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Title
Date(s)
- 1998 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 videocassette (VHS) (18 min.) : sound, colour ; 1/2 in.
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Name of creator
Administrative history
Video production company founded by activist Russell (Russ) Hermann (1937-2024) in Sydney that made films about social struggles and campaigns relating to workers', tenants' and Indigenous rights, as well as environmental issues. Also promoted and documented community arts. Dissolved in 2019.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
According to a label on the video cassette case, the tape was at one time held by the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland. Another label notes the title of the footage as 'Songs at the waterfront'.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
VHS video cassette, colour footage with sound, 18 minutes, of a documentary titled 'MUA picket - Brisbane - April 1998'. Features footage from the Australian waterfront dispute involving the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Patrick Corporation at the Port of Brisbane in 1998. Scenes of people, presumably MUA members, singing and chanting, accompanied by music by Canto Coro and Jumping Fences, taken at Camp Solidarity on 27 April 1998, are interspliced with scenes of interviews conducted at Camp Unity on 21 April 1998. Interviewees include Jeff Langdon, one of the organisers for MUA's southern Queensland branch at the time, and Greg Spilsbury, credited as an environmental consultant. End credits list Spontaneous Productions as producer, Justo Diaz as director and Russell (Russ) Hermann as editor.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Orphan work. The rightsholder for this work cannot be identified, or is identifiable but cannot be found, after a reasonably diligent search. If you believe you are a rightsholder for this material, please contact Fryer Library directly at fryer@library.uq.edu.au.
Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Video cassette (VHS).
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Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
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A physical copy of the recording, stored on a VHS tape, is also held at the Australian National University Archives as at July 2024.
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Name access points
- Trades and Labor Council of Queensland (Subject)
- Maritime Union of Australia (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Bax, 12-Jul-2024.
Created, Kymberley Bax, 26-Jun-2024.