Susso kids

Australia, 1975

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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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Credits

producer

Harris Smart

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1975

Collection metadata

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 → 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 → Depressions - 1929

History → History

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

Places → Sydney Harbour Bridge (N.S.W.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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