Outback Patrol (1952)
- Directed by
- Lee Robinson
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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