Classic cars in Australia

Australia, 1993

Film
A still image from Classic cars in Australia

Featured in “My Car” on “The World Tonight” with Clive Robertson. In an age when all cars look the same, this video profiles the cars we would all like to own, or did own. Some of the cars features are the Austin Healy “Bug-Eye” Sprite, Austin 7, Ford Mustang, Jaguar SS, Mercedes-Benz 300SL “Gullwing”, Morris Minor, Volkswagen 1946, plus classic cars from the Repco Mountain Rally.

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Credits

producer/director

Jeff Watson

production company

Jeff Watson Productions

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1993

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304862

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject category

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

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