A crowd waves goodbye to a TAA flight at Essendon Airport, aerial shots of the City of Melbourne and Yarra River. Late developmental stages of construction on the Tullamarine Airport and Freeway. Shot in October 1968.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308871
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Essendon Airport (Vic.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tullamarine Airport (Vic.)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airports
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Express highways
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → International airports
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public works - Victoria
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
History → Melbourne (Vic.) - History
Places → Essendon Airport (Vic.)
Places → Tullamarine Airport (Vic.)
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
Mini DV; Sub-master
16mm film; Archive copy - not for public screening