The Other side of the coin

Australia, 1983

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Episode of Series “Ageing in the New Age”.
It’s hard in an affluent society to make do just on the pension. A couple show how they manage- what they do without and their wry but courageous philosophy of life.

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Credits

director

Stephen Ramsey

producer

Suzanne Baker

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:15:33:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Appears in

Ageing in the New Age

Group of items

Ageing in the New Age

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015628

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Services for - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Old age pensions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Retirement

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Old age

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Autonomy (Psychology) in old age

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Old age

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Old age pensions

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Retirement

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Wikidata

Q120309193

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