Building Victoria's 500KV System

In 1964 when Victoria decided to build the 500KV System to bring power from the LaTrobe Valley to Melbourne, this was the first such system in Australia well before the building started, testing and planning was done.

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Credits

producer/director

Shan Benson

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1964

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014293

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Power resources - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Latrobe River Valley (Vic.)

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Electric utilities

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Power resources - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Power-plants - Victoria

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public works - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electric power

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electricity

Places → Latrobe River Valley (Vic.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1964

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