Scientific and medical research

Australia, 1982

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Episode of Series “Australia in the 80’s”.
An overview of current scientific and medical research in Australia. Looks briefly at space tracking stations, interscan, solar energy, medical technology, nuclear medicine, microsurgery and the invitro fertilisation program. Suitable for secondary level.

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Credits

director

John Leake

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Film Australia

Motion Picture Associates

Duration

00:09:50:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1982

Appears in

Australia in the 80's

Group of items

Australia in the 80's

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015367

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Research, Industrial

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Solar energy

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Fertilization in vitro

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fertilization in vitro

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Microsurgery

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nuclear medicine

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Fertilization in vitro

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar energy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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