This playful short film set to music, is a tribute to hats and how we wear them. A remix of home movies and short works in the ACMI Collection featuring styles, shapes and fabrics of hats. Whether at the beach, riding a horse, driving a racing car or going for a swim, a fashionable head-covering is a must. Australian fashion’s best styles of hats for men, women and children from the 1930s to the 1980s are shown.
ACMI gratefully acknowledge the following donors and creators in the compilation of this work: Tony Agapitos, Karen Wootton, The Gadsden Family, Elenor Peach, Karen Corry, Jenny & Owen Peake, Gil Brealey & Paul Olson and John Richardson.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003470
Language
No spoken word
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Crafts & Visual Arts → Fashion
Crafts & Visual Arts → Fashion - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Fashion design
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy