Titles tagged with ‘volunteering’

4 titles - sorted by title / by year

Australian Story – Absolute Beginner (2006)

Just over eight years ago, Marg Ward lost her husband when he died suddenly of a heart attack. Marg was 56. After two terrible years, she began again ...

A Brief Survey of the Activities of the Brisbane City Mission (c1939)

This promotional documentary made by the Brisbane City Mission surveys the Mission’s activities and services during the late 1930s and the relief they provide for thousands of the ...

Couch: Our Women of the VAD, 1943: Home Movies (1943)

This silent amateur documentary with intertitles was made by members of the Couch family. The film begins with three young women knitting, and then reading an issue of ...

Red Cross Activities During and After WWI (c1919)

Female Red Cross volunteers prepare food, bake bread and cakes, darn socks, spin wool, and make knitted dolls. Soldiers work with leather and create wooden toys. The Red ...

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