Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 videoreel (20 min)
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Documents industrial relations on the waterfront since the 1930s and includes dramatised scenes of working conditions during the Depression; recounts the background to the Federal Governments 1954 amendments to the Stevedoring Industry Act, which proposed to give shipowners the right to directly recruit wharf labour and bypass the union; shows workers demonstrating; contrasts the gap between industry and workers in the division of profits; portrays the solidarity amongst waterside workers. Voice-over narration by Leonard Teale.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Sony V16SP, 2 track, mono.; 1 in. videotape on 10½ in. metal reel in plastic can; this copy provided by Videolab, Sydney, 31 Oct 1985
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
NFSA: No. 721278, Fighting Films - The Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit; http://vimeo.com/20395495