The Cost (TEFC)

Australia, 1983

TV show
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Episode of Series “Focus”.
FOCUS looks at the plight of some unemployed Australians and the cost in human terms of Australia’s and the world’s - most pressing problem.

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Credits

director

Leonard Lee

producer

Lee Gordon

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Group of items

Focus

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016646

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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