The marvel of mechanisation at a Melbourne Match Factory is featured in this newsreel. Hagley Area School near Launceston providing primary and trade education for country children is visited by the camera. Scientists go to Antarctica to study weather while an Australian relief crew with 12 months supplies sails to Heard Island to take over from the homecoming crew.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
503254
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australian Antarctic Territory (Antarctica)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Heard Island (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Rural - Australia
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientific expeditions
Places → Australian Antarctic Territory (Antarctica)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)