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SHATTERED DREAMS

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Year
1990
Reference
F21878
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1990
Reference
F21878
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:46:25
Production company
Trade Union History Project
Credits
Director: Francis Wevers
Director: Dean Parker
Producer: Francis Wevers
Writer: Dean Parker
Camera: Peter Read
Camera: Alan Locke
Camera: Andrew Coleman
Camera: Michael Pickering
Sound: Anton Herts
Sound: Raymond Benties
Sound: Kerry Coe
Sound Mix: Michael Hedges
Music: Wamo
Production Team: Paul Chalmers
Production Team: David Filer
Production Team: Michael Horton
Production Team: Francis Wevers
Production Team: David Pumphrey
Editor: Harry J Kokay
Narration: David Pumphrey
Additional Narration: Bernard Kearns

The history of trade unions in post-war New Zealand and the 1951 Waterfront Lockout. Archival footage and interviews tell the story of how and why the dream of peace and plenty for all was shattered.

Includes interviews with: Jock Barnes (Watersiders’ Union), Bill Richards (Tramways Union), Martyn Finlay (Former Labour MP), Peter Perdue (Carpenters’ Union), Jack Lewin (Public Service Association), Dick Scott (Journalists’ Union), John Mitchell (Watersiders’ Union).