Thin end of the wedge (Captioned) | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

A program that looks at a week in the life of a young wood craftsman, Barry Mills. He struggles to make a living from his work, rejecting the temptation to produce what a businessman wants rather than what he wants to do. He seeks advice from an experienced country wood worker and finally exhibits his work.

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Collection

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Credits

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323961

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Exhibitions

Crafts & Visual Arts → Wood-carving

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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