Australia's Best: Music & Images of Australians in the 80's

Australia, 1983

Film
A still image from Australia's Best: Music & Images of Australians in the 80's

A music video documentary showcasing the best of Australia’s popular music in the eighties. Features the music of Split Enz, Australian Crawl, INXS, No Fixed Address, Cold Chisel and Icehouse. Includes interviews with celebrities such as Michael Hutchence, Neil and Tim Finn, James Reyne and Grace Knight.

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Credits

producer

Pom Oliver

production company

New South Wales Film Corporation

South Pacific Films

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325195

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Music videos

Music & Performing Arts → Popular music

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music - History and criticism

Music & Performing Arts → Rock musicians

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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