A Taste of energy

The Australian sugar industry, showing all stages of cane cultivation and harvesting, extraction and refining of sugar. Impressions of life in the sugar producing regions of Queensland and northern New South Wales and the place of sugar in the Australian economy.

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Credits

production company

Scope Films

Colonial Sugar Industry

producer/director

Edwin Scragg

Duration

00:22:27:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010616

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Sugar growing - Queensland

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Sugarcane industry

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Australia, 1971

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