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Aborigines of the Sea Coast (1948)
Directed by Charles Mountford
Documentary · 19m
The coast of Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory has been the home of Aboriginal people for many many centuries. Some still live a traditional lifestyle. This film is a record of a 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land led by anthropologist Charles Mountford. It depicts the ancestral fishing, hunting, building and boatmaking techniques used by the communities of the region.
Crew
- Director
- Charles Mountford
Details
- Release date
- 1948-12-31
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Australian National Film Board, Commonwealth Department of the Interior, Australian News and Information Bureau