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James McClelland

Lawyer and politician ÒDiamondÓ Jim McClelland played an important role in Australian politics in the 1970s.
Series : Australian Biography Series 4 | Year : 1995 | Total Duration : 27.5 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his modest lifelong ambition to be "unpoor" rather than wealthy.
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Access No. 144586 | 37 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland standing in front of stone building.
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Access No. 144587 | 9 secs | 1980s | London, England, UK | © James McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early family life.
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Access No. 144588 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Early B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland's father sitting in horse drawn cart. Zoom into his father's face.
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Access No. 144589 | 13 secs | 1920s | Vic, Australia | © James McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the role of Catholicism in his childhood. Zoom in to McClelland's face as he talks about his experiences as a Christian Brothers schoolboy.
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Access No. 144590 | 1 min 37 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photographic MS portrait of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland as a young St Patrick's Christian Brothers schoolboy.
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Access No. 144591 | 6 secs | 1920s | Vic, Australia | © James McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the importance of education in his life.
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Access No. 144592 | 15 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photographic WS of people assembled around exterior of University of Melbourne.
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Access No. 144593 | 5 secs | 1930s | Vic, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Slow zoom in to CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about winning a scholarship to Melbourne University at 17 and studying Arts.
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Access No. 144594 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland as a university student sitting in chair reading.
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Access No. 144595 | 6 secs | 1930s | Vic, Australia | © James McClelland | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early interest in Marxism.
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Access No. 144596 | 49 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of soldiers and crowds in Melbourne street parade. High angle shot over crowds and parade passing Flinders Street Station.
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Access No. 144597 | 6 secs | 1930s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Sepia toned photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland in air force uniform.
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Access No. 144598 | 8 secs | 1940s | Vic, Australia | © James McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early interest in Marxism which became tempered by his natural scepticism when he served in the army. Zoom in to ECU of McClelland's face as he describes discovering Sydney.
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Access No. 144599 | 1 min 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland entering his garden through French doors of his house and walking past camera to sit on timber bench set amid ferns under tall trees at the bottom of his garden.
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Access No. 144600 | 37 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early involvement with the Labor party.
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Access No. 144601 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland reclining on settee reading.
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Access No. 144602 | 5 secs | 1930s | Vic, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early involvement with the Labor party. Zoom in to McClelland's face as he relates the union activities which sparked a greater interest in politics in him.
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Access No. 144603 | 32 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W CU photograph of politician Bob Santamaria.
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Access No. 144604 | 4 secs | 1940s | Vic, Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his early involvement with the Labor party and the union activities immediately after the war.
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Access No. 144605 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of Communist protesters picketing for 40 hour week.
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Access No. 144606 | 5 secs | 1950s | Vic, Australia | © Fairfax Photos | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his involvement with union organisations as a solicitor and his links with Laurie Short. Zoom to ECU of McClelland's face.
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Access No. 144607 | 41 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down B&W photograph of exterior of Ironworkers' Union Buildings to Laurie Short in three piece suit. CU B&W photograph of Short in T-shirt.
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Access No. 144608 | 13 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Fairfax Photos | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his involvement with union organisations as a solicitor and acting for Laurie Short.
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Access No. 144609 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W 1936 photographic portrait of barrister Sir John Kerr.
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Access No. 144610 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland standing outside Arbitration Commission with Laurie Short and Ed Walker.
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Access No. 144611 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about Laurie Short taking over the Ironworkers' Union.
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Access No. 144612 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W CU photograph of politician Bob Santamaria.
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Access No. 144613 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about forming an alliance with Laurie Short and Bob Santamaria.
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Access No. 144614 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up B&W MS photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland in suit holding papers under his arm.
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Access No. 144615 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the increase of business he received as a solicitor for unionists who wanted to oppose communist elements.
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Access No. 144616 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland.
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Access No. 144617 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his attitude to communism.
