Ballads of Bullant Ridge. No. 2

Alan Marshall stories set to traditional Australian bush music and illustrated by cartoonist Douglas Trainsh. The items featured are your nose’ and ‘The Ghost of Captain Candlelight’.

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Credits

author

Alan Marshall

producer/director

Ronald Mason

production company

Academy Film Productions

Duration

00:04:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000984

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Crafts & Visual Arts → Caricatures and cartoons

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Literature

Music & Performing Arts → Folk songs, English - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1961

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