You promised me gold

Australia, 1983

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Episode of Series “Striving”.
This is one of eight programs that look at different athletes preparing themselves for the Commonwealth Games of 1982. Alex Baumann, the athlete studied in this program, is a swimmer who is training for the Games despite a nagging shoulder injury that has prevented him from participating in other competitions.

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Credits

producer

Nick Torrens

co-director

David Haythornthwaite

Nick Torrens

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:25:23:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Striving

Group of items

Striving

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016357

Language

English

Subject categories

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletes

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletes - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Commonwealth Games (12th : 1982 : Brisbane, Qld.)

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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