Australia Project For Rice Growing 1962

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Location: East Kimberley, Australia

Title reads: "Huge New Rice Project On Ord River".

Aerial view of the Ord River making its way through East Kimberley area in South Australia. Two good shots of mechanical excavator loading earth on to a lorry wok has just started on a huge project...

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Cataloguer:
Matt
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
86564
Sort Number:
UN 3611 F
Time in/Out:
01:56:17:00 / 01:57:12:00
Canister:
UN 3611 F
Film ID:
3040.24
Issue Date:
1962

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