Passing out

Australia, 1983

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Episode number 1 of Series “Six of the best”.
Introduces the six main characters of the series - Brian, Antoni, Carl, Paula, Saly and Theresa who are Year 11 students leaving school. A popular teacher tries to get his class to face up to what they will do when they leave school. He challenges them with a cynical view of the world.

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Credits

producer/director

Tony Summers

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Six of the best

Group of items

Six of the best

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508579

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Home and school

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life skills

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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