coal in…
Power From Coal
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this episode introduces the viewer to the importance…
Fight That Fire
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, this film is a partial dramatisation demonstrating the…
Electrical Hazards In Coal Mining
Summary Commissioned by the Joint Coal Board, the film opens with footage of underground machinery,…
First Aboriginal Skipper At Sydney Ferries
Summary A short documentary about the first aboriginal skipper for Sydney’s Ferries in 150 years…
Film-Work
Summary Through the lens of four of their seminal films, filmmakers Norma Disher, Jock Levy…
Farewell Jeff Lawrence
Summary A collection of tribute speeches to Jeff Lawrence at the ACTU Dinner on 16…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Sharan Burrow Farewell Speech
Summary Sharan Burrow begins with acknowledging the fortitude and strength of indigenous peoples. She talks…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Special Messages to Sharan Burrow
Summary Special Messages to Sharan Burrow is a short compilation of messages of farewell by…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Julia Gillard Speech
Summary Julia Gillard delivers a tribute speech on Sharan Burrow, highlighting her achievements as a…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Sir Murray Rivers QC – Thoughts on Sharan Burrow
Summary Sir Murray Rivers QC – Thoughts on Sharan Burrow is a parody or skit…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Sharan’s Story
Summary Sharan’s Story is a short documentary charting Sharan’s personal and professional history, combining interviews…
Congratulations & Farewell Sharan Burrow – Interviews
Summary A collection of interviews to camera, the first of which is Peter Burrow talking…
Fair, Just, Safe
Summary A promotional video released by the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance highlighting the struggles,…
Edna Ryan – A Political Life
Summary Interspersed with occasional still images, this is essentially a visual oral history in the…
Don’s Party
Summary A classic Australian feature comedy about an election night party with a tragic group…
Deep Bells Ringing – The Life And Songs Of Paul Robeson
Summary Commissioned by the Builders Workers Industrial Union of Australia, this documentary recounts the Australian…
CPSU Privatisation
Summary Produced by the Community and Public Sector Union, this short video addresses the threat…
Constructing Fear – Australia’s Secret Industrial Inquisition
Summary A documentary exposing the victimisation and intimidation of construction workers by the Howard Government’s…
Concrete City
Summary In the spirit of classic films such as Waterloo (1981) and Rocking the Foundations…
CFMEU Our Union
Summary A promotional video for the CFMEU union highlighting the need for unions in the…
CFMEU Mining & Energy Division National Convention 2012
Summary Produced for the CFMEU Mining & Energy Division’s 2012 Convention, this video presentation highlights…
CFMEU Mining & Energy National Conference – For A Clean, Safe and Secure Future
Summary A major theme of the convention was the threat to workers and their unions…
Celebration of the Life of Tas Bull
Summary Funeral and tribute video for Tas Bull, legendary trade unionist, internationalist, socialist and General…
Caddie
Summary Based on the autobiography Caddie, A Sydney Barmaid (1953),[1] the film tells the story…
Strike Support
Summary This micro film is about Queensland coal miner strike organisation and support, including the…
Ipswich Coal Barons
Summary This micro film charts the rise of the coal barons on the Ipswich field…
Collinsville Staydown Strike
Summary This micro film is an extended first hand account of the Collinsville Staydown Strike…
The Women
Summary Among the first four women to work in the Queensland coalmines, Patty Ryan recounts…
Back To Mulligan
Summary Accompanied by his daughters, former resident Greg James travels back to the remote and…
Kianga Disaster
Summary Through first hand accounts, this short documentary charts the lead up to the 1975…
49 National Coal Strike
Summary A further exploration of the 1949 National Coal Strike from a Queensland perspective, a…
Digger Goes To Parliament
Summary Retired miner and union leader, Digger Murphy, delivers a ‘first hand’ account of the…
Blood On The Coal
Summary Released commercially in Queensland cinemas in 2015, this feature length documentary recounts the turbulent…
Bread and Dripping
Summary With candor and poignancy, four working class women recount the hardships and deprivations of…
Blood Is Thicker Than Oil
Summary A 2003 short documentary about oil and gas company Esso Australia attempting to force…
Blackbird
Summary In a practice known as ‘blackbirding’, up to 60,000 Pacific islanders were either kidnapped…
Black Gold Kindred Spirits Additional Interviews
Summary A selection of interview clips not included in the documentary Black Gold, Kindred Spirits….
State Coal Mine Re-union
Summary Rare footage of the 1988 State Coal Mine Re-union, held at the Eastern Area…
The Story Of Harmers Haven
Summary Told by legendary Wonthaggi miner and unionist Eddie Harmer, this 10 minute short documentary…
Working The State Coal Mine
Summary Shot in the late 1980s, this short documentary takes us underground with former miner…
Black Gold, Kindred Spirits
Summary This award winning documentary explores the history of the notorious Victorian State Coal Mine,…
Beneath Black Skies
Summary Narrated by Australian actor David Field, Beneath Black Skies recounts the history of coal…
Infamous Victory – Ben Chifley’s Battle For Coal
Summary A documentary film that frames the 1949 national coal strike as a battle led…
Banners Held High
Summary Produced by the Waterside Workers Film Unit, this short documentary shot on colour 16mm…
Backs To The Blast
Summary This factual documentary is a shocking and disturbing expose of uranium mining, processing and…
Australian Unions – Working For A Better Life
Summary A promotional video released on DVD by the ACTU highlighting the contribution unions have…
Australian Trade Unions
Summary A documentary telling the story of Australian Trade Unions and their place in contemporary…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Tom Curphey
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Taffe Sweetensen
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Peter Close & Bob Roest
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Kevin Underwood
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Ron Chumbley
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Roger Wilson
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Robyn Casey
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Ray Smith
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Peter McCracken
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Pat Geraghty
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Paddy Green
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Max Woods
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Lou Guihenneuk
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Les Wells
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Laurie Steen
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Laurie Bell
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John Titch James
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John Stone
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John O’Loughlan
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Joe Pettison
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Jim Steele
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Jim Homeboat Smith
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Fred Krausert
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Frank Finch Part 2
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Frank Finch Part 1
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Elaine Brennan
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Dallas Kaye Porter
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Captain John Quinn
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Brian Peters
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bobby Smith
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Langlois
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Jones
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Dean
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Shaddock
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Heath
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Hawkins
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bert Nolan
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Andrews
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bernie Sorensen
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Arthur Casey
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
Amongst Equals
Summary Commissioned by the ACTU as a sponsored film, this feature documentary was produced by…
ACTU Campaign Ads 2005
Summary A compilation of seven 30 second television campaign ads highlighting the threat to ordinary…
A Union Of People: The Changes, The Challenges
Summary Produced by the ACTU, this corporate video addresses the issue of workplace reform, enterprise…
A Tribute To Bill Kelty
Summary A collection of speeches in tribute to Bill Kelty at the ACTU Congress Dinner…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Alan Oliver and Terry Relph
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…
90 Percent Men
Summary Produced by Coora Films for the Australian Railway Historical Society, this documentary tells the…
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Alby Ireland and Bobby O’Shea
Summary Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired…