[Noise] = Hearing conservation

Australia, 1981

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Serious hearing loss perpetrated in the industrial workplace is irreversible. This program portrays the peer pressures on the shop floor that might discourage workers from using protective devices - but at their peril. We see one factory worker who is teased about wearing his ear muffs, but his fantasies convince him that the consequences are worse than the flak he cops. A light-hearted drama which emphasises the necessity of using the correct protective gear at work. Stars Bryan Brown.

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Credits

director

Karl McPhee

producer

Tom Manefield

production company

Dept of Science and Technology

Film Australia

Duration

00:08:58:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014728

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial noise

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial safety

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Protective devices

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Safety education, Industrial

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deafness, Noise induced

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Employees - Health programs

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hearing

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Industrial noise

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Peer pressure

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Protective devices

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Hearing

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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