Film Tag: Great Strike of 1917

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Amongst Equals

Feature length documentary tracing the history of the Australian trade union movement.

Film Topics:

PoliticsUnionsWorking ConditionsWorkplace Relations

Film Tags:

1892 economic bust1949 National Coal Strike1966 Gurindji Strike1986 Robe River dispute8 hour dayAccordAnti-strike legislationAsbestos miningAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyAutomationBob HawkeBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansClarrie O’SheaCoal miningCommunismConscriptionDalfram Dispute of 1938DepressionsEdna RyanEqual pay for womenGold rushGreat Strike of 1917Health & safetyJack MundeyJim ComerfordJoh Bjelke-PetersenMulticulturalismPort Kembla steel workersPovertyRiverland Cannery campaignRobert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891TailoressesUnionsVietnam WarWaterside Workers FederationWave Hill Walk-OffWhitlam Labor GovernmentWomenWorking classWorking conditionsZelda D’Prano

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Edna Ryan – A Political Life

A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

1972 Whitlam election1974 National Wage CaseActivismAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionDepressionsEdna RyanEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityGreat Strike of 1917Housing insecurityPoliticsPovertyRussian RevolutionSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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For Love or Money

A documentary feature that charts the history of Australian women in the workplace and their struggles.

Film Topics:

Textiles and ClothingWomen

Film Tags:

1918 Minimum wage for women1934 Wonthaggi strike1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAutomationClothing industryConvictsDepressionsDomestic servantsEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementGreat Strike of 1917Indentured labourIndigenousIndigenous discriminationManufacturingNursingPoliticsPovertySocial justiceStrikesTailoresses unionTextiles and ClothingUnemploymentUnionsVietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen driving tramsWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWomen's workplace rightsWonthaggiWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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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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Steam Power – The Eveleigh Railway Workshops

A short documentary charting the history of Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney.

Film Topics:

RailwaysUnions

Film Tags:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Technology ParkComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917ImmigrantsIndigenousJJ CahillJohn McKellMateshipNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsRailway constructionRandwick Tramway WorkshopSteam powerStrikesTransportationUnionsWomenWomen's workplace rightsWomens rightsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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The Chifleys of Busby Street

A documentary feature about Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley.

Film Topics:

Politics

Film Tags:

1949 National Coal StrikeAustraliaAustralian Labor PartyBathurst - NSWBen ChifleyClass struggleCoal miningCommunismCommunist PartyGreat Strike of 1917Miners FederationNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsSocialismUnionsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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The Great Strike (1917)

This is a restored and reconstituted version of a silent documentary about the 1917 Great Strike.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

A. W. BuckleyAmalgamated Railway and Tramway Service AssociationAnti-strike legislationAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCarl WillisClass struggleClass warClaud ThompsonCoal miningComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917Industrial Workers of the WorldJohn KavanaghMaritimeMiners FederationNew South WalesNew South Wales PoliceNew South Wales RailwaysNSW Labor CouncilPoliticsRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRailways UnionRandwick Tram ShedsStrikesSurry Hills Citizens LeagueSydney Cricket GroundSydney FerriesTaronga ParkThe Domain - Sydney - NSWTrades HallTransportationUnionsWagesWalter WearneWaterside workersWollongongWomenWorking classWorkplace relationsWorld War One

Film Type:

Archival footageDocumentary - Short
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The Great Strike 1917

A documentary feature recounting the history of the Great Strike of 1917.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

Anti-strike legislationAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyBen ChifleyCarriageworks - SydneyClass struggleClass warCoal miningComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917MaritimeMateshipMervyn Flanagan murderNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsRailway constructionRandwick Tram ShedsRandwick Tramway WorkshopReginald WearnSteam powerStrikesTrades HallTransportationUnionsUnited KingdomWaterside workersWorking classWorld War One

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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The Great Strike Newsreels (1917)

Three silent newsreels on the Great Strike of 1917.

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyClass struggleClass warEveleigh Railway WorkshopsFamilyGreat Strike of 1917MaritimeNew South WalesNew South Wales RailwaysPoliticsRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRailways UnionRandwick Tram ShedsStrikesThe Domain - Sydney - NSWUnionsWagesWaterside workersWomenWorking classWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Archival footageNewsreel
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