Summary: Documentary contrasts the insufficient work opportunities in pre-war Australia, with the full employment of wartime, and outlines the need for scientific planning of jobs and training (over Occupational Therapy scenes) to ensure that "everyone will have jobs to go to" after demobilisation.
Description: Film opens with a shot of a notice board advertising a lecture by a sergeant on the theme "What do you want to do after the war?" This cuts to a conversation between two soldiers and the sergeant after the lecture, and through a question and answer format the sergeant describes how demobilisation procedures will work, and the training opportunities that will be available, An emphasis is made on the need for the government to plan ahead for peacetime just as they planned for the war effort, "There will be a job for you - don't worry but it won't be handed to you on a plate, you'll have to do something about it yourself."
Production Details: Ministry of Post War Reconstruction (Production sponsor)
Department of Information (Production sponsor)
Commonwealth Film Laboratories Ltd (Production company)
Malcolm, George D (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 669 ft; Running time: 7 mins
