Natural Glass

New Zealand, 1979

Film
A still image from Natural Glass

Looks at a one-man revival of “natural” glass-making in New Zealand, contrasting the delicacies of glass making by one man with his normal job as a worker in a natural gas field.

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Credits

director

John King

producer

Derek Wright

production company

New Zealand National Film Unit

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places
New Zealand
Production dates
1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

003875

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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