Bush Christmas

Bush Christmas is a superb film which won critical acclaim around the world upon its release in 1947 and is today regarded as an Australian classic. In this 1971 re-edited version, a family of Australian children, realising their father’s horses have been stolen, set out to track the horse thieves and return the horses to their father as a Christmas present. A storm destroys their tracks and the children become lost, while search parties, and the horse thieves, desperately hunt for them. Starring Chips Rafferty.

Credits

producer/director

Ralph Smart

production company

Rank Organisation Film Productions

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

37671

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Literature → Christmas stories

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1971

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