| Record Number |
798083 |
| Title |
The battlers [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Umbrella Entertainment, [2019] |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 191 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Classic Australian stories |
| Contents note |
"By Kylie Tennant"-- Cover. |
| "DAVID3809". |
| Originally released as mini-series in Australia in 1993. |
| Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant. |
| Creation Note |
Produced by Gus Howard ; directed by George Ogilvie. |
| Performer note |
Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham, Anne Phelan. |
| Summary Note |
It was the winter of 1934, the height of the Depression, and thousands of the men and women of Australia were on the roads. They had no job, they were homeless, their children were hungry - there was no choice but to take to the track in search of work. Trudging the back roads in old carts or broken down motor vehicles, the "battlers" roamed from town to town. It was a life of dole-book rations, hardship and deprivation, but also of laughter, kindness and camaraderie. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| Language note |
In English. No subtitles. |
| Subject |
Television programs -- Australia |
| Television mini-series -- Australia |
| Added Author |
Howard, Gus producer. |
| Ogilvie, George director. |
| Sweet, Gary actor. |
| McKenzie, Jacqueline Fay, b. 1965 actor. |
Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988 Battlers,
author. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F BATT |
