South West Tasmania: The Gliders (Captioned)

Episode number 4 of Series “Australian wilderness series”.
The sheer challenge of remote wilderness is shown in this spectacular program of a group’s arduous trek up Federation Peak with the aim of hang gliding from the top. Young and old take part in the trek and viewers share in the thoughts, inspiration and differing goals of the group.

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Credits

director

Catherine Millar

producer

John Richardson

production company

Kestrel Film Productions

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Appears in

Group of items

Australian wilderness series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300663

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Federation Peak (Tas.)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Wilderness areas - Tasmania

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilderness areas - Tasmania

Closed captioning

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Hang gliding

Places → Federation Peak (Tas.)

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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