ID number	F01303
Collection type	Film
Title	Australia is like this
Measurement	19 min 48 sec
Download	Download video 83.48 MB
Object type	To be confirmed
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	c 1944
Descriptor	35mm/b&w/sound
Access	Open
Description	An Australian produced propaganda film for American audiences, which uses the device of an American soldier stationed in Australia writing a letter to his parents in the US. The film covers his arrival in Australia and includesa tour of parts of Sydney and Taronga Park Zoo, a visit to a girl-friend's home, a sampling of Australian beer with two Australian soldiers, and his departure by train. Film also contains scenes of Melbourne, a race meeting, ski-ing, surfing; Parliament House, Canberra; sheep, beef cattle, harvesting grain, timber cutting etc. Identified personnel: Ross Herschel Ford as the US soldier. Produced by the Australian Department of Information in co-operation with the US Army SWPA.

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