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Clem and Faye

Clem and Faye provide an insight into their marriage and family life in a small country town from both a male and a female perspective.
Series : Our Multicultural Society Series 2 | Episode : 3 | Year : 1978 | Total Duration : 10 Minutes | Producer : Jan Sharp
Director : Curtis Levy |
Father (Clem) playing cricket with young children in backyard, mother (Faye) gardens before joining in game. WS Woolgoolga beach. 4WD past Woolgoolga Sikh temple. Driving down dirt road POV driver. VS Clem working in banana plantation. VS cutting and packing, workers loading crop into back of ute. VS workers eating lunch in shed, Clem eating soup from thermos. VS Faye at home alone watching soap opera on television while sewing. VS around house, Faye reflected in hall mirror, wedding photo. Interview with Clem in plantation and with Faye as she irons. Note Clem's racist conversation during lunch. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 148182 | 4 mins 19 secs | 1970s | Woolgoolga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA - Restrictions | Colour |
VS advertisements on television as Faye vacuums. VS men drinking in pub. Children in loungeroom after school playing and watching television, one in scout uniform. Mother (Faye) cooking and young daughter setting table. VS children eating dinner with Faye at table. Son showing bad table manners. MS father (Clem) at work in banana plantation talking about his expectations for his children. Clem at pool table. GS boy scouts planting flag and reciting pledge. GS scout inspection, scout leader and scout hall. VS Remembrance ceremony in club. VS lotto, dining room, poker machines, flame light, CUs poker machines. Faye walking towards local shops with children, VS in butchery. Woolgoolga Beach, VS junior surf lifesaver activities with Faye assisting and shouting from sidelines. MS Faye and Clem reading papers at kitchen table. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 148296 | 5 mins 46 secs | 1970s | Woolgoolga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA - Restrictions | Colour |