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Barrier Story, The

The city and people of Broken Hill, New South Wales - a city situated on one of the richest silver, lead and zinc fields in the world.
Year : 1953 | Total Duration : 9 Minutes | Producer : Eric Thompson
Director : Hugh B Alexander |
Aerials over Broken Hill, map of Australia, main street, housing, Mount Gipps sheep station, ruined fireplace and homestead, rocky outcrops Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47319 | 2 mins 12 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill , NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Street signs in Broken Hill: Wolfram St., Sulphide St., Beryl St., Chloride St., Argent St, main street with parked cars and shops, Barrier Mining Publisher building, newspaper boy with bicycle making deliveries to suburban homes, train with open carriages of ore, VS mine buildings Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47328 | 1 min 27 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Men in hard hats working above ground at mine in Broken Hill. One is attaching rope to small wagon which has come up from mine shaft, others pushing wagon of pipes, men entering lift to mine shaft, carrying lunch boxes Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47339 | 38 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Shots of ruined buildings and a house in Broken Hill. One has plaque ÒThis fireplace built by Tom Phin and A.W.B. Orman is part of the first office of the B.H.P. May 1885Ó. Good shot old hut, miners constructing homes, VS housing and homes, exterior hospital, aerials of Stephens Creek reservoir. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47346 | 50 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Across building (Pre school?) with large grassy area, trees and children on play equipment in foreground. Children on slippery dip and swings with woman watching them, Saturday morning in main street, women shopping, good car shots, swimming pool, woman diving, boat on lake, boy paddling homemade canoe, row of boys fishing with hand held lines on edge of lake Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47357 | 1 min 43 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Group of men on bicycles during road race , crowd seated on side of road watching, start of greyhound dog race, crowd watching race, VS of games of lawn bowls and POV inside clubhouse to outside green through window with venetian blinds Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47373 | 41 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Group of miners in hard hats walking past camera, aerial of Broken Hill Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 47385 | 23 secs | 1950s | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia