The Use of poison

Australia, 1961

Film
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Episode of Series “Rabbit Control”

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Credits

producer

Norman Laird

production company

Tasmanian Government Film Unit

Duration

00:12:43:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1961

Appears in

Rabbit Control

Group of items

Rabbit Control

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011401

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agricultural pests

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Study and teaching

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pest control

Animals & Wildlife → Rabbits

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agricultural chemicals

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pest control

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

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

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poisons

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Agricultural chemicals

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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