Film Year: 1985

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Longwall Mining At Invincible Colliery

A short documentary demonstrating longwall mining at Invincible Colliery.

Film Topics:

Mining - Coal

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCoal miningFitzgerald CollectionInvincible CollieryLongwall miningMechanisationNew South WalesWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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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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Rocking the Foundations

A documentary feature that traces the history of New South Wales Builders Labourers' Federation and its social activism.

Film Topics:

Building and ConstructionUnions

Film Tags:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderActivismAustraliaBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansBuilders Labourers Federation BLFCentennial Park Green banClass struggleConstructionEnvironmentHealth & safetyHeritageImmigrantsIndigenousJack MundeyJaunita NielsonKelly’s Bush greenbanNew South WalesNorm GallagherPoliticsSocial justiceStrike orgainsationStrikesSydney Opera HouseThe Rocks - SydneyTrades HallUnionsUrban developmentUrban renewalVictoria Street redevelopment - SydneyVietnam WarWomenWomen's workplace rightsWomens rightsWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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