The great Australian game of football - of colorful crowds packing Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch their idols play. Players demonstrate the bounce, recovery, centre bounce, tackling, passing the ball, marking, various types of kick and the finer points of the game to youngsters at school. Includes sequences shot whilst important games were in progress.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000891
Language
English
Subject categories
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Australian football
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)