In this Victorian Department of Agriculture instructional film, expert preserver Gwen McCrorey demonstrates how to process and can a variety of vegetables, including beans, carrots and cauliflower, in a domestic kitchen. The film is an interesting example of a household kitchen and of home cooking in Australia in the 1950s.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2004342
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cookery (Natural foods)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cookery, Australian
Sound/audio
Sound
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
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy