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Contests USA

United States, 1979-1980
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Skip Blumberg presents, in his customary fashion, a series of short films examining the bizarre and the sublime in America in the 1980s. ‘Summer Ski Jum..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by image:

[Gadsden Family Home Movie Collection: Reel 33]

Australia, c. 1970
Similarity: 73%

Olympic fragments

United States, 1980
Similarity: 66%

Contests USA

United States, 1979-1980
Similarity: 64%

[John Anderson Home Movies: Reel 26]

Australia, c. 1971
Similarity: 64%

JGLING/Whistling

1976
Similarity: 63%

Hotham holiday

Australia, 1945
Similarity: 62%

[John Anderson Home Movies: Reel 24]

Australia, c. 1970s
Similarity: 62%

Finally destroy us

United States, 1991
Similarity: 61%

Snowtime at Mt Buffalo

Australia, 1950
Similarity: 60%

Olympic fragments

United States, 1980
Similarity: 60%

Max's Story: Waterskiing on the Yarra

Australia, 2004
Similarity: 58%

[Gadsden Family Home Movie Collection: Reel 121]

Australia, c. 1960s
Similarity: 58%

Video 50

France and United States, 1978
Similarity: 57%

Shanghaied text

United States, 1996
Similarity: 57%

Heaven

Australia, 1997
Similarity: 56%

Videoworks of Sadie Benning. Volume 1

United States, 1989-1990
Similarity: 55%

[Brookes Family Home Movies: Reel 3]

Australia, 1964-1965
Similarity: 55%

[Brookes Family Home Movies: Reel 5]

Australia, 1966-1967
Similarity: 54%
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