Titled The Stars Were. This film shows closeups of the children who starred in “Walking to School” and “The Bear”.
The film then moves on to show a tractor dragging flames to set fire to a dry paddock. We see various farm scenery including sheep, burning off, horse riding and a tractor ploughing a field.
The film then shows a narrative short story titled “The Wish Wizard” which could be an Eaglehawk Primary school production. This film shows school children discovering a book which contains a map to “The Olde Wishing Well”. They gather together and conjure up a wizard using a magic spell. We see good close ups of children’s faces as they interact with the wizard.
We then see a school boy walking and running down a country road where he discovers animal tracks in the dirt and encounters a woman wearing a red coat carrying apples in a basket.
This film shows good examples of school fashion, children’s faces and farming practices.
Selected highlights (timecodes from Access Overscan)
00:00:49:00 - Title card Story ‘The Bear’
00:01:05:00 - Burning off with tractor
00:02:56:00 - Title card ‘the wish wizard’
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003993
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farming
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fashion - Australia
History → Children - Australia - History
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Games
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
Standard 8mm film; Master