Two thousand million years later

Australia, 1976

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Outlines a holiday visit by a 12-year-old boy to his grandfather at Broken Hill. The grandfather, a retired miner, shows him the scope and method of underground mining carried out at Broken Hill. The holiday moves to the Western Australian operation of Hamersley Iron and later the northern Queensland operation of Mary Kathleen Uranium. We meet many people from these operations and see how they relax and enjoy themselves.

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Credits

producer

David Waddington

production company

S S Waddington Productions

director

Ian Barry

Duration

00:26:52:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014287

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Broken Hill Proprietary Company

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Iron mines and mining

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Miners - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mining corporations

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Uranium mines and mining - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Broken Hill (N.S.W.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Hamersley Range (W.A.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mary Kathleen (Qld.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mining towns

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Miners - Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mining districts - Social aspects

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Places → Broken Hill (N.S.W.)

Places → Hamersley Range (W.A.)

Places → Mary Kathleen (Qld.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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