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“Form a committee in your district and… Bring Out A Briton”. Chips Rafferty is called upon to promote the Department of Immigration’s campaign to encourage sponsored British migration to Australia.
Launched in 1957, the program urged towns across Australia to form committees to organise employment opportunities and accommodation for incoming British migrants.
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ACMI Identifier
B2003169
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Propaganda
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Emigration and immigration
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social policy
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Great Britain - Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Propaganda
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Sound
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Black and White