Shipmates

Australia, 1987

Film

Emily brings her friends home to the Cape Otway Lighthouse for her twelfth birthday. Her fisherman friend Jack gives her a model of the “Loch Ard” one of the clipper ships which foundered on the coast. Jack is keen to catch the tagged fish which will win him a new boat. But the “Loch Ard” has plans of its own. Rated: G

Credits

director

David Haythornthwaite

producer

Michael Midlam

Language

English

Duration

00:27:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

35895

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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