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Australian film
Conquest of the Rivers
Directed byV.S. Gadsby
Written byHarry L Malcolm
Produced byHarry L Malcolm
StarringBunty Tingwell, Pat Tingwell
Running time23 min
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Conquest of the Rivers is a 1957 Australian documentary focussing on new workers at the Snowy Mountains Scheme. It was a promotional piece created for the Snowy Hydro Electric Authority and is considered to be a recruitment film. The film won the 1958 Australian Film Institute award for Best Documentary.

References

  1. Snowy Mountains Authority; H L Malcolm (1957), Conquest of the rivers, retrieved 19 May 2023
  2. Weaving, Simon (6 December 2008), "And the", The Canberra Times
  3. Parr, Adrienne. "Snowy Hydro – Conquest of the Rivers (1957)". National Film and Sound Archive.
  4. "Winners & Nominees".

External links

AACTA Award for Best Film
1958–1975
1976–2000
2001–present
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