Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Alice Springs, 1956

Archive Collections / Frederick Roy Vyse / Series AA353/5 / Alice Springs, 1956

00:07 A white car with luggage on the roof passes through a flooded section road. A white man wearing a brimmed hat leans out of the driver’s window to peer behind the car, towards the camera.

00:20 This shot is repeated.

00:33 Car in the foreground to the right and the long strip of flooded road behind it. Man leans out of driver’s window to face the camera.

00:36 Another stretch of flooded road is negotiated by the car. There is a person dressed in white visible on the left side of the road.

00:51 Corrugated and brick house with two trucks parked outside. A man in a white boilersuit stands chatting to another man, not clearly visible in the shadows. Camera pan to the right towards the rear of house.

00:57 Man in white boilersuits waves and gets in the car.

01:00 A fire burns at night in a camp.

01:15 Rusted car is parked at the camp site with the trunk open. Camping equipment, pots and pans, are visible in the foreground.

01:19 Close up of the door of the car to reveal a white painted sign saying Adelaide to Dawin

01:23 Wider shot of this side of the car as a man in white trousers and green shirt attends to the trunk of the car.

01:28 The John Flynn Memorial Church.

01:46 Close up of the front of the church.

01:54 Close up of sign outside the church stating; The John Flynn Memorial Church. Erected 1956 by the Australian inland mission. The Church of the Inlander. All Welcome!

02:07 Close up of the entrance to the church.

02:14 Close up panning shot of the interior alter of the church. Including the pews and windows facing outside.

03:06 Various shot of inside the office areas of the church revealing posters, map, charts and radio equipment.

03:35 Shot from above of the town of Alice Springs. Camera pans across to reveal the size of the town. A monolith can be seen surrounding the town.

04:39 Close up of some type of maroon-red plant.

04:50 Panning shot of Alice Springs.

05:44 Camera continues to pan across the town of Alice Springs. There are two large water pools side by side. Further shots of the town revealing more details in the houses and buildings. Behind the buildings in the foreground there are a large collection of trees extending towards the large rock mountain/monoliths in the background.

05:58 the maroon-red plant from earlier is briefly seen in the foreground before the camera lifts to view the landscape that is before the rock monoliths in the background.

06:03 Close up of a large group of maroon-red flora.

06:06 Film turns black.

06:26 End of Film.

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1 x SP Betacam
2 x DVD

Creator: Frederick Roy Vyse
Control: AA 353/5/1
Date Range:  1956  -  1956
Quantity:    1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series:  AA353/5
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