The Hungry Miles is a documentary made by the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit in the 1950's. It documents industrial relations on the waterfront since the 1930s and includes dramatised scenes of working conditions during the Depression.
| Duration | 16:50 |
|---|---|
| Genres | |
| Topics | |
| Tags | |
| Country | |
| Language | |
| Producer | Norma Disher, Keith Gow, Jock Levy |
| Director | Norma Disher, Keith Gow, Jock Levy |
| Year produced | 1960 |
| Production Company | Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit (WWFFU) |
| Distributor | Maritime Union of Australia |
Copyright 2012,
by the Contributing Authors.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons License
Cite/attribute Resource.
barry. (June 01, 2010). Hungry Miles. Retrieved June 19, 2013, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/JamieMUA/videos/The_Hungry_Miles.
Other videos by this member
-
My Old Black Billy (1956)
Dick Diamond's classic Aussie bush musical Reedy River, celebrates the birth of the Trade Union movement. Performed by Jock Le...March 12, 2011
-
Think Twice (1957)
This occupational safety film for metalworkers highlights three main sources of injury – heat, rays and fumes – and illustrates s...March 12, 2011
-
Vale Rex Munn
05:01Rex Munn aged 84 was affectionately known as "The Singing Socialist". Rex was a legend of the Labour Movement in South Australia,...November 26, 2012
-
The Reluctant Actor
Marie Armstrong is an active member of one of Australia's oldest continuously performing theatres in the country -"New Theatre" i...January 19, 2009
-
Merchant Mariners Memorial
Merchant Mariners Memorial Service held at Newcastle....June 28, 2009
-
Click Goes The Shears (1956)
Click Goes The Shears was the second and last the be made in the Link - "Land of Australia" series. It runs for 3 mins and is sho...March 08, 2011
-
The Warrains - Our MUA
03:56In the past, many songs have been written about the MUA. However, "The Warrains", have produced a song that MUA members can call ...September 21, 2012
-
National Stevedoring Code Of Practice (NSCOP) - Fight To Survive
05:39The employers cynically and disingenuously attempted to bomb NSCOP with their "industry paper", submitted to SWA, one day after t...October 25, 2012
-
Industrial
03:09National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Crumlin gives a candid account of the industrial and political campai...March 09, 2012
-
"Strike Me Pink"
More than 400 Sydney wharfies at the Patrick Terminal at Port Botany were today kitted out in new hot pink hard hats bearing the ...September 24, 2009
-
Young Maritime Workers Conference
Over 70 delegates from branches around Australia and delegates from MUNZ, RMTU and EPMU are meeting over the next three days to f...December 14, 2010
-
Colombian Rally
The Maritime Union joined the CFMEU and solidarity activists rallying outside the Colombian consulate in Sydney to denounce murde...January 03, 2011
-
"Privatisation is theft"
11:16Award winning journalist, author and documentary filmmaker John Pilger gives a candid account of success of the community based a...April 06, 2011
-
WWF Film News No.1 (1956)
While Australian commercial newsreels depicted the Royal visit and the Redex Car Trial, and ran stories such as New Guinea: Fuzzy...March 08, 2011
-
Ports of Auckland Dispute (POAL)
09:49Maritime Union of Australia, National Secretary, Paddy Crumlin has welcomed news that Ports of Auckland has withdrawn its lockout...May 08, 2012
