Episode of Series “Frontiers downunder”.
The story of three men who fly around outback Australia to do their particular type of work. Dr Ian Robertson works for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Tony Matthews is an Anglican Archdeacon with the Carpentaria Aerial Mission and Mervyn Moriarty is an artist teaching art with the Australian Flying Art School. Commentator: Tim Eliott
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009897
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Air pilots
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Air transport - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
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)