Crops might just as well be ploughed into the ground or left to rot in the sun! From Black Thursday, October 1929, Australian productivity had never been higher, but there was no market for it. This documentary depicts causes and effects of the Great Depression in Australia, using film clips of the period. Shows the divisive effect of the disparity in living conditions, attempts by the unemployed to improve their social and economic circumstances and the plight of the children. Linked by songs of the period. Commentary by Telford Jackson.
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ACMI Identifier
325257
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Phar Lap (Race horse)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sydney Harbour Bridge (N.S.W.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Class consciousness
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Depressions - 1929
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economic assistance, Australian
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social classes
History → Australia - History - 1929-1939
History → Communism - Australia
History → Lyons, Joseph, Prime Minister, 1931-1939
History → Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Bradman, Donald, Sir, 1908-
People → Bradman, Donald, Sir, 1908-
People → Lang, Jack, 1876-1975
People → Lyons, Joseph, Prime Minister, 1931-1939
People → Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)