The Roundabout

Australia, 1962

Film
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Explains that traffic can flow in 16 different directions at an ordinary intersection. The roundabout is designed to bring streams of traffic together, mix them and send them on their right way. Conflicting streams of traffic in a roundabout all travel in the same direction, and reduce head-on collisions.

Credits

production company

Tasmania. Dept. of Film Production

Language

English

Duration

00:08:45:00

Colour

Black and White

ACMI Identifier

28061

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road safety

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Design

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic accidents - Prevention

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic flow

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Road safety

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Traffic accidents - Prevention

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Traffic engineering - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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