Description |
1 DVD (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD. |
Performer |
Narrator: Linda Cropper ; Hurley's voice, John Noble. |
Credits |
Music, Mick Harvey. |
Note |
Originally produced in 2004. |
Summary |
Follows Hurley's footsteps in the early 1900's to the Antarctic, Belgium, Papua New Guinea, Israel and Australia to see if he was a giant of photography or a conjurer with a camera. One of the last of the renowned imperial adventurers, he captured the first images ever seen of some of the world's most inhospitable and uncharted territories. But historians now know that some of "Captain Hurley's" photos were elaborate concoctions--and a few were outright fakes. His snapshots of Antarctic heroes, world wars, and mysterious natives in faraway jungles seized the imagination of all who saw them. But were those images transformed in the darkroom to the level of myth? |
Subject |
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
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Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. |
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Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 -- Travel.
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Travel. |
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Photography -- History -- 20th century.
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Photography. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Photographers -- History -- 20th century.
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Photographers. |
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Photographers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Australia. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Nasht, Simon, screenwriter, director.
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Cater, Anna, producer.
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Cropper, Linda, narrator.
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Noble, John, 1948-
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Harvey, Mick, composer.
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Film Finance Corporation Australia.
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Real Pictures (Firm)
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Film Australia Pty Limited.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Note |
Title on container label: Mythic camera of Frank Hurley |
Music No. |
33676 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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