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Filmography
Details of source films for main extracts used in the Work episode of Commonwealth on Film.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Panorama: 291
麻豆官网首页入口 02/07/62听
With the Commonwealth Immigration Act about to come into effect, John Morgan speaks to new arrivals about their hopes and aspirations. Also features London Transport trainee bus conductors.听
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Commonwealth Magazine
麻豆官网首页入口 26/07/1955
From the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 monthly newsreel, a short film of an Italian immigrant family, the Versaces, bringing their skills and flair to the wineries of South Australian.听
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Horizon: The Other Kenya
麻豆官网首页入口 29/09/1980听听听听听听
Producer Martin Freeth looks at Kenya behind the tourist image - in this extract examining the life听of Mary Kalwale, who provides for her family in the country while her husband looks for work in the city.
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Tomorrow's Child
麻豆官网首页入口 / Unicef 01/10/1990
Powerful documentary film which examines the depravation of children's rights听and highlights the appalling conditions they suffer 鈥� including a profile of Runa Sardar, who works in a cigarette factory in Bangladesh.
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The World About Us: Annanacks
麻豆官网首页入口 / Crawley Films 07/09/1969
Film from acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Ren茅 Bonni猫re, about the Annanack Family, who live on the George River in Northern Quebec, and are transforming their traditional lives with government help.
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The People of Paradise: 5: Canoes and Coconut Crabs
麻豆官网首页入口 19/05/1960
David Attenborough talks about his recent journey through the South West Pacific in search of vanishing South Seas rituals听and customs 鈥� featuring the wonderfully resourceful fisherwomen of Fiji.
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Whicker Down Under: 2: The Pioneers
麻豆官网首页入口 20/08/1961
Alan Whicker interviews a wonderfully laconic long-distance truck driver in Australia鈥檚 Northern Territory.
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Airlift to Adventure
British Pathe 1957
Investigates why emigration to British Dominions (Canada and Australia) is on the increase - and who is leaving the country.
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Immigrants for Canada
British Movietone 1957
Migrants explain their reasons for leaving the UK.
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Man Alive: Prospectors
麻豆官网首页入口 27/04/1966
Film about the tough old prospectors of North Western Australia, the ones who have made a fortune and those who are still searching for an Eldorado.
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Roundabout Issue 11
BFI / COI 1963
A brief musical interlude on Australian sheep shearers.
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Under The Sun: Slaves of the River
麻豆官网首页入口 08/07/1993
Documentary which describes the struggle of villagers at Tara-Baria on the banks of the Bhrampaputra river in Bangladesh, shows fisherman Abdur Rahman who struggles to keep his family fed and his home intact.
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Industrial Development in Ghana
Overseas Film and TV 1961
Extract featuring the 鈥榩ort boys鈥� of Accra, whose extraordinary working lives will inevitably change.
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Africa Now: 1: Ghana: The One Star State
麻豆官网首页入口 14/08/1961
An alternative view of the 鈥榖oat boys鈥� from German filmmaker Rolf Gillhausen.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Caroline Wright |
| Producer | Elaine Shepherd |
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