TLF ID M008155
This clip is an excerpt from the documentary 'Infamous victory: Ben Chifley's battle for coal', produced in 2008. This documentary about coal, communism and the Australian Labor prime minister who went to war against his own during the national miners' strike of 1949 is a Screen Australia Making History production, made in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The clip draws attention to Australia's economic progress under Chifley's government following the Second World War. Some archival footage in the clip is repoduced with permission of Snowy Hydro Limited under licence from National Archives Australia. It is copyright Commonwealth of Australia with special thanks to the National Film and Sound Archive (of Australia).