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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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Eight Hour Day Procession – Melbourne 1939

Footage of an Eight Hour Day procession through Melbourne in 1939.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

40 Hour Week8 hour dayAnti warAnti-fascismAustraliaBlacksmiths Society of AustralasiaCost of livingHousing insecurityJob insecurityLabour DayLabour Day ParadeLiving conditionsMelbournePeace movementSocialismUnemploymentUnionsVictoriaWaterside Workers FederationWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Archival footage
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Globalising Solidarity – Extended Version

An extended conference video presentation about globalisation and the need for Australian unionists to engage with workers around the world.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

1966 Gurindji StrikeAnti warAustraliaCFMEUChilean dock workersChilean Dockworkers UnionCivil rightsClass struggleConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionGlobalisationIndigenousIndonesiaIndonesian independenceInternational Longshore and Warehouse UnionLos Angeles - CaliforniaMaritimeMaritime Credit UnionMaritime Union of AustraliaNetherlandsPacific unionsPaddy CrumlinPatrick StevedoreSouth AmericaStrikesTransportationUnion InternationalismUnionsUnited StatesVietnam WarWaterside workersWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Conference Video Presentation
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International Solidarity

A short documentary about the role of the Maritime Union of Australia in supporting workers and causes worldwide.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

Anti warApartheid - South AfricaCommunismComradeshipCubaEuropean UnionFranceInternational Longshore and Warehouse UnionInternational Transport Workers FederationJohn Howard GovernmentMaritimeMaritime Film UnitMaritime Union of AustraliaNapier Dispute 2007New ZealandNew Zealand Maritime UnionPaddy CrumlinSeafarers International UnionSocialismStrasbourg Dispute 2007StrikesUnion InternationalismUnionsUnited StatesUS trade embago on CubaVietnam WarWaterside workersWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Conference Video Presentation
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Our Man Kisch

A short documentary chronicling Egon Kisch's controversial anti-fascism speaking trip to Australia in 1934.

Film Topics:

Anti-FascismPeace Movement

Film Tags:

Adolf HitlerAnti warAnti-fascismAnti-War Congress in MelbourneAustralia - NSW - SydneyBenito MussoliniCharles MurrayCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionCzechoslovakiaDepressionsEgon KischFremantleHigh Court of AustraliaImmigrantsImprisonmentJoseph LyonsJoseph Lyons GovernmentKatharine PritchardLen FoxMelbourneMelbourne centenary celebrationsMelbourne ShrineMelbourne waterfrontNazi GermanyNazismPeace movementPercy LaidlerPoliticsPort MelbournePovertyRailways UnionRalph GibsonRobert MenziesSenator Arthur RaySocial justiceSocialismStrathairdThe HolocaustTom GleesonTortureUnemploymentUnionsUnited KingdomVictoria PoliceWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorld Committee Against War and FascismWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Red Matildas

Three Australian women recount how the hardships of the Depression forged their politics and inspired them to fight for social justice.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

Anti warAudrey BlakeAustraliaCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsEqual pay for womenEvictionFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityHousing insecurityJoan GoodwinMay PennefatherMelbourneNuclearNuclear disarmamentPeace movementPoliticsPovertySocial justiceSocialismSoviet UnionSpanish Civil WarUnemploymentVictoriaWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking classWorld War TwoYoung Communist League

Film Type:

Documentary
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Solidarity at Home & Abroad

A conference video celebrating the MUA's campaigns for internationalisation and solidarity.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

1998 Patrick DisputeAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAnti warApartheid - South AfricaIndigenousIndigenous discriminationIndonesiaIndonesian independenceJohn Howard GovernmentMaritimeMaritime Union of AustraliaPatrick StevedoreTas BullUnion InternationalismUnionsVietnam WarWaterside workersWorking classWorkplace deregulationWorkplace reformWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Conference Video Presentation
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The Legend of Fred Paterson

A documentary about Fred Paterson, the only communist ever elected to an Australian parliament.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWorking Class

Film Tags:

Anti warAnti-fascismAustraliaAustralian Labor PartyBowen - QueenslandChristianityClass struggleCommunismCommunist PartyFred PatersonGermanyIrelandKarl MarxNazi GermanyNew South WalesNorth QueenslandPoliticsPovertyQueensland rail strike 1948Queensland State ParliamentRed ArmyRobert MenziesSocialismSoviet UnionStrikesUnionsVladimir LeninWorking classWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Time, Place and Circumstances – The Brian Miller Story

A tribute video to construction worker and unionist Brian Miller.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionUnions

Film Tags:

Anti warAustraliaBrian MillerConstructionCyclone TracyDarwinHealth & safetyPat ClancyStan SharkeyTom McDonaldUnionsWorking class

Film Type:

Video - Tribute
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Vale Pat Clancy -Working Class Champion 1919 -1987

A tribute video to construction worker and unionist Pat Clancy.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionUnions

Film Tags:

Anti warAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUBill AndersonBill BrownBuilders Workers Industrial UnionBWIUChinaCommunismCommunist PartyConstructionLabour Council of NSWNew Zealand Federation of LabourPat ClancySoviet UnionTom McDonaldWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Video - Tribute
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Wharfies

A documenting charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1902 to the 1980s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

44 hour weekAnti warAnti-strike legislationApartheid - South AfricaAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBruce GovernmentCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipConscriptionDepressionsEntitlementsHealth & safetyIndonesian independenceInternational Transport Workers FederationKeith GowMaritimePaid HolidaysPensionsPig iron black ban JapanPovertyRobert MenziesShippingSick paySocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnion InternationalismUnionsVietnam WarWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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