Starting with a little of the history of the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, the film quickly moves into the day to day workings of the hospital and many of its special treatment departments - including the kitchen which prepares 2500 meals a day.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 70,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued since the 1940s. As a result, some items and their descriptions may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved researchers to view.
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309816
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals - Staff
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)