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Access No. 144618 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland in 1947 wedding photograph with his first wife Nora. Zoom in to Nora's face. MS B&W photograph of Nora as a child with her parents. MS McClelland and Nora.
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Access No. 144619 | 20 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about adopting his first wife Nora's religious and cultural ways during their marriage.
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Access No. 144620 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland leaning against wire fence.
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Access No. 144621 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Jim McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about adopting his first wife Nora's religious and cultural ways during their marriage.
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Access No. 144622 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland with his young daughter and baby.
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Access No. 144623 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the end of his first marriage.
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Access No. 144624 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland's second wife Freda Watson sitting in cane chair. Zoom in to her face.
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Access No. 144625 | 10 secs | 1970s | Australia | © James McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his second marriage.
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Access No. 144626 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland in thick-framed black glasses.
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Access No. 144627 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about leaving law to go into politics.
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Access No. 144628 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland in thick black-framed glasses looking to camera with serious expression.
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Access No. 144629 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about leaving law to go into politics.
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Access No. 144630 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland on becoming a senator for New South Wales in 1971.
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Access No. 144631 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the Labor Party and his election to the Cabinet where his first Ministry was for the Manufacturing Industry.
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Access No. 144632 | 31 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland when he was part of the Labor Cabinet.
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Access No. 144633 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about becoming the new Minister for Labour & Immigration under the leadership of Gough Whitlam.
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Access No. 144634 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Gough Whitlam and Clyde Cameron c. 1974.
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Access No. 144635 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Fairfax Photos | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about taking over from Clyde Cameron as the Minister for Labour & Immigration.
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Access No. 144636 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W 1975 photograph of newly appointed Minister for Labour and Immigration Jim McClelland standing with Gough Whitlam, possibly Graham Freudenberg and Jim Cairns.
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Access No. 144637 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about what he sees as the reasons for the downfall of the Labor government.
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Access No. 144638 | 34 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Gough Whitlam and minister at meeting sitting at table facing the floor turning back to look at camera.
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Access No. 144639 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland criticising Gough Whitlam's Labor government.
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Access No. 144640 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Malcolm Fraser walking with Sir John Kerr at the time of the dismissal of the Labor government in 1975.
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Access No. 144641 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland responding to being asked asked his reaction to the 1975 dismissal.
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Access No. 144642 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Sir John Kerr at the time of the dismissal of the Labor government in 1975.
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Access No. 144643 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about a conversation he'd had with Governor-General John Kerr before the dismissal.
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Access No. 144644 | 15 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High angle B&W photograph of Sir John Kerr in Parliament with Gough Whitlam sitting behind him.
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Access No. 144645 | 8 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about Sir John Kerr.
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Access No. 144646 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Sir John Kerr.
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Access No. 144647 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his theories on Sir John Kerr and zoom in to CU of McClelland as he relates a personal incident.
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Access No. 144648 | 45 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS colour photograph of Neville Wran with Jim McClelland.
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Access No. 144649 | 8 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Jim McClelland | Colour |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his theories on Sir John Kerr as he relates a personal incident.
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Access No. 144650 | 1 min 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Jim McClelland, 1974.
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Access No. 144651 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Jim McClelland | B&W |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his relationship with Neville Wran.
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Access No. 144652 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Neville Wran sitting at desk, 1983.
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Access No. 144653 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Fairfax Photos | B&W |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about taking a position in the Industrial Commission offered to him by Neville Wran after the Labor government dismissal.
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Access No. 144654 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Minister for the Environment Paul Landa, 1983.
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Access No. 144655 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about accepting the position of Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court.
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Access No. 144656 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Jim McClelland in judges' wig and gown.
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Access No. 144657 | 8 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his time as Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court.
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Access No. 144658 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up MS B&W photograph of Jim McClelland standing under umbrella.
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Access No. 144659 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © The Age | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about being asked to head up a Royal Commission into the Maralinga nuclear tests of the 1950s.
