Ironbark Bill (Captioned)

This animated tale tells a raunchy, rocky, hilarious story of the legendary Ironbark Bill and the Champion Buckjumper, a high-spirited horse who bounces so high in his bucking that rider and horse end up in the clouds. The problem, then, is how to get down. It is based on Australian writer, Dal Stivens’ “Ironbark Bill” tall tales.

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Credits

director

Philip Pepper

producer

Don Ezard

production company

Film Victoria

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323987

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Australia

Closed captioning

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1975

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