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Tempo – Australia in the Seventies: excerpt

1971

Tempo – Australia in the Seventies: excerpt

1971

  • NFSA ID91AEJWQM
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Year1971
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

What happens when a computer is asked to sum up a nation? In Tempo – Australia in the Seventies, a futuristic mainframe crunches statistics, lifestyle data and economic forecasts to deliver an audiovisual report on a country on the move.

Using fast cuts, narrated summaries and dynamic imagery, the film presents a vision of 1970s Australia shaped by growth, industry and possibility. It’s part time capsule, part techno-optimist fever dream, and a fascinating glimpse into the era's faith in machines, models and modernity.

Directed by Keith Gow and David Haythornthwaite, with narration by Tom Oliver.

Stream Tempo – Australia in the Seventies on NFSA Player

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An Australian Commonwealth Film Unit Production
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

What happens when a computer is asked to sum up a nation? In Tempo – Australia in the Seventies, a futuristic mainframe crunches statistics, lifestyle data and economic forecasts to deliver an audiovisual report on a country on the move.

Using fast cuts, narrated summaries and dynamic imagery, the film presents a vision of 1970s Australia shaped by growth, industry and possibility. It’s part time capsule, part techno-optimist fever dream, and a fascinating glimpse into the era's faith in machines, models and modernity.

Directed by Keith Gow and David Haythornthwaite, with narration by Tom Oliver.

Stream Tempo – Australia in the Seventies on NFSA Player

Courtesy of
An Australian Commonwealth Film Unit Production
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