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Titles tagged with ‘maps’

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Let’s Go sponsored film – c1956

This film promotes the Shell Touring Service and Shell’s nationwide network of road-related services. Shell maps were produced from the 1920s until the late 1970s. Shell has deposited a significant amount of film with the National Film and Sound Archive for preservation, with a range of excerpts on this site.

Sydney-Newcastle Expressway sponsored film – 1968

This film comprehensively covers three-and-a-half years of construction of the Sydney-Newcastle Expressway in 50 minutes.

Peach’s Explorers – South to North television program – 1984

There’s a strong sense that each of these men is very much of his time, imbued with a duty to expand knowledge and a ruthless craving for fame and fortune.