Wild about wilderness

Australia, 1988

Film
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Deborah Conway hosts this video which attempts to define wilderness areas that are left. All wilderness areas shown are from New South Wales. Finishes with the sobering thought that what we don’t save now is lost for ever.

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Collection

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Credits

director

David Greig

production company

Kestrel Films & Video (Australia)

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324456

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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