On guard

A fast moving adventure about four women who conspire to sabotage the research program of Utero, a multinational firm engaged in reproductive engineering. They plan a midnight raid on Utero’s heavily guarded plant and as the time for the raid approaches, tensions between the four saboteurs increase.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Susan Lambert

producer

Digby Duncan

production company

Red Heart Pictures

Duration

00:51:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016965

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women

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

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Genetic engineering

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

Collected

4 times

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Australia, 1983