The Snowy Mountains Scheme - its aims and scope; the main power stations and dams; planning and working on the Scheme; building the dams; drilling the rock tunnels; hydrographers and surveyors at work; the hydraulics laboratory; construction towns; remote camps supplied by air; the men of the Scheme and the pioneering spirit among them.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011388
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Construction workers
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Dams - Design and Construction
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Kosciusko National Park (N.S.W.)
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
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electric power
Places → Kosciusko National Park (N.S.W.)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)