Accession Number | F10580 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 10 min 40 sec |
Object type | Interview |
Physical description | 16mm/colour (Eastman)/sound |
Maker |
Davis, Neil Brian Bradbury, David |
Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Sorell |
Date made | 1978 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Period 1970-1979 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Interview with Neil Davis for In the eye of a storm - TAS Film 5 Slate 21
Take 21. Neil Davis as a cameraman correspondent is asked about premonitions of his own death [sound cut 33sec]; confident that he would survive even when he was severely wounded in action as well as when he was a young man suffering from Polio Mellitus; personal faith a belief in reincarnation as result of living in Asia and as the reason for not fearing death; on being born into the Anglican faith but refusing to be confirmed; asked why he now accepts reincarnation as an explanation of life after death; [sound cut 21 sec]; Davis "You only fear death if you feel that's the end." [sound cut 41 sec]; Takes 22-24 funeral procession at a church and silent scenes of Hobart including the ABC building; Take 25 Davis outside the Gordon Highlander Hotel, Sorell recounts the story of how his Great Grandfather a journalist and runner died outside the hotel after stopping for a beer after his weekly 30 mile run. [original sound missing for this film; sound complied from surviving edit track]
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