Australian Commonwealth Film Unit Australian Commonwealth Film Unit i(A130673 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. Commonwealth Film Unit; Film Division)
Born: Established: 1940 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1973
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1 1 form y separately published work icon Toula Oliver Howes , ( dir. Oliver Howes ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 8960159 1971 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Judy Brian Hannant , ( dir. Brian Hannant ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 8960107 1971 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Michael Peter Weir , ( dir. Peter Weir ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 8959834 1971 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Three to Go Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 8959799 1971 series - publisher film/TV

A film made of three distinct short films (each written and directed by a different film-maker), each exploring the alienation of different types of Australian youth.
1 1 form y separately published work icon Where the Dead Men Lie Henry Lawson , ( dir. Keith Gow ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 7389407 1971 single work film/TV

'Where Dead Men Lie is a short drama based on a "script" written by Henry Lawson in 1896 in the earliest days of moving pictures. Anticipating the development of dramatic cinema, Lawson wrote his story, "The Australian Cinematograph", with clear directions for the camera. This beautifully shot film, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death, features the voices of Jack Thompson and Max Cullen. It tells of a drover who has been away from home for four months. In a hurry to get back to his family, he attempts the most direct route–through drought-stricken country.'

Source: National Film and Sound Archive (http://sa-staging.com/search-programs/program/?sn=1317). (Sighted: 22/5/2014)
1 form y separately published work icon Paddington Lace Joan Long , ( dir. Christopher McCullough ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1971 25709351 1971 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon The Pictures that Moved : Australian Cinema 1896-1920 Joan Long , ( dir. Alan Anderson ) Australia : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1968 25707853 1968 single work film/TV Australian cinema from the very beginning, from the newsreels, ethnographic and actuality films to the controversy of The Story of the Kelly Gang to the success of The Sentimental Bloke.
1 form y separately published work icon From the Tropics to the Snow Pat Flower , Cedric Flower , John Morris , ( dir. Richard Mason et. al. )agent Sydney : Australian Commonwealth Film Unit , 1963 Z1689557 1963 single work film/TV

A 'mock-umentary' about making a documentary, From the Tropics to the Snow sees a scriptwriter and a director argue their approaches to the problem of making a comprehensive documentary about Australia. One favours an experimental style, the other a more conventional approach. Wittily observed excerpts from both proposed films indicate the faults of each, and the problems of making such a film are chronicled with considerable humour.
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