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Thunderbolt |
| Released |
1910 |
| Director |
John Gavin
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| Comments |
Only 20 minutes of the origianal film remain to this day, they were found in a garbage tip by Melbourne man, Neil Daft. Stored on unstable nitrate film, Thunderbolt was one of the last âoutlawâ films to be made due to NSW government banning them becasuse of the implication that they may provoke crime.
One suspects that it was H. A. Forsyth who played the lead role of Thunderbolt. |
| Synopsis |
Based on the exploits of the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, the story begins with Fredrick Ward who goes droving to earn his money for his wedding, He is accused of cattle duffing is arressted and sent to prison on Cockatoo Island for seven years. He escapes from prison in a daring swim to shore, but soon learns that grief has caused the death of his fiancee. He vows to take his revenge on the law and so begins his notorious life of crime. Based on the story written by Ambrse Pratt. |
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| book - Australian Cinema : Chapter 8: Australia and the Australians. . 00-00-1994 |
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Philip Adams,
Scott Murray,
Scott editor
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| The book features a general overview of Australian film culture, including essays, stills and lists of directors.[full record]
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| book - Australian Silent Films: a pictoral history of Australian silent films from 1896 to 1929. |
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Eric Reade
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| A generalised commentary/listing of fetaure film produced in this era. The book takes extended amounts of space heralding the work of Longford as a director/...[full record]
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| newspaper - Found on Tip: 20 min of 1910 epic Canberra Times. 09-01-1993. p.1 |
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John Gavin
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| Short article on the discovery of seemingly "lost" prints of Thunderbolt, a rather rare Aussie 'outlaw' film.
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| newspaper - Found on Tip: 20min of 1910 epic Canberra Times. 09-01-1993. p.1 |
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Author Unknown
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| Describes the finding of "Thunderbolt", one of the first Australian films, found in a garbage tip.
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| newspaper - Varied Box office return from feature film Canberra Times. 30-12-1992. p.27 |
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Robert Macklin
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| Two cans of nitrate film is found in a rubbish tip in Forrestville NSW, by Mr and Ms Daft.
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| newspaper - Varied box office returns from feature films. Canberra Times. 12-12-1992. p.27 |
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Robert Macklin
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| Mentions how there were two cans of nitrate film discovered at a tip in Forrestville NSW. Both had a portion of film that was salvageable.
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| newspaper - Varied box office returns rom feature films. Canberra Times. 12-12-1992. p.27 |
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Robert Macklin
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| Mentions how there were two cans of nitrate film discovered at a tip in Forrestville NSW. Both had a portion of film that was salvageable.
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