book - A Seat Under the Stars - A History of Shell's Work with Film in Australia . 00-00-1989 |
Harvey Mitchell
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A detailed history of Austalia's Shell Film Unit, with a chapter on London's Shell Film Unit.[full record]
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chapter - An Australian Film Reader : A Documentary Aesthetic . 00-00-1985. pp.92-97 |
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John Heyer talks about filmmaking in Australia from 1920s to 1950s, government and private intervention, and how The Back of Beyond fits into the Australian ...[full record]
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chapter - Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production : The Back of Beyond . 00-00-1980. p.286 |
Andrew Pike,
Ross Cooper
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This book documents, among many other Australian films (as the title suggests), The Back of Beyond, telling briefly what the film is about and its production...[full record]
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book - Australian post-war documentary film: an arc of mirrors . 00-00-2008 |
Deane Williams
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Looks at Australian documentary filmmaking in the 1940s and 1950s.[full record]
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chapter - Back of Beyond: Discovering Australian Film and Television, October 20 - November 20, 1988 : Formative Landscapes . 00-00-1988. pp.21-33 |
Ross Gibson
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This chapter is an analysis of the 'landscape tradition' in Australian cinema. This involves the notion of landscape as leitmotif, character and all-pervadin...[full record]
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web - Continuum - The Australian Journal of Media and Culture : Nation Building - The Post War Documentary in Australia (1945-1953) . 05-01-1996 |
Albert Moran
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Discusses the tension and division in the Film Division, and also the film styles and themes of documentaries at that time.[full record]
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chapter - Film scripts and music score : No Title . 00-00-1953. p.n.p. |
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1. First draft of the shooting script for 'The back of beyond', written by Heyer at Beecroft during Feb. and Mar. 1953. The original working title was 'A car...[full record]
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journal - John Heyer: Documentary Film Maker Cinema Papers. pp.120-122 |
Gordon Glenn,
Ian Stocks
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John Heyer talks about the production process of The Back of Beyond, how the idea came about, the objective of the film and working with Shell.[full record]
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newspaper - No title Geelong Advertiser. . p.n.p. |
Author Unknown
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A general review telling what the film is about and what you will see in the film. It also commented that it
helped forge the Australian national spirit. [full record]
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journal - No title Daily Cinema. 22-11-1968. p.4 |
Author Unknown
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journal - No title Kinematograph Weekly 2438 V444. 18-03-1954. p.28 |
Author Unknown
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A very short review of the film which recommends a wide showing, especially to children[full record]
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journal - No title Kinematograph Weekly 3187 V617. 09-11-1968. p.18 |
Author Unknown
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Full text available online:
http://communication.students.rmit.edu.au/1997/chi_kong_wong/cinema/KINE1968.HTM[full record]
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book - Projecting Australia: Government film since 1945 . 00-00-1991 |
Albert Moran
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The book charts how the Australian government's film making Unit (known as Film Australia since 1973) has reflected Australian society through film. It expl...[full record]
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journal - The Commonwealth Film Unit: Predecessors and Precursors Metro 104. . pp.52-57 |
Deane Williams
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Deane Williams profiles three film-makers - Maslyn Williams, Colin Dean and John Heyer and contextualises their documentary work within the film culture of t...[full record]
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