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Aborigines of the sea coast [videorecording] / director, Charles P. Mountford.

Aborigines of the sea coast [videorecording] / director, Charles P. Mountford.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPdREdzXM

Aborigines of the sea coast [videorecording] / director, Charles P. Mountford.

About this item

Full title

Aborigines of the sea coast [videorecording] / director, Charles P. Mountford.

Publisher

[Australia] : An Australian National Film Board production, [c1951]

Date

[c1951]

Call Numbers

VB9470

Record Identifier

74VvPdREdzXM

MMS ID

991005481849702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Contents

Photography, Peter Bassett-Smith ; music, Mirrie Hill.

Publication information

Publisher

[Australia] : An Australian National Film Board production, [c1951]

Date Published

[c1951]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

The record of the 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land sponsored by the National Geographical Society and the Smithsonian Institution. It shows the life of sea coast Aborigines at Yirrkala in the north-eastern corner of Arnhem Land. Demonstrates how, as children, they learn to handle canoes made from bark and as adults how they use them for fishing and h...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Aborigines of the sea coast [videorecording] / director, Charles P. Mountford.

Notes

General note

Distributed by Film Australia.

Distributed by: Film Australia.

Film Australia: 00349/02.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

VB9470

Record Identifier

74VvPdREdzXM

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPdREdzXM

Other Identifiers

DDC

305.89915

MMS ID

991005481849702626

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