Australian Association for Cultural Freedom seminar on 'Censorship' and issues concerning television in Australia

MLOH 25

fonds

approximately 1968

411627

Digitised

1 audiotape reel (2 hr., 9 min.) - 18 cm, 6 mm tape

Quadrant is the magazine of the Australian Association for Cultural Freedom, an offshoot of the International Congress for Cultural Freedom. Quadrant commenced publication in 1956 as a composite political, social and literary journal. Quadrant was initially a quarterly magazine, later bi-monthly and then monthly. James McAuley was the founding editor and at the time of the seminar Peter Coleman was his co-editor. The Australian Association for Cultural Freedom established a programme of seminars during the 1960s.

MLOH 25/1 Side A (129 min.):
Recording of Australian Association for Cultural Freedom seminar on 'Censorship' and issues concerning television in Australia. The seminar was chaired by Peter Coleman, speakers include Chips Rafferty, actor; Lee Robinson, director, Fauna Productions; Barry Jones, Film Development Corporation; and Clyde Packer, general manager, Channel 9. Issues discussed include costings; the effect of a small population; protection against foreign owned satellites; the imminent introduction of video recordings for home use; the fundamental differences between feature films and television; and the future appeal of local productions.

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The tape accompanies papers of Quadrant located at MLMSS 3570 ADD-ON 1733
Copy available at CY MLOH 25/1
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MLOH 25/1 Side A: Tape not auditioned; estimated duration from ACMS record.
MLOH 25/1 Side A: speech is cut off at end of recording.

Other speaker:
MLOH 25/1 Side A: Coleman, Peter, 1928- : chairman; Rafferty, Chips, 1909-1971: speaker; Jones, Barry: speaker; Packer, Clyde, 1935- : speaker; Robinson, Lee: speaker
Corporate creator:
MLOH 25/1 Side A: Quadrant (Sydney, N.S.W.)

MLOH 25/1 Side A: Note inside reel box says '3 1/2 ips, 2 track'.

MLOH 25/1 Side A: Tape shows signs of sticky shed. Mould found on reel, cleaned by SLNSW Collection Care, April 2015.