The Dangerous summer

Australia, 1980

A still image from The Dangerous summer

A look at the work of volunteer firemen fighting bushfires in the Blue Mountains at the height of the fire season in 1980.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Brian Trenchard-Smith

producer

Jane Scott

production company

McElroy & McElroy

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014870

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire fighters

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Prevention and control

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Fire fighters

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Volunteer workers

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fire fighters

Places → Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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