Touch the Sun : Peter and Pompey (Captioned)

Episode of Series ‘Touch the Sun’.
When three children from a small coastal town find Latin inscriptions on the walls of a local cave it leads to the discovery of an authentic Roman boat. News of the find throws the town into turmoil. The town’s people rush to implement crass commercial schemes to exploit the Roman boat’s tourist potential. Angered by the way the boat’s discovery has disrupted their lives the children devise a way to restore the town to normal.

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Credits

producer

Margot McDonald

production company

Australian Children's Television Foundation

director

Michael Carson

Duration

01:35:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

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Group of items

Touch the Sun Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300713

Language

English

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Closed captioning

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

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Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1988

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