Maddingley

A documentary film showing the brown coal mining process at Maddingley in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and then goes on to show how the coal is used for the production of paper at the Australian Paper Mills plant. Also includes scenes of the workers and their families of Bacchus Marsh at play.

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Credits

production company

APM Productions

Atlas Associates

Cambridge Films

Duration

00:16:17:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

c. 1948

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

501465

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, c. 1948

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