Film Tag: World War One

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Edna Ryan – A Political Life

A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

1972 Whitlam election1974 National Wage CaseActivismAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionDepressionsEdna RyanEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityGreat Strike of 1917Housing insecurityPoliticsPovertyRussian RevolutionSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Eight Hour Day At Tamworth 1916

A newsreel of the 1916 Labour Day parade in Tamworth New South Wales.

Film Topics:

Unions

Film Tags:

8 hour dayAustraliaLabour DayLabour Day ParadeNew South WalesSir Gerald StricklandTamworth - NSWUnionsWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War One

Film Type:

Newsreel
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For Love or Money

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

Film Topics:

Textiles and ClothingWomen

Film Tags:

1918 Minimum wage for women1934 Wonthaggi strike1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAutomationClothing industryConvictsDepressionsDomestic servantsEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementGreat Strike of 1917Indentured labourIndigenousIndigenous discriminationManufacturingNursingPoliticsPovertySocial justiceStrikesTailoresses unionTextiles and ClothingUnemploymentUnionsVietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen driving tramsWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWomen's workplace rightsWonthaggiWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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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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The Great Strike (1917)

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

Film Topics:

RailwaysStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

A. W. BuckleyAmalgamated Railway and Tramway Service AssociationAnti-strike legislationAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCarl WillisClass struggleClass warClaud ThompsonCoal miningComradeshipEnergyEveleigh Railway WorkshopsGreat Strike of 1917Industrial Workers of the WorldJohn KavanaghMaritimeMiners FederationNew South WalesNew South Wales PoliceNew South Wales RailwaysNSW Labor CouncilPoliticsRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRailways UnionRandwick Tram ShedsStrikesSurry Hills Citizens LeagueSydney Cricket GroundSydney FerriesTaronga ParkThe Domain - Sydney - NSWTrades HallTransportationUnionsWagesWalter WearneWaterside workersWollongongWomenWorking classWorkplace relationsWorld War One

Film Type:

Archival footageDocumentary - Short
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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 Legend of Fred Paterson

A documentary about Fred Paterson, the only communist ever elected to an Australian parliament.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWorking Class

Film Tags:

Anti warAnti-fascismAustraliaAustralian Labor PartyBowen - QueenslandChristianityClass struggleCommunismCommunist PartyFred PatersonGermanyIrelandKarl MarxNazi GermanyNew South WalesNorth QueenslandPoliticsPovertyQueensland rail strike 1948Queensland State ParliamentRed ArmyRobert MenziesSocialismSoviet UnionStrikesUnionsVladimir LeninWorking classWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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The Shift

A short film about nursing.

Film Topics:

Nursing

Film Tags:

AustraliaNew South WalesNSW Nurses & Midwives AssociationNursingPublic HealthUnionsWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Film - Short
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