Daintree: The Vanishing Rainforest (Captioned)

Episode number 5 of Series “Australian wilderness series”.
A child returns from the future, a time when forests no longer exist and we see the rainforest and its most unusual inhabitants through her eyes. She grows to love the forest and cannot understand some of the things she sees happening. An imaginative and fascinating story which emphasises the delicate balance of nature, and how easily it can be destroyed.

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Credits

director

Danae Gunn

producer

John Richardson

production company

Kestrel Film Productions

Duration

00:47:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Appears in

Group of items

Australian wilderness series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300661

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Daintree (Qld.)

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rain forests - Australia

Closed captioning

Places → Daintree (Qld.)

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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