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CPSU Privatisation

A short video about threat of privatisation of Australia's water utilities.

Film Topics:

PrivatizationUnions

Film Tags:

Community and Public Sector UnionFrancePrivatizationUnionsUnited KingdomWater utilities

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Film-Work

A documentary about the filmmakers of the Waterside Workers Film Unit.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUClass struggleClass warCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsFood insecurityHewers of CoalHousingHousing insecurityJock LevyKeith GowMiners FederationNorma DisherNovember VictoryPensionsPensions for VeteransPoliticsPovertyPyrmontRobert MenziesThe Hungry MilesThe New TheatreUnionsUnited KingdomUnited StatesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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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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Strikebound

A feature film about the 1937 stay-in strike at the Sunbeam Colliery in Victoria.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

1934 Wonthaggi strikeAnges DoigAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBob HawkeCoal miningCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipEastern Area Tourist MineKorumburra - VictoriaMargaret ThatcherMateshipMining communitiesPoliticsSalvation ArmySocial justiceSocialismState Coal MineStrikesSunbeam CollieryUnionsUnited KingdomWatty DoigWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking class

Film Type:

Film - Feature Narrative
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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 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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War On The Waterfront

A short documentary about waterfront disputes and the 1998 Patrick Dispute.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

1998 Patrick DisputeComradeshipInternational Longshore and Warehouse UnionJohn Howard GovernmentMaritimeMaritime Film UnitMaritime Union of AustraliaPaddy CrumlinPatrick StevedoreStrike orgainsationStrikesUnion InternationalismUnionsUnited KingdomUnited StatesWaterside workersWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Conference Video PresentationDocumentary - Short
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