Film Tag: Metal & Iron Workers

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Artisans Of Australia – Iron Craft

A short documentary about artisan ironworkers in a Newtown foundry.

Film Topics:

Metal & Iron Workers

Film Tags:

AustraliaFoundry WorkersJack ThomasMetal & Iron WorkersNewtown - SydneyWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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Don’t Be Too Polite Girls

A short documentary about discrimination against working women in Australia from World War Two to the 1970s.

Film Topics:

Women

Film Tags:

ActivismAmalgamated Metal Workers UnionAustraliaBaby BoomBullying and harassmentEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementJob insecurityManufacturingMartha AnsaraMelbourneMelbourne Women’s Theatre GroupMetal & Iron WorkersPoliticsSocial justiceUnemploymentWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking classWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Noise

An informational film about hearing loss in the workplace.

Film Topics:

Health and Safety

Film Tags:

AustraliaHealth & safetyHearing lossManufacturingMetal & Iron WorkersWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace abuse and violence

Film Type:

Instructional/Informational Film
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Rail Town

A government film showcasing the railway town of Port Augusta in South Australia in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Railways

Film Tags:

AgricultureAlice Springs - Northern TerritoryAustraliaCommonwealth RailwaysEntertainmentFamilyKalgoorlie - Western AustraliaLiving conditionsManufacturingMedicalMetal & Iron WorkersPort Augusta - South AustraliaPort Pirie - South AustraliaRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistorySheep stationsShippingSouth AustraliaSportsTrans-Australian RailwayWater InfrastructureWaterside workersWestern AustraliaWomenWoomera - South AustraliaWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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Railways At Work

A government film showcasing Australian railways and its workers in the 1960s.

Film Topics:

Railways

Film Tags:

AgricultureAlice Springs - Northern TerritoryAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCoal miningCommonwealth RailwaysFamilyForestryHealth & safetyKalgoorlie - Western AustraliaLeigh Creek Mine - South AustraliaLiving conditionsManufacturingMedicalMelbourneMetal & Iron WorkersMorwell Coal Mine - VictoriaOpen cut miningPort Augusta - South AustraliaPublic HealthQueenslandRailway constructionRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistorySheep stationsSouth AustraliaSydneyTimber IndustryTrans-Australian RailwayVictoriaWestern AustraliaWomenWorking classWorking conditionsYallourn Coal Mine - Victoria

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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Story Of A City

A government film showcasing the industrial city of Newcastle in New South Wales in 1945.

Film Topics:

MaritimeMetal & Iron WorkersMining - Coal

Film Tags:

AustraliaBHPCessnock - NSWCoal dustCoal miningCoal transportationCurry - NSWEntertainmentFamilyHealth & safetyHousingIronworkers UnionLake MacquarieLesiure timeLiving conditionsMaritimeMetal & Iron WorkersMine explosionsMiners FederationMining communitiesNationalizationNew South WalesNewcastleNewcastle Upon Tyne - United KingdomNorthern Coal Fields - NSWPort Hunter - NewcastlePublic HousingShip BuildingSportsSteel productionStrikesUnionsWagesWaterside workersWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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The New Ipswich

A government film showcasing the industrial city of Ipswich in Queensland during the post war period of the late 1940s.

Film Topics:

ManufacturingMetal & Iron WorkersMining - CoalRailways

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBrisbane - QueenslandCoal miningEducationEntertainmentFamilyHousingImmigrantsIpswichIpswich coal fieldsIpswich Railway WorkshopsLesiure timeLiving conditionsMetal & Iron WorkersMining communitiesPaid HolidaysPensionsQueenslandQueensland RailwaysRetailSkills trainingSportsSteel productionUnited KingdomWagesWomenWool MillsWorkers compensationWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace relationsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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Women of Steel

A documentary about the struggle of a group of women to win the right to work at the Wollongong steelworks.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionWomen

Film Tags:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderActivismAustraliaBHPBullying and harassmentEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementMetal & Iron WorkersPoliticsSocial justiceSteel productionUnemploymentWollongongWollongong May Day marchWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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