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Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal is a 2008 Australian documentary about the 1949 Australian coal strike. It combines documentary footage with dramatised re-enactments.
6. Nov. 2008 · Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal: Directed by Geoff Burton. With Tony Barry, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Stephen Leeder, Lorna Lesley. Docu-drama that reconstructs the events of the coal strike of 1949 and the Labor government response.
- (13)
- Drama
- Geoff Burton
- 2008-11-06
Chifley introduced draconian laws to prevent unions accessing funds to support the strike and sent in the army to replace striking miners—so defeating the Communist Party leadership that controlled the militant union. It was a battle he was determined to fight and win in the interests of the nation, despite knowing it would probably cost him ...
- Geoff Burton, 1946
- 53 Min.
Using rare archival footage and re-creations based on meticulous research, the dramatised documentary takes viewers into the corridors of power to show how Labor Party leader Ben Chifley took on and defeated the growing forces of communism in Australia.
A documentary film that frames the 1949 national coal strike as a battle led by Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley to defeat an alleged communist revolution instigated by the communist leadership of the Miners Federation.
Using rare archival footage and re-creations based on meticulous research, the dramatised documentary takes viewers into the corridors of power to show how Labor Party leader Ben Chifley took on and defeated the miners’ federation Communist Party leadership.
Currently you are able to watch "Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal" streaming on Kanopy for free. Synopsis Docu-drama that reconstructs the events of the coal strike of 1949 and the Labor government response.
