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B.A. Santamaria - Part 2

This two-part special looks at the fascinating and controversial career of B.A. (Bob) Santamaria - political activist, ardent anti-communist, committed anti-feminist and devout Catholic.
Series : Australian Biography Series 6 | Year : 1997 | Total Duration : 52 Minutes | Producer : Robin Hughes, Linda Kruger
Director : Robin Hughes, Linda Kruger |
Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about believing that the economic and biological structures of the family should have a parallel, man as breadwinner and woman as nurturer, economic system should not conscript to the married woman to go into the workforce. Super. Archival b&w footage greengrocer's hands putting fresh peas into paper bag, CU pan tomatoes to price sign.
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Access No. 132371 | 51 secs | Various | Australia | © Film World | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Santamaria family portrait talking about his family life, father having a shop and mother running domestic side of things. Detail photo parents and children. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about society not having a right to force a married woman to enter the industrial work force.
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Access No. 132372 | 39 secs | Various | Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Archival b&w 1970s footage International Women's Year, woman walking through plaza, woman leading discussion in meeting, woman typing, woman delivering children to school and waving goodbye to each other. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997. Archival b&w footage Papal procession at the Vatican Council, 1960s.
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Access No. 132373 | 31 secs | Various | Australia; Vatican City, Rome, Italy | © Film World | Colour |
Archival colour footage people entering church, small boy sitting on steps. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about leading the National Civic Council away from anti-Communist focus due to the cultural changes taking place in the 1960s, effecting the family, meeting with opposition within the NCC, decline of the union movement although he believes in it, NCC members leaving in the late 1970s, 1982 court cases when situation became extreme, personal distress over the split.
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Access No. 132374 | 2 mins 44 secs | Various | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
B A Santamaria walking up staircase, writing at desk in office. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about how his methods have changed, developing different organisations. Santamaria looking at archives and taking a paper out of file. Interview Santamaria about spiritual experience, religious instruction, thinking about God and religion for himself when he was about fourteen.
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Access No. 132375 | 2 mins 20 secs | Various | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w portrait of Santamaria family, pan across faces. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about the strong Italian Catholic way in his family, his father not going to Sunday mass for some time because of work. Detail photo portrait Santamaria. Interview Santamaria about his thoughts on the Catholic religious sect and its future, belief that the Catholic faith is what Christ intended it to be.
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Access No. 132376 | 3 mins 20 secs | Various | Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Archival b&w footage circa 1940s pan down from church spires to crowds or people gathered outside entrance to church. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about his views of the male role in society as the breadwinner and role model for sons, his wife having full confidence in his judgment.
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Access No. 132377 | 1 min 35 secs | 1940s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w photograph B A Santamaria with his small child and baby. B&W photo Santamaria holding up baby daughter. B&W photo Santamaria's wife Helen in patterned dress holding smiling baby. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about being away from his home and family alot. B&W photo pan across family of daughters with mother Helen holding youngest. Interview Santamaria about his admiration for his wife coping with looking after large family.
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Access No. 132378 | 43 secs | Various | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Still b&w wedding photograph B A Santamaria and wife Helen. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about how many people contributed to the work he carried out. B&W photo Santamaria family gathered outside house, zoom to smiling Santamaria. Interview Santamaria about necessity for sexual fidelity in marriage and social difficulties encountered, importance of the foundation of the relationships with the women in his life. Detail previous family photo Helen holding baby. Interview Santamaria about friendships with men and women within limits.
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Access No. 132379 | 3 mins 48 secs | Various | Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Still colour photograph BA Santamaria's first wife Helen. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about dealing with death of his wife Helen in 1980 during time of crisis in the National Civic Council, marriage to his second wife Anne, who was his secretary for over thirty years. Colour photo Santamaria and second wife Anne standing in group. Interview Santamaria about finding companionship with Anne.
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Access No. 132380 | 2 mins 44 secs | Various | Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Still colour photograph B A Santamaria with adult sons and daughters. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about his children having the same pattern ideas as his own. Colour photo Santamaria family gathered around dinner table. Colour photo Santamaria with three of his grandchildren. Colour photo Santamaria sitting back with grandchild snuggling into his chest. Interview Santamaria about his family getting together on Sunday nights when he cooks for them. Colour photo pan across large family gathering.
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Access No. 132381 | 58 secs | Various | Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about importance of football in his life. Still colour photograph MCU B A Santamaria watching football game, wearing sunglasses and holding program to forehead. Interview Santamaria about going to football every Saturday, but sees less attraction in the sport because of the way it has become so commercial.
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Access No. 132382 | 1 min 23 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | © The Age | Colour |
Archival b&w footage 1940s massive football crowd, girls being helped over crowded seats, VS football match (Carlton vs Collingwood final ?), MS excited crowd, one woman in glasses ecstatic. Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about working class people going to the football and there being a conflict of localities which doesn't exist in football today. Archival b&w footage Carlton football team running onto field, VS excited crowd.
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Access No. 132383 | 53 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | © Film World | Colour |
Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about feelings for Australia, people being lucky to have been born here, a mess being made of the country through poor policies on the economy. Archival colour footage VS members of Parliament getting ready for session.
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Access No. 132384 | 1 min 28 secs | Various | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still colour photograph B A Santamaria seated in blue jumper (sweater). Interview B A Santamaria, 1997, talking about reasoning for battles in life, envisaging an ideal world, not looking forward to the battles that have existed and been put before him during his life.
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Access No. 132385 | 1 min 22 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | © B A Santamaria | Colour |
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