90 Percent Men
An historical documentary that tells the story of the workers who built and operated the Australian railway network.
A Union Of People: The Changes, The Challenges
A corporate video about workplace reform, enterprise bargaining and workplace deregulation.
ACTU Campaign Ads 2005
Television campaign ads highlighting the threat of Work Choices legislation to ordinary workers.
All In A Day’s Work
A government informational film about the introduction of mechanised industrial handling equipment after World War Two.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Alan Oliver and Terry Relph
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Alby Ireland and Bobby O’Shea
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Arthur Casey
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bernie Sorensen
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bert Nolan
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Andrews
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Hawkins
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Heath
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bill Shaddock
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Dean
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Jones
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Billy Langlois
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Bobby Smith
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Brian Peters
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Captain John Quinn
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Dallas Kaye Porter
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Elaine Brennan
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Frank Finch Part 1
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Frank Finch Part 2
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Fred Krausert
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Jim Homeboat Smith
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Jim Steele
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Joe Pettison
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John O’Loughlan
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John Stone
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – John Titch James
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Kevin Underwood
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Laurie Bell
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Laurie Steen
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Les Wells
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Lou Guihenneuk
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Max Woods
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Paddy Green
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Pat Geraghty
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Peter Close & Bob Roest
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Peter McCracken
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Ray Smith
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Robyn Casey
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Roger Wilson
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Ron Chumbley
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Taffe Sweetensen
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Australian Merchant Seaman’s Story In His Own Words – Tom Curphey
On camera oral history featuring Australia's unionized merchant seamen.
An Era Of Coal
Amateur documentary depicting the workings and operation of the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine.
Artisans Of Australia – Iron Craft
A short documentary about artisan ironworkers in a Newtown foundry.
Australia And Your Future – No.1 Men Wanted
A government informational film aimed at attracting discharged British servicemen to Australia as workers after World War Two.
Australian Trade Unions
A documentary telling the story of Australian Trade Unions and their place in contemporary Australian society.
Backs To The Blast
A documentary about the devastating impact of uranium mining, processing and nuclear bomb testing in South Australia in the 1950s.
Black Gold Kindred Spirits Additional Interviews
Additional interviews about the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine from Black Gold Kindred Spirits.
Black Gold, Kindred Spirits
A documentary about the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine in Victoria, from its inception in 1908 to its closure in 1969.
Bread and Dripping
A short documentary in which four working class women recount the hardships they endured during the Depression years.
Bridge Riggers Have Nerves Of Steel – Australian Diary 89
A newsreel showing painters and maintenance workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the 1950s.
Celebration of the Life of Tas Bull
Tribute video for Tas Bull, General Secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation 1984 to 1993.
Coal Dust, The Invisible Killer
A short documentary highlighting the dangers of dust to the health of mine workers.
Coal Mining The Modern Way – Newcastle NSW
A newsreel about mechanised coal mining in Newcastle, New South Wales in the 1950s.
Conference Highlights – Working Together
A conference video presentation of highlights of the 2004 MUA National Conference.
Deep Bells Ringing – The Life And Songs Of Paul Robeson
A documentary recounting American bass baritone artist and political activist Paul Robeson's visit to the construction site of the Sydney Opera House.
Don’t Be Too Polite Girls
A short documentary about discrimination against working women in Australia from World War Two to the 1970s.
Edna Ryan – A Political Life
A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.
Eight Hour Day At Tamworth 1916
A newsreel of the 1916 Labour Day parade in Tamworth New South Wales.
Eight Hour Day Procession – Melbourne 1939
Footage of an Eight Hour Day procession through Melbourne in 1939.
For Love or Money
A documentary feature that charts the history of Australian women in the workplace and their struggles.
From The Mines To The Ships – Our Strength Is In The Chain
A conference video presentation about the threat of globalisation and the need for unions to work together worldwide.
Globalising Solidarity
A conference video presentation about globalisation and the need for Australian unionists to engage with workers around the world.
Globalising Solidarity – Extended Version
An extended conference video presentation about globalisation and the need for Australian unionists to engage with workers around the world.
Gloria
A short documentary about Uruguayan women fighting for the release for political prisoners in Latin America.
How The West Was Lost
A feature documentary about the 1946 Aboriginal pastoral strike in Western Australia.
In Working Memory
A compilation of footage depicting underground mining, railways and locomotive manufacturing in Australia.
Kemira – Diary Of A Strike
A documentary about the 1982 Kemira Colliery strike in Wollongong New South Wales.
Labour Council End Of Year Video 2005
Promotional video highlighting the Labour Council of NSW's campaign against Howard Government's workplace laws.
Life On The Picket
A documentary about life on the picket line during the Vickery coal mine strike in 1995.
Longwall Mining At Invincible Colliery
A short documentary demonstrating longwall mining at Invincible Colliery.
Making A Start In Australia
A government informational film aimed at European migrants to Australia in the 1970s.
Maritime Unions Of Australia Going For Growth
A conference video presentation of interviews about increasing union membership.
Motor Car Body Building Is Important Industry – Australian Diary 45
A newsreel showing Australian car manufacturing in the 1950s.
MUA Idol – The MUA
A short documentary exploring historically important disputes in the MUA's history.
MUA Idol – Waterfront Delegate
A short documentary about the importance of union delegates on the waterfront.
MUA Idol – Working Idol
A short documentary profiling working on a tanker vessel and the role of the union.
MUA Idol – The Heart Of Port Adelaide
A short documentary about the Maritime Museum of South Australia.
