From stone to bronze

Australia, 1984

TV show
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Episode number 1 of Series “Out of the fiery furnace”.
Episode 1 in the fascinating series called “Out of the fiery furnace.” Opening in the Stone Age this episode explores how mankind came to recognize metals, showing their accidental production in an Indian pottery kiln, and an experiment in smelting copper in the Sinai using Egyptian techniques of about 1500 BC.

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Credits

director

Christopher McCullough

producer

Robert Raymond

production company

Opus Films

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Appears in

Out of the fiery furnace

Group of items

Out of the fiery furnace

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508018

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Metals

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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