A Sense of Direction (Captioned)

Australia

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A look at the sport of orientating. It starts by describing map-marking and how important accurate maps are. Shows maps being made for orienteering, based on grades of difficulty that orienteers are subjected to. It concludes with the maps being used in an actual race.

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Credits

co-producer

Peter Beilby

Peter Hicks

director

Peter Hicks

Duration

00:58:00:00

Production places
Australia

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300671

Language

English

Subject category

Closed captioning

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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