No. 1 On the Charts : A Look at the Australian Pop Music Industry

Lee Simon, Basia Bonkowski, Jane Clifton and Michael Gudinski are interviewed in a forum style program about their views on the presentation of popular culture in the media. Video clips are interposed throughout the program.

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Credits

director

Don Fitzsimmons

co-producer

David Ferris

Trevor Lunn

production company

TV Ed Productions

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508038

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Australia

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Influence

Music & Performing Arts → Music - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Popular music

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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Australia, 1984