Sky bridges

Australia, 1977

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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

producer

Don Murray

director

Greg Reading

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:27:30:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1977

Appears in

Group of items

Frontiers downunder

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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 → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Places → Northern Territory

Places → Outback Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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