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Bridge Riggers Have Nerves Of Steel – Australian Diary 89

A newsreel showing painters and maintenance workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionHealth and Safety

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBridge RiggersConstructionHealth & safetyMaintenance WorkersNew South WalesPaintersSydneySydney Harbour BridgeTransportationWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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Motor Car Body Building Is Important Industry – Australian Diary 45

A newsreel showing Australian car manufacturing in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Manufacturing

Film Tags:

AdelaideAustraliaCar ManufacturingHoldenImmigrantsSouth AustraliaTransportationWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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Trade Unions Celebrate Historic Occasion – Australian Diary

A newsreel of the 1955 Labour Day parade in Sydney.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

8 hour dayAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyLabour DayLabour Day ParadeNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysRailwaysStone Masons SocietySydneyTransportationUnionsWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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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.

Film Topics:

Energy and Electricity

Film Tags:

AustraliaCoal miningElectricalEnergyMechanisationMelbourneOpen cut miningVictoriaWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War TwoYallourn Coal Mine - VictoriaYallourn Power House

Film Type:

Newsreel
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