Mulga Bill's Bicycle Band

Australia, 1975

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Episode of Series “Big country”.
Mulga Bill’s Bicycle Band, a group of musicians from Melbourne, play adaptations of English and Irish folk music. This episode of A Big Country follows the band as they rescue their music from the abstractions of television studios and return it to the living ambience of country halls and hotels.

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Credits

director

Bob Connolly

production company

ABC

Duration

00:31:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1975

Appears in

Group of items

Big country

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012542

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Bands (Music)

Music & Performing Arts → Folk music - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Folk music - Great Britain

Music & Performing Arts → Folk music - Ireland

Music & Performing Arts → Folk songs, English - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Music

Music & Performing Arts → Music - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Music appreciation

Music & Performing Arts → Musicians - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → National music

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Television

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

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Sound

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Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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