Medical aid for the children of the far west. Officials of the Far Wesr Children’s Health Scheme visit Tibooburra school and aboriginal camp on the Queensland border. Experts milk lake trout of their eggs which are hatched at the hatchery and young trout are released back to the rivers in Victoria. Toronga Park Zoo kindergarten caters for young animal lovers. Modern machinery revolutionises heavy work; a demonstration of heavy machinery available to Australian industries from the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
503248
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Taronga Zoo (Sydney, N.S.W.))
Animals & Wildlife → Zoological gardens
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Health and hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Materials handling
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)