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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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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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