TLF ID M008154
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 is a Screen Australia Making History production, made in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The clip highlights the political consequences for Chifley and his government following the national miners' strike in 1949.