Snowy Mountain Scheme

Episode of Series “Advance Australia”.
This short film shows the early stages of the Hydro Electric Scheme. Illustrating the difficulties in development and construction through diagrammatic animation. This film was probably shot and completed before the scheme was finished.

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Credits

producer

John Kingsford-Smith

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Kingcroft Productions

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1955

Appears in

Group of items

Advance Australia

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

009952

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Hydroelectric power plants

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

History → Australia - History - 20th century

History → History

History → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1955

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