Cinemagazine items include: “Parade of Champions” - Stockwell Stud, Diggers Rest annual open day to raise funds for Royal Children’s hospital with stallions parading at a racing stud, show the finer points of horse breeding. “Boatmen” - waterfront activities by dockworkers at the Melbourne Ports, retrieving lines from berthing ships do hazardous work. “Man of Metal” - Montsalvat, Eltham, sculptor using scrap-metal for works (Mackam Skipper) with his sister together design and execute metal screens for the National University. “Jungle Gym” - Bayswater Rotary Club provides elephant-like playground equipment.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309160
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Stevedores
Animals & Wildlife → Horse breeders
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Stevedores
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community life
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)