[Big Melbourne] | State Film Centre of Victoria | ACMI collection

Possible State Film Centre production. Shows a woman and her son on a journey through Melbourne’s central business district, including Flinders Street train station, St Paul’s Cathedral, shopping at Myer. Also features footage of ships and boats.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

creator

Malcolm Wallhead

production company

State Film Centre of Victoria

Production places

Australia

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2004385

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Silent

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

Collected

2 times

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