Conquest of the Rivers

Conquest of the Rivers
Directed byV.S. Gadsby
Written byHarry L Malcolm
Produced byHarry L Malcolm
StarringBunty Tingwell, Pat Tingwell
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time
23 min
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Conquest of the Rivers is a 1957 Australian documentary focussing on new workers at the Snowy Mountains Scheme.[1] It was a promotional piece created for the Snowy Hydro Electric Authority[2] and is considered to be a recruitment film.[3] The film won the 1958 Australian Film Institute award for Best Documentary.[4]

References

  1. ^ Snowy Mountains Authority; H L Malcolm (1957), Conquest of the rivers, retrieved 19 May 2023
  2. ^ Weaving, Simon (6 December 2008), "And the", The Canberra Times
  3. ^ Parr, Adrienne. "Snowy Hydro – Conquest of the Rivers (1957)". National Film and Sound Archive.
  4. ^ "Winners & Nominees".