Working work out

Australia, 1983

Film
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Episode number 4 of Series “Changing Australia”.
This is a documentary about unemployment and the resulting social implications in the Newcastle and Wollongong area, which has experienced a downturn in the steel industries.

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Credits

director

David Morgan

producer

John Richardson

production company

Kestrel Film Productions

Duration

00:56:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Changing Australia

Group of items

Changing Australia

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304791

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Steel workers

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Unemployment - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment - Australia

History → Unemployment - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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