Film Production Company: Waterside Workers Film Unit

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Banners Held High

A short documentary about trade union banners in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

Anti warConstructionMaritime Union of AustraliaMay DayMerchant seamenMiningNuclearPeace movementPensionsRoad worksShippingSydneyTramwaysUnionsWagesWaterside Workers FederationWomenWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Bones Of Building

A short documentary about safety in the construction industry in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionHealth and SafetyUnions

Film Tags:

Alex WrenAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBob EvansBuilding Workers Industrial Union of Australia BWIUBWIUComradeshipConstructionDick HackettGeorge SharmanHealth & safetyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeNorma DisherPat ClancySydneyUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorkers compensationWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Film-Work

A documentary about the filmmakers of the Waterside Workers Film Unit.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUClass struggleClass warCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsFood insecurityHewers of CoalHousingHousing insecurityJock LevyKeith GowMiners FederationNorma DisherNovember VictoryPensionsPensions for VeteransPoliticsPovertyPyrmontRobert MenziesThe Hungry MilesThe New TheatreUnionsUnited KingdomUnited StatesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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Four’s A Crowd

A comedy highlighting the negative affect of bad behaviour by dock workers.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyJock LevyKeith GowNorma DisherUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Comedy Skit
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Hewers Of Coal

A short documentary about the plight of coal miners in Australia up until the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaCoal dustCoal miningCoal transportationComradeshipConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDepressionsEnergyFamilyGasJock LevyKeith GowManufacturingMateshipMechanisationMine accidentsMine explosionsMine ventilationMiners FederationNationalizationNorma DisherPit PoniesPovertySocial justiceSocialismSteel productionStrikesUnderground firesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Not Only The Need

A short documentary highlighting the lack of affordable and decent housing in 1950s Australia.

Film Topics:

HousingUnions

Film Tags:

1944 Commonwealth Housing Commission reportAlbert MonkAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBuilding Trades UnionCommonwealth BankConstructionDepressionsFamilyHousingHousing Commission - NSWHousing insecurityImmigrantsJock LevyKeith GowMelbourneNational People’s ConferenceNorma DisherPaddingtonPovertySocial justiceSocialismSurry HillsSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWaterside Workers Film UnitWomenWorking classYoung people

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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November Victory

A short documentary that charts the 1954 waterside workers strike.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyBlack bansCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsDoc EvattEureka StockadeFamilyGreat Strike of 1917Jack Lair SmithJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMining communitiesNorma DisherNovember 1954 Waterside Workers StrikePovertyRecruitment Dispute 1954Robert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891ShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyUnionsWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWomenWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Pensions For Veterans

A short documentary that charts the Waterside Workers Federation's 1953 campaign to win pensions.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian ParliamentCanberraComradeshipDepressionsDuchie YoungHealth & safetyJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeNorma DisherParliament HousePensionsPensions for VeteransPovertyShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyTom NelsonUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers 1953 Pension disputeWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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The Hungry Miles

A short documentary that recounts the struggles of Australian waterside workers from the Great Depression to the 1950s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCanberraComradeshipDepressionsEureka StockadeFamilyFood insecurityHealth & safetyJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMechanisationNorma DisherPovertyShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Think Twice

A short documentary about the dangers of electric welding for boilermakers.

Film Topics:

Health and SafetyManufacturing

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBoilermakers’ Society of AustraliaBolier makingCockatoo IslandHealth & safetyKeith GowManufacturingMaritimeNorma DisherSydneyUnionsWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWeldingWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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WWF Film News No.1

A newsreel shot by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit about the 1956 Margins Dispute.

Film Topics:

MaritimeStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

American Utah Consolidated CompanyAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBill HartnessDowding Street DepotJack RuleJim HealyKearney RockKeith GowMargins Dispute 1956MaritimeMatt MunroMelbourneMelbourne waterfrontNewcastleNorm WoodleyPort Kembla steel workersRed CrossRon MaxwellSt. Mary’sStan MoranStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneySydney Town HallTas BullTramwaysUnionsWagesWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWollongongWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel
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