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Pensions for Veterans

Sep 13, 1953 · 19m
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Film made in support of a campaign by the Waterside Workers Federation seeking pensions for older waterside workers. It depicts the hardships veterans, particularly older workers as well as some of the health and economic issues they endure. Shows a delegation of older workers, led by the WWF's Jim Healy and Tom Nelson boarding a bus in Sydney and travelling to Canberra, where they gather outside Parliament House. Climaxes with a mass meeting of waterside workers at Leichhardt Stadium and concludes with a group of elderly wharfies walking along the Sydney docks.

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CAST

Jerome 'Jock' Levy
Narrator
Directed by Norma Disher

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit, Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia
Country
AU
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