A dramatic account of road trains in outback Australia. Each year thousands of cattle are moved from the great cattle properties of north-west Australia to the railhead for shipment to southern and overseas markets. Today this journey is carried out as a round-the-clock enterprise operating 48 ton road trains over the tracks where drovers once rode for weeks at a time. Typical is the trail from Anna Plains to Meekatharra - the longest overland road haul of its type in Australia. (Diploma of Merit, 1962 Melbourne Film Festival).
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001808
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Australia - Melbourne - Awards
Animals & Wildlife → Cattle drives - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Outback Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Trucking
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)