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Niagara's gold [videorecording] / a documentary by Jeff Maynard.

Niagara's gold [videorecording] / a documentary by Jeff Maynard.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZWd5X5ey

Niagara's gold [videorecording] / a documentary by Jeff Maynard.

About this item

Full title

Niagara's gold [videorecording] / a documentary by Jeff Maynard.

Publisher

[Australia?] : Bacon Town Films, c1994.

Call Numbers

VB8980

Record Identifier

74VvZWd5X5ey

MMS ID

991004660309702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 videocassette (VHS) (46 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Contents

Narrator, Sam Neill ; director, Paul Murphy ; producers, Zoe Hebdon and Jeff Maynard ; writer, Jeff Maynard ; editor, John Leonard ; music, Simon Lewis.

Publication information

Publisher

[Australia?] : Bacon Town Films, c1994.

Date Published

c1994.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"In June 1940, shortly before the Battle of Britain, the Bank of England attempted to ship eight tons of gold to America to buy arms for the British war effort. On June 19th the ship carrying the gold, the RMS Niagara, hit a German mine and sank in deep water off the coast of New Zealand. In the months that followed one man would invent a way ... [...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Niagara's gold [videorecording] / a documentary by Jeff Maynard.

Notes

General note

Distributor: Film Australia.

Video Publisher Number

FP 94708 Film Australia

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c1994.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

VB8980

Record Identifier

74VvZWd5X5ey

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZWd5X5ey

Other Identifiers

DDC

387.55096478

MMS ID

991004660309702626

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