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Access No. 144660 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W newsreel footage "Britain Fires A-bomb No. 2 (First Pictures)" from Pathe News from 1953 showing test dummy being prepared, camera set up for filming and men watching instruments. VS men standing with backs to explosion, flashing lights and WS mushroom cloud from explosion, men turn around to see.
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Access No. 144661 | 30 secs | 1950s | SA, Australia | © Film World Pty Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the problems the Royal Commission into the Maralinga nuclear tests came up against when searching for documents in the UK.
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Access No. 144662 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival newsreel footage of proceedings of the Royal Commission into the Maralinga nuclear tests from 1985 in courtroom showing Justice Jim McClelland heading table and MS witness taking oath. MS McClelland giving interview to cameras rebuking the UK justice system for the limitations it placed on the Royal Commission.
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Access No. 144663 | 50 secs | 1980s | London, England, UK | © ABC-TV | Colour |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the findings of the Royal Commission into the Maralinga nuclear tests.
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Access No. 144664 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour footage with VS of men in white radiation-proof suits with geiger counters measuring radioactivity after atom tests.
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Access No. 144665 | 12 secs | 1990s | SA, Australia | © ABC-TV | Colour |
CU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about negotiations between Australia and England regarding the findings oft he Royal Commission into the Maralinga nuclear tests.
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Access No. 144666 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Travelling WS over toxic wasteland of Maralinga towards pyramid shaped marker warning of toxicity with heavy grey clouds overhead. VS broken concrete lying on ground.
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Access No. 144667 | 14 secs | 1980s | SA, Australia | © ABC-TV | Colour |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about the extent of toxic damage visited on the Maralinga nuclear test site and the negotiations between Australia and England regarding financial compensation.
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Access No. 144668 | 44 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour newsreel footage of nuclear testing from 1950s at Maralinga showing British troops standing with backs to explosion, turning back around and LS to mushroom cloud from explosion. Voice over from a later news story from the 1990s.
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Access No. 144669 | 9 secs | 1950s | SA, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
News story regarding financial reparation to the traditional owners at the former Maralinga nuclear test site with GS Aboriginal family making drawings on sand and GS elderly woman raking ashes over fire. WS signs warning of toxic hazard from nuclear waste. WS Aboriginal families outside humpies set in mallee bushland. WS children playing with jump rope in bush. WS group of Aboriginal men walking down red dirt road with a couple of dogs.
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Access No. 144670 | 21 secs | 1990s | SA, Australia | © ABC-TV | Colour |
Tilt up B&W photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland standing with suitcase next to "No Way" sign c. 1985. ECU McClelland's face in profile.
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Access No. 144671 | 11 secs | 1980s | Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia | © Fairfax Photos | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his lack of ambition in later life. Zoom in to CU of his face as he speaks.
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Access No. 144672 | 1 min 1 sec | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS wedding photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland and his wife Gillian standing with friends including John Button and Jill and Neville Wran.
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Access No. 144673 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © James McClelland | Colour |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his third marriage to Gillian Appleton.
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Access No. 144674 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland seated with his wife Gillian with John Button standing behind them.
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Access No. 144675 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © James McClelland | Colour |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland talking about his third marriage to Gillian Appleton.
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Access No. 144676 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W MS photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland with his wife Gillian.
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Access No. 144677 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
ECU interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland giving his views on feminism.
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Access No. 144678 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W MS photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland standing with arms folded looking out window. CU photograph of McClelland speaking into microphone.
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Access No. 144679 | 9 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
MS interview with lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland reflecting back over his life. Zoom in to CU of his face as he talks about his sense of the ridiculous.
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Access No. 144680 | 1 min 2 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still frame of lawyer, judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland as end credits roll.
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Access No. 144681 | 50 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of judge, politician & columnist Jim McClelland posing with Clive James and Robyn Archer in 1988.
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Access No. 144684 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
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