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Details of source films for main extracts used in the Work episode of Commonwealth on Film.

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Panorama: 291
´óÏó´«Ã½ 02/07/62Ìý
With the Commonwealth Immigration Act about to come into effect, John Morgan speaks to new arrivals about their hopes and aspirations. Also features London Transport trainee bus conductors.Ìý

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Commonwealth Magazine
´óÏó´«Ã½ 26/07/1955
From the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s monthly newsreel, a short film of an Italian immigrant family, the Versaces, bringing their skills and flair to the wineries of South Australian.Ìý

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Horizon: The Other Kenya
´óÏó´«Ã½ 29/09/1980ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Producer Martin Freeth looks at Kenya behind the tourist image - in this extract examining the lifeÌýof Mary Kalwale, who provides for her family in the country while her husband looks for work in the city.

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Tomorrow's Child
´óÏó´«Ã½ / Unicef 01/10/1990
Powerful documentary film which examines the depravation of children's rightsÌýand highlights the appalling conditions they suffer – including a profile of Runa Sardar, who works in a cigarette factory in Bangladesh.

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The World About Us: Annanacks
´óÏó´«Ã½ / Crawley Films 07/09/1969
Film from acclaimed Canadian filmmaker René Bonnière, about the Annanack Family, who live on the George River in Northern Quebec, and are transforming their traditional lives with government help.

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The People of Paradise: 5: Canoes and Coconut Crabs
´óÏó´«Ã½ 19/05/1960
David Attenborough talks about his recent journey through the South West Pacific in search of vanishing South Seas ritualsÌýand customs – featuring the wonderfully resourceful fisherwomen of Fiji.

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Whicker Down Under: 2: The Pioneers
´óÏó´«Ã½ 20/08/1961
Alan Whicker interviews a wonderfully laconic long-distance truck driver in Australia’s Northern Territory.

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Airlift to Adventure
British Pathe 1957
Investigates why emigration to British Dominions (Canada and Australia) is on the increase - and who is leaving the country.

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Immigrants for Canada
British Movietone 1957
Migrants explain their reasons for leaving the UK.

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Man Alive: Prospectors
´óÏó´«Ã½ 27/04/1966
Film about the tough old prospectors of North Western Australia, the ones who have made a fortune and those who are still searching for an Eldorado.

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Roundabout Issue 11
BFI / COI 1963
A brief musical interlude on Australian sheep shearers.

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Under The Sun: Slaves of the River
´óÏó´«Ã½ 08/07/1993
Documentary which describes the struggle of villagers at Tara-Baria on the banks of the Bhrampaputra river in Bangladesh, shows fisherman Abdur Rahman who struggles to keep his family fed and his home intact.

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Industrial Development in Ghana
Overseas Film and TV 1961
Extract featuring the ‘port boys’ of Accra, whose extraordinary working lives will inevitably change.

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Africa Now: 1: Ghana: The One Star State
´óÏó´«Ã½ 14/08/1961
An alternative view of the ‘boat boys’ from German filmmaker Rolf Gillhausen.