Newsfront: NFSA Digital Restoration
1978
Newsfront: NFSA Digital Restoration
1978
- NFSA ID9PJZEC0R
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- GenresHistorical, Drama
- Year1978
The NFSA has completed a digitial restoration of Newsfront (1978).
In Australia in the late 1940s, before the coming of television, Len Maguire (Bill Hunter) and his young sidekick Chris (Chris Haywood, both pictured) cover the big news stories for the Cinetone newsreel company. Times are changing and Len struggles to maintain his principles in a turbulent era.
The award-winning classic film, directed by Phillip Noyce, makes extensive use of real newsreels; it integrates new and old footage, shifting effortlessly between black-and-white and colour. The cast also includes Wendy Hughes, Bryan Brown, Gerard Kennedy and Angela Punch McGregor.
The NFSA restoration premiered in 2014.
The NFSA has completed a digitial restoration of Newsfront (1978).
In Australia in the late 1940s, before the coming of television, Len Maguire (Bill Hunter) and his young sidekick Chris (Chris Haywood, both pictured) cover the big news stories for the Cinetone newsreel company. Times are changing and Len struggles to maintain his principles in a turbulent era.
The award-winning classic film, directed by Phillip Noyce, makes extensive use of real newsreels; it integrates new and old footage, shifting effortlessly between black-and-white and colour. The cast also includes Wendy Hughes, Bryan Brown, Gerard Kennedy and Angela Punch McGregor.
The NFSA restoration premiered in 2014.
- NFSA ID9PJZEC0R
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- GenresHistorical, Drama
- Year1978
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