Our daily bread [B&W]

Australia, 1950

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Opens with a brief historical survey of the origin of bread. Shows the processes involved in modern bread-making; growing of wheat, harvesting, shipping, storing, milling and baking, and explains the function of yeast in bread-making. The film also surveys the work of the Bread Research Laboratory in Sydney, established to improve efficiency and product standards.

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Credits

director

Dennis Hill Productions

producer

Peter Whitchurch

production company

Kinelab

Peter Whitchurch Productions

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1950

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310769

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Bakers and bakeries

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Baking

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Bread industry - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food - Composition

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food - Research

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food industry and trade - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Harvesting

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Product management

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wheat - Australia

Documentary

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bakers and bakeries

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Baking

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cookery (Bread)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food - Composition

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food - Research

History → History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Food - Composition

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Food - Research

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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