A Mountain Goes to Sea

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A Mountain Goes to Sea
Directed by Charles Chauvel
Produced byCommonwealth Film Laboratories
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Production
company
Commonwealth Office of Information
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
6 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Mountain Goes to Sea, also known as Shipbuilders is a 1943 short Australian documentary directed by Charles Chauvel about the Australian shipbuilders during World War II.


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