(Pensions for Veterans)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Australia

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

19 minutes

Year:

1953

Directors:

Norma Disher

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Production companies:

Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit,

Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Director

Director

Director of Photography

Director

Music Director