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New Railway Link from Darwin to Alice Springs, The

The opening of the first stage of new Ghan railway link, from Tarcoola to Alice Springs, by Princess Alexandra in 1980.
Series : Northern Territory Contact | Episode : 6 | Year : 1981 | Total Duration : 5 Minutes | Producer : Malcolm Otton
Director : Ian Walker |
Royal motorcade approaching. Inaugural train Tarcoola to Alice Springs. Princess Alexandra arrives to open the first stage of the new Ghan railway link . Princess in train, crowd watching it move off. (9 October 1980)
Access No. 126559 | 38 secs | 1980s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © Department of the Chief Minister - NT | Colour |
Archival footage steam train and shot of Alice Springs. Still photographs of washed away railway line, steam train, buckled tracks. The Ghan train. Interior train, people in bed, kitchen preparing breakfast, Japanese tourists on board, Waltzing Matilda played on piano. Train at station. Inside driver's cab. Hand pushing detonation in box. Explosion in hillside. Prime Minster Gough Whitlam opening work on the development of the new Ghan from Tarcoola. Tarcoola railway station. New railway track being laid for Ghan line. Men and machines at work. Aerial straight railway through desert. People on train enjoying service, at bar etc. Train as it rounds bend. Unloading container truck from train.
Access No. 126560 | 3 mins 44 secs | 1930s | NT, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Opening of first stage of new Ghan link at Alice Springs. Inaugural train Tarcoola to Alice Springs. Brass band playing. Princess Alexandra talking to people. (9 October 1980)
Access No. 126564 | 40 secs | 1980s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © Department of the Chief Minister - NT | Colour |