Looks at the activities of the section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service based at Broken Hill in outback New South Wales. Presents a dramatisation in which a doctor joins the service and is given an introduction to the operational methods of the Broken Hill Base. The vast outback area which must be covered and the people who are the potential patients are made known to the new doctor.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at .
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009294
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rural conditions
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rural conditions
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rural conditions
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aeronautics in medicine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Rural
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rural health services - Australia
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)