Going Decimal Down-Under

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1840

Date Released

7 Sep 1964

Date Other

Aug 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Look - No Hands
2. 2Penzance - Holiday Heliport
3. 3The Old Ways Linger On
4. 4Going Decimal Down-Under
5. 5Room at the Top

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Going Decimal Down-Under. DESCRIPTION: Stuart Devlin has drawn inspiration for the design of Australia’s new decimal coinage from the country’s unique animal life. It is expected to come into circulation in about 18 months. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS artist Stuart Devlin designing coins. CU same. CU artist. CU wide-eyed possum. CU one cent piece. CU lizard (2 shots). CU two cent piece. CU spiny ant eater. CU five cent piece. MCU lyre bird. CU 10 cent piece. CU platypus. CU 20 cent piece. MS kangaroo. MS emu. CU same. CU 50 cent piece. Head of Queen Elizabeth. MS all coins.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

Melbourne; Sydney; Australia; Canberra

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

88802

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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