Know your friends, know your enemies

Australia, 1982

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The LaTrobe Valley power workers’ strike in 1977 seriously crippled the State of Victoria. This film analyses the causes of the collapse of a just and seemingly invincible strike through a combination of personal accounts and archival footage.

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Credits

co-producers/directors

Garry Lane

Peter Gray

production company

Crowsfoot Films

Duration

00:20:42:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323700

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Labor disputes

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Latrobe River Valley (Vic.)

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Power-plants - Victoria

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industrial relations - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor - History

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor disputes

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor movement

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Strikes and lockouts

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - History

History → Labor - History

History → Labor movement

History → Trade-unions - History

Places → Latrobe River Valley (Vic.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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