Illustrates the way of life of palaeolithic hunters and food gatherers, based on three sources of evidence that remain today - weapons and implements found near their primitive hearths, drawings from European cave settlements and the nomadic lives of some Australian First Nations peoples.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322464
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Anthropology
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Hunting and gathering societies
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Society, Primitive
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human evolution
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)