Film Tag: Great Strike of 1917

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Amongst Equals

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

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1892 economic bust 1949 National Coal Strike 1966 Gurindji Strike 1986 Robe River dispute 8 hour day Accord Anti-strike legislation Asbestos mining Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Australian Labor Party Automation Bob Hawke Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bans Clarrie O’Shea Coal mining Communism Conscription Dalfram Dispute of 1938 Depressions Edna Ryan Equal pay for women Gold rush Great Strike of 1917 Health & safety Jack Mundey Jim Comerford Joh Bjelke-Petersen Multiculturalism Port Kembla steel workers Poverty Riverland Cannery campaign Robert Menzies Rothbury Lockout Shearers Strike of 1891 Tailoresses Unions Vietnam War Waterside Workers Federation Wave Hill Walk-Off Whitlam Labor Government Women Working class Working conditions Zelda D’Prano

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Documentary - Feature

Edna Ryan – A Political Life

A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.

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Politics Women

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1972 Whitlam election 1974 National Wage Case Activism Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Labor Party Communism Communist Party Conscription Depressions Edna Ryan Education Equal pay for women Family Feminist movement Food insecurity Great Strike of 1917 Housing insecurity Politics Poverty Russian Revolution Social justice Socialism Strikes Sydney Unemployment Unions Wages Women Working class Working conditions World War One World War Two

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Documentary

For Love or Money

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

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Textiles and Clothing Women

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1918 Minimum wage for women 1934 Wonthaggi strike 1972 Whitlam election Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia Automation Clothing industry Convicts Depressions Domestic servants Education Equal pay for women Family Feminist movement Great Strike of 1917 Indentured labour Indigenous Indigenous discrimination Manufacturing Nursing Politics Poverty Social justice Strikes Tailoresses union Textiles and Clothing Unemployment Unions Vietnam War Whitlam Labor Government Wollongong steelworks - women Women Women driving trams Women's Auxiliary Women's Militant Group Women's workplace rights Wonthaggi Working class Working conditions Workplace reform Workplace relations World War One World War Two

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Documentary - Feature

November Victory

A short documentary that charts the 1954 waterside workers strike.

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Australian Labor Party Black bans Communism Communist Party Comradeship Depressions Doc Evatt Eureka Stockade Family Great Strike of 1917 Jack Lair Smith Jim Healy Jock Levy Keith Gow Maritime Mining communities Norma Disher November 1954 Waterside Workers Strike Poverty Recruitment Dispute 1954 Robert Menzies Rothbury Lockout Shearers Strike of 1891 Shipping Social justice Socialism Strike orgainsation Strikes Sydney Unions Wages Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Women Working class

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Documentary - Short

Steam Power – The Eveleigh Railway Workshops

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

Film Topics:

Railways Unions

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Technology Park Comradeship Energy Eveleigh Railway Workshops Great Strike of 1917 Immigrants Indigenous JJ Cahill John McKell Mateship New South Wales New South Wales Railways Politics Railway construction Randwick Tramway Workshop Steam power Strikes Transportation Unions Women Women's workplace rights Womens rights Working class

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Documentary - Short

The Chifleys of Busby Street

A documentary feature about Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley.

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Politics

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1949 National Coal Strike Australia Australian Labor Party Bathurst - NSW Ben Chifley Class struggle Coal mining Communism Communist Party Great Strike of 1917 Miners Federation New South Wales New South Wales Railways Politics Socialism Unions Working class

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Documentary - Feature

The Great Strike (1917)

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

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Railways Strikes Unions

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A. W. Buckley Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association Anti-strike legislation Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Carl Willis Class struggle Class war Claud Thompson Coal mining Comradeship Energy Eveleigh Railway Workshops Great Strike of 1917 Industrial Workers of the World John Kavanagh Maritime Miners Federation New South Wales New South Wales Police New South Wales Railways NSW Labor Council Politics Railways Railways - Australia - History Railways - Employees Railways Union Randwick Tram Sheds Strikes Surry Hills Citizens League Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Ferries Taronga Park The Domain - Sydney - NSW Trades Hall Transportation Unions Wages Walter Wearne Waterside workers Wollongong Women Working class Workplace relations World War One

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Archival footage Documentary - Short

The Great Strike 1917

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

Film Topics:

Railways Strikes Unions

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Anti-strike legislation Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Labor Party Ben Chifley Carriageworks - Sydney Class struggle Class war Coal mining Comradeship Energy Eveleigh Railway Workshops Great Strike of 1917 Maritime Mateship Mervyn Flanagan murder New South Wales New South Wales Railways Politics Railway construction Randwick Tram Sheds Randwick Tramway Workshop Reginald Wearn Steam power Strikes Trades Hall Transportation Unions United Kingdom Waterside workers Working class World War One

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature

The Great Strike Newsreels (1917)

Three silent newsreels on the Great Strike of 1917.

Film Topics:

Railways Strikes Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Class struggle Class war Eveleigh Railway Workshops Family Great Strike of 1917 Maritime New South Wales New South Wales Railways Politics Railways Railways - Australia - History Railways - Employees Railways Union Randwick Tram Sheds Strikes The Domain - Sydney - NSW Unions Wages Waterside workers Women Working class Workplace relations

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Archival footage Newsreel