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1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 20 sec.) ; 333813922 bytes |
| Summary |
The second episode begins in 1928, with the historic flight of the Southern Cross across the Pacific Ocean, followed throughout the 1930s by the continuing struggle to maintain an Australian-owned aviation industry in the face of powerful international airline businesses, concluding in early 1942 with the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese air force during World War Two. As the title of the episode suggests, a central theme running through many of these events is Australian national patriotism and pride.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Narrated by Colin Friels. Writer/Director Alan Lindsay Producers Alan Lindsay and Helen Clucas. Executive Producers Mark Hamlyn and Anna Grieve. A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Vue DC. Produced with the Assistance of Screen West, LotteryWest and Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Broadcast 2009-11-25 at 22:25:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Adventure and adventurers.
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Aeronautics -- Experiments.
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Aircraft accidents -- Investigation.
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Airlines -- Management.
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Airlines -- Safety measures.
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Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Baxter, Milton, contributor
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Bennison, John, contributor
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Brearley, Maurice, contributor
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Colquhoun, Frank, contributor
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Fletcher, Ted, contributor
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Friels, Colin, cast
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Gunn, John, contributor
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Lindsay, Alan, director
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Stone, Gerald, contributor
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