Bush Policeman

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Bush Policeman
Directed by Lee Robinson
Production
company
Commonwealth Film Unit
Release date
  • March 1953 (1953-03) [1]
Running time
10 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Bush Policemen is a 10-minute Australian documentary about the work done by a policeman in the Australian Outback. It was released to cinemas as a supporting feature. [2] Robinson said it was "really the story of a river operating policeman." [3]

It was directed by Lee Robinson who later made a drama feature film set in the same milieu, Dust in the Sun .

References

  1. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 7 March 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "FEATURES". The Sunday Herald . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 12 July 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.