[Kodak Cinegraph compilation. No. 08]

Australia, 1930

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A compilation of newsreel segments focusing on Australia. 1. ‘[Royal Melbourne Zoo]’ shows a family strolling through the zoo. 2. ‘[Nar Nar Goon Airport]’ 3. ‘Turtle Island’ includes footage of giant turtles on the beach, men riding the turtles in a light-hearted race, and a dead turtle being cut open to show its heart which continues to beat 48 hours after death. 4. ‘[Peach growing in Australia]’ captures Australia’s fruit growing and canning industry in the 30’s showing the orchards, the sorting and inspection area, women peeling and removing stones, and the mechanised canning and processing sections.

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Credits

production company

Kodak Cinegraph

Duration

00:07:22:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1930

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315679

Languages

English

No spoken word

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens

Animals & Wildlife → Turtles

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airports

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Canning and preserving

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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