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Commonwealth cinematographer Bert Ive in studio holding a lens component next to a Debrie camera. Bert Ive Bert Ive, Cinema & Photographic Branch 1913 – 1939
Cinematographer Wade Fairley films a recreation scene of Mawson and Mertz' 1912 Antarctic expedition. Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time.
Commonwealth cinematographer Bert Ive on a sled, laden with camera gear, in a snow field. Commonwealth cinematographer Bert Ive standing in Tiger Moth aeroplane. There is a camera strapped to the plane and a pilot sitting in the front seat. Commonwealth cinematographer Bert Ive standing behind a camera on a tripod at Lake Torrens. He is filming a scene from Glimpses of South Australia. Cinematographer Bert Ive standing in the back of a utility truck behind a camera on a tripod. He is at the side of an unsealed road in the outback with two other men. Cinematographer Bert Ive on a ladder, using a titles camera inside the workroom of the Cinema and Photographic Branch. Weddel Seal on the Antarctic coastline, Davis Station. Tim Jarvis putting on his home-made wooden crampons, on the last stage of Mawson's journey. Adelie penguins on the Antarctic coastline, Davis Station. Tim Jarvis putting on his home-made wooden crampons, on the last stage of Mawson's journey. Sunset behind icebergs at Larsemann Hills, Eastern Antarctica.

The Film Australia Collection (FAC) is one of the largest and most historically significant sources of archival, documentary and stock footage in the country, representing over 100 years of documentary filmmaking on behalf of the Australian Government.

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