Documents the making of the feature film “Nickel Queen”. This Australian production directed by John McCallum and starring Googie Withers told the story of the widowed owner of the Mirribilli pub’s sudden turn of fortune during the mining boom in Western Australia. Includes a scene with John Laws as a hippie.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009326
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture producers and directors - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Study and teaching - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Motion pictures - Study and teaching - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation