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Tempo – Australia in the Seventies: excerpt
Title:
Tempo – Australia in the Seventies: excerpt
NFSA ID
32738
Year
1971
Courtesy
An Australian Commonwealth Film Unit Production
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
What happens when a computer is asked to sum up a nation? In Tempo – Australia in the Seventies, a futuristic mainframe crunches statistics, lifestyle data and economic forecasts to deliver an audiovisual report on a country on the move.
Using fast cuts, narrated summaries and dynamic imagery, the film presents a vision of 1970s Australia shaped by growth, industry and possibility. It’s part time capsule, part techno-optimist fever dream, and a fascinating glimpse into the era's faith in machines, models and modernity.
Directed by Keith Gow and David Haythornthwaite, with narration by Tom Oliver.
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