Naked Into The Jungle – Rio Tinto, Workers and Communities
A short documentary that charts the global conduct of mining giant Rio Tinto.
National Textiles – One Hundred Cents In The Dollar
A documentary about the National Textiles dispute over unpaid entitlements in 2000.
Neville Bonner: Australian Biography
An extended reflective interview with Liberal Party Senator Neville Bonner, Australia's first Aboriginal member of Federal Parliament.
Not Only The Need
A short documentary highlighting the lack of affordable and decent housing in 1950s Australia.
Oakdale – 6.3 Million Reasons To Belong To The Union
A video covering the 1999 Oakdale colliery closure and the loss of worker entitlements.
Offshore
A conference video presentation recounting the efforts of offshore oil and gas workers to find common ground with employers.
Open Cut Safety, Induction Training
A short documentary concerning open cut coal mine safety for new workers.
Our Man Kisch
A short documentary chronicling Egon Kisch's controversial anti-fascism speaking trip to Australia in 1934.
Painters And Dockers Strike
A short documentary about the painters and dockers strike at Sydney's Naval Shipyards.
Pearling – A Culture of Cover Up
A conference video presentation of about problems facing workers in the pearling industry in Western Australia.
Peko Pilbara Pirates
A short documentary about the 1986 Robe River iron ore mine dispute in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Pensions For Veterans
A short documentary that charts the Waterside Workers Federation's 1953 campaign to win pensions.
Power From The Snow
A government film about the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme and the building of the Guthega Dam.
Powlett Express Newsreel
Early newsreel footage of union and community events in the Wonthaggi District.
Preventing Disaster: Learning From Longford
An academic analysis of the 1998 Longford Gas Plant explosion in Victoria.
Rail Town
A government film showcasing the railway town of Port Augusta in South Australia in the 1950s.
Real Skills Real Jobs
A corporate video about skills training for Aboriginal people in northern News South Wales.
Red Matildas
Three Australian women recount how the hardships of the Depression forged their politics and inspired them to fight for social justice.
Rocking the Foundations
A documentary feature that traces the history of New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation and its social activism.
Solidarity at Home & Abroad
A conference video celebrating the MUA's campaigns for internationalisation and solidarity.
Songs On The Waterfront
A short documentary about life on the picket line during the Patrick Dispute in Brisbane.
Steam Power – The Eveleigh Railway Workshops
A short documentary charting the history of Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney.
Story Of A City
A government film showcasing the industrial city of Newcastle in New South Wales in 1945.
Sugar Slaves
A documentary about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.
Taking The Children: Western Australia’s Stolen Generations
A short documentary about Western Australia's stolen generations.
The Change At Groote
A short documentary about the impact of a manganese mine on indigenous workers and community on Groote Eylandt island.
The Coal Miner
A government short documentary about mine mechanisation in New South Wales in the 1950s.
The Commonwealth’s Trans-Australian Railway
A silent film documenting the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway.
The Great Strike (1917)
This is a restored and reconstituted version of a silent documentary about the 1917 Great Strike.
The Helping Hand: The Story Of The Good Neighbour Movement
A government informational film promoting the work of the Good Neighbour Movement in welcoming migrants to Australia in the 1960s.
The Hungry Miles
A short documentary that recounts the struggles of Australian waterside workers from the Great Depression to the 1950s.
The Legend of Fred Paterson
A documentary about Fred Paterson, the only communist ever elected to an Australian parliament.
The Metals – Anatomy Of A Union
A documentary about the enterprise bargaining process between a small manufacturer and the union.
The New Ipswich
A government film showcasing the industrial city of Ipswich in Queensland during the post war period of the late 1940s.
The Timber Getters
A government film about timber cutters on the New South Wales mid north coast in the 1950s.
The Union At Work
A conference video presentation profiling the challenges facing workers on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.
The Union Rep. Will You Join?
A short film about union recruitment and the counterproductive nature of high pressure tactics used by union delegates.
Time, Place and Circumstances – The Brian Miller Story
A tribute video to construction worker and unionist Brian Miller.
Times Up – The Story of the Campaign For Equal Pay
A short documentary about women's long struggle for equal pay.
Trade Unions Celebrate Historic Occasion – Australian Diary
A newsreel of the 1955 Labour Day parade in Sydney.
Union Communication Facts
A short film about union delegates and the importance of obtaining facts when communicating about disputes.
United We Bargain
A promotional video highlighting union campaigns in the health sector in Western Australia in the 1990s.
Vale Pat Clancy -Working Class Champion 1919 -1987
A tribute video to construction worker and unionist Pat Clancy.
Victoria Converts Brown Coal To Power And Light – Australian Diary 14
A newsreel about the Yallourn brown coal mine and power house in Victoria in the 1940s.
View From Below
A short documentary introducing new coal miners to underground work and safety measures.
Waterloo
A documentary about the battle to save an inner city working class area in Sydney from high rise development.
Wharfies
A documenting charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1902 to the 1980s.
What About The Workers’ Workers
A short documentary about mostly female union workers going on strike against their own male dominated union.
Woolloomooloo
A documentary feature about inner city working class residents fighting to save their area from re-development.
Working The State Coal Mine
A short documentary tour of the State Coal Mine Tourist Mine in Wonthaggi.
WWF Film News No.1
A newsreel shot by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit about the 1956 Margins Dispute.
Your Rights At Work: Worth Fighting For – Melbourne National Day of Action
A campaign video against Work Choices legislation.