Episode of Series “News digest”.
Magazine items: 14-day commando course in cliff-climbing and descents for a C.M.F. company; “Frostbite regatta” - hardy all year yachtsmen race in eight-foot sabots on Waranga Reservoir in Northern Victoria; “Four in one” - a Carlton Methodist church where the service may be followed in Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and English, thus assisting migrants’ integration; “Whirlybird weapon” - helicopters used to spray crops in the Mallee prove their reliability; “Bouncing Babies” - veteran cars prove their reliability during a lively car trial.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011526
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Migrant labor
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Helicopters
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Migrant labor
History → Automobiles - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)