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Outback Patrol (1952)

Outback Patrol poster
Directed by
Lee Robinson
Genre
documentary film
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It follows Constable Robert Darkin as he performs his duties patrolling the vast Northern Territory outback. The film shows the various tasks and challenges of policing in a remote Australian region.

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What happens

Outback Patrol is a 1952 documentary about the patrol of a policeman in the Northern Territory outback, Constable Robert Darkin, and the various tasks he must perform. The movie has since become a study text in Australian secondary schools. Robinson said it "was a very successful picture." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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