The Tasmanian Tiger

Clip 1: Documentary making in the 1960s

2 min 11 sec

Taken from the sponsored film The Tasmanian Tiger (1960)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

Early scenes from a dramatised documentary showing a young couple in the 1960s exploring Hobart, Tasmania.

Curator’s notes

This clip from the opening of the film shows the style of a sponsored or corporate documentary of the time. Notice the simple animation in the title, the continuous music, the lack of any natural sound, and the slow pace of the editing.

Damien Parer, curator

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