ANZCAN communication cable

Title

ANZCAN communication cable

Genre

News report; Speech; Special

TX Date

Nov 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Dickie Arbiter reports on the inauguration of the ANZCAN communication cable, the world’s longest undersea cable, linking Australia with North America. Includes announcements from the nations connected - Canada, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and the Queen from the UK.

Contributors

Queen Elizabeth II; Dickie Arbiter

Keywords

Australia; New Zealand; UK; Canada; Commonwealth of Nations; Royal family; Royalty; Telephone; Communication; Fiji; Telephone engineering; Communication methods

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