Follows a television reporter who becomes for a day and a night one of Melbourne’s homeless men. Shows the queue for lodging and food at the Gill Memorial Home, the City Mission, and other hostels and refuges. The reporter talks to some of these men, most of whom are unemployed - many unemployable in their present state. They tell of their daytime wandering of the streets, their difficulty in finding employment and the escape for some that alcohol brings. The problem of rehabilitation is discussed.
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ACMI Identifier
007638
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalism - Objectivity
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalists
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Reality television programs
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Reporters and reporting
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television broadcasting - Social aspects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Melbourne (Vic.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Homelessness
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Television broadcasting - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployed - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcoholism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Alcohol
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Men - Alcohol use
Television → Television programs → Reality television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)