Suicide trail

Australia, 1960

Film
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A dramatization in the style of a “western” of how fast driving on an unfamiliar road is as sure a method of suicide as shooting oneself.

Credits

production company

Australian Road Safety Council

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

Language

English

Duration

00:03:20:00

Colour

Black and White

Appears in

[Road safety compilation]

Group of items

[Road safety compilation]

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

29072

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road safety

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Speed

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Automobile driver education

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Road safety

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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