Life in the Desert

The viewer is taken into the Australian desert and shown the amazing variety of plants and animals and informed how they manage to survive in such extreme conditions.

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Credits

director

Robert Raymond

production company

Opus Films

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017507

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Deserts

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Places → Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

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Australia, 1985