Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal
Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal
Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal Free Online HD YesMovies. This is a story of coal, communism, and the Australian prime minister who went to war against his own during the national miners' strike of 1949. Using rare archival footage and re-creations, this dramatised documentary shows how Labor Party leader Ben Chifley took on and defeated the growing forces of communism in Australia. The film examines the complex issues that the conflict raised and introduces the major players in the dispute. A former train driver from Bathurst, Chifley was a working-class hero, a Labor Party icon and 'man of the people'. But his actions flew in the face of Labor values and tradition when he believed it was in the interests of post-war Australia. 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. This is a fascinating era of Australian history rarely seen on screen.
- Genre: Documentary, Drama
- Country: Australia
- Director: Geoff Burton
- Cast: Tony Barry, Tracy Mann, Lorna Lesley, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Russell Kiefel, Bruce Venables, Rob Steele, Frankie J. Holden, Stephen Leeder, Rhys Muldoon, Tiriel Mora, Heather Mitchell,
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