Film Tag: Waterside Workers Federation

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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

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature

Banners Held High

A short documentary about trade union banners in the 1950s.

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Unions

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Anti war Construction Maritime Union of Australia May Day Merchant seamen Mining Nuclear Peace movement Pensions Road works Shipping Sydney Tramways Unions Wages Waterside Workers Federation Women Working class Working conditions

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Documentary - Short

Bones Of Building

A short documentary about safety in the construction industry in the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Building and Construction Health and Safety Unions

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Alex Wren Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Bob Evans Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia BWIU BWIU Comradeship Construction Dick Hackett George Sharman Health & safety Jock Levy Keith Gow Maritime Norma Disher Pat Clancy Sydney Unions Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Workers compensation Working class

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Documentary - Short

Celebration of the Life of Tas Bull

Tribute video for Tas Bull, General Secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation 1984 to 1993.

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Anders Bul Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Cuba Depressions Dr. Alf Liebhold Greg Combet Jim Healy John Cleaver Maritime Maritime Union of Australia Merchant seamen Organising Workers Training Paddy Crumlin Politics Sally McManus Seaman's Union Socialism Tas Bull The Hungry Mile Unions Waterside Workers Federation Working class Working conditions

Film Type:

Video - Tribute

Concrete City

A documentary about urban development in working class Pyrmont on Sydney Harbour.

Film Topics:

Housing Urban development

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney City West Development Corporation Class struggle Class war Eviction Gentrification Housing Housing insecurity Kirribilli Politics Poverty Pyrmont Urban development Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Working class

Film Type:

Documentary

Eight Hour Day Procession – Melbourne 1939

Footage of an Eight Hour Day procession through Melbourne in 1939.

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Unions

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40 Hour Week 8 hour day Anti war Anti-fascism Australia Blacksmiths Society of Australasia Cost of living Housing insecurity Job insecurity Labour Day Labour Day Parade Living conditions Melbourne Peace movement Socialism Unemployment Unions Victoria Waterside Workers Federation Working class Working conditions World War Two

Film Type:

Archival footage

Film-Work

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

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Class struggle Class war Coal mining Cold War Communism Communist Party Depressions Food insecurity Hewers of Coal Housing Housing insecurity Jock Levy Keith Gow Miners Federation Norma Disher November Victory Pensions Pensions for Veterans Politics Poverty Pyrmont Robert Menzies The Hungry Miles The New Theatre Unions United Kingdom United States Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class

Film Type:

Documentary

Four’s A Crowd

A comedy highlighting the negative affect of bad behaviour by dock workers.

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Maritime Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Jock Levy Keith Gow Norma Disher Unions Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class

Film Type:

Comedy Skit

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

Film Type:

Documentary - Short

Pensions For Veterans

A short documentary that charts the Waterside Workers Federation's 1953 campaign to win pensions.

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Parliament Canberra Comradeship Depressions Duchie Young Health & safety Jim Healy Jock Levy Keith Gow Maritime Norma Disher Parliament House Pensions Pensions for Veterans Poverty Shipping Social justice Socialism Strike orgainsation Strikes Sydney Tom Nelson Unions Waterside workers Waterside Workers 1953 Pension dispute Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short

The Hungry Miles

A short documentary that recounts the struggles of Australian waterside workers from the Great Depression to the 1950s.

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Canberra Comradeship Depressions Eureka Stockade Family Food insecurity Health & safety Jim Healy Jock Levy Keith Gow Maritime Mechanisation Norma Disher Poverty Shipping Social justice Socialism Strikes Sydney Unemployment Unions Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class

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Documentary - Short

Think Twice

A short documentary about the dangers of electric welding for boilermakers.

Film Topics:

Health and Safety Manufacturing

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Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Boilermakers’ Society of Australia Bolier making Cockatoo Island Health & safety Keith Gow Manufacturing Maritime Norma Disher Sydney Unions Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Welding Women Women's workplace rights Working class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short

UMFA Amalgamation Video

A promotional video about union amalgamation.

Film Topics:

Unions

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1980 Junk Bonds Takeovers 1986 Robe River dispute Australia Builders Workers Industrial Union BWIU CFMEU Coal mining Construction Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Association of Australasia FEDFA Operative Plasterers and Plaster Workers Federation of Australia Plasterers Railways Strikes The Australian Timber and Allied Industries Union ATAIU Timber Industry Union amalgamation Unions United Mineworkers Federation of Australia UMFA Wages Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class Working conditions Workplace relations

Film Type:

Promotional Video

Wharfies

A documenting charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1902 to the 1980s.

Film Topics:

Maritime Unions

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44 hour week Anti war Anti-strike legislation Apartheid - South Africa Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Bruce Government Communism Communist Party Comradeship Conscription Depressions Entitlements Health & safety Indonesian independence International Transport Workers Federation Keith Gow Maritime Paid Holidays Pensions Pig iron black ban Japan Poverty Robert Menzies Shipping Sick pay Social justice Socialism Strikes Sydney Unemployment Union Internationalism Unions Vietnam War Wages Waterside workers Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Working class Working conditions

Film Type:

Documentary

WWF Film News No.1

A newsreel shot by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit about the 1956 Margins Dispute.

Film Topics:

Maritime Strikes Unions

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American Utah Consolidated Company Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU Bill Hartness Dowding Street Depot Jack Rule Jim Healy Kearney Rock Keith Gow Margins Dispute 1956 Maritime Matt Munro Melbourne Melbourne waterfront Newcastle Norm Woodley Port Kembla steel workers Red Cross Ron Maxwell St. Mary’s Stan Moran Strike orgainsation Strikes Sydney Sydney Town Hall Tas Bull Tramways Unions Wages Waterside Workers Federation Waterside Workers Film Unit Wollongong Women Women's Auxiliary Working class Working conditions

Film Type:

Newsreel