{"id":2232,"date":"2011-05-16T17:24:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T07:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2011-05-16T17:24:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T07:54:53","slug":"history-at-the-movies-australian-motoring-history-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/2011\/05\/16\/history-at-the-movies-australian-motoring-history-on-film\/","title":{"rendered":"History at the Movies: Australian motoring history on film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2237\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/05\/gmh-new-australian-car3.jpg\" alt=\"gmh-new-australian-car3\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" \/>Relive pre-video  days with reel-to-reel projectors, popcorn and fantales!<\/p>\n<p>As part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abouttime.sa.gov.au\/\">About Time: South Australia\u2019s History Festival<\/a>, this year&#8217;s offering in the popular <em>History at the Movies<\/em> series features a selection of 16mm documentaries on Australian motoring from the 50s to the 70s, with experts providing commentary and leading a lively discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The films include a 1951 documentary on motor body building, road safety films from the 1950s and 1960s, and &#8216;Four Hectic Days&#8217;, an account of the 1965 BP rally in Southeastern Australia.<\/p>\n<p>This event runs twice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday 26 May, 5-7pm<\/strong>, Drill Hall, Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive, Adelaide<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday 27 May, 3-5pm<\/strong>, Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library, Flinders University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers include Allison Russell, Acting Director, National Motor  Museum; Mike Walsh, Department of Screen and Media at Flinders; and  James Harrison, Centre for Injury Studies at Flinders.<\/p>\n<p>All welcome, free admission, no bookings required, light refreshments served.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in collaboration with National Motor Museum and the Departments of History and Screen &amp; Media, and sponsored by Unibooks and NTEU.<br \/>\nFor details contact 08 8201 5238 or <a href=\"mailto:special.collections@flinders.edu.au\">special.collections@flinders.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 26th and 27th May, relive pre-video days with reel-to-reel projectors, popcorn and fantales! As part of About Time: South Australia\u2019s History Festival, we feature a selection of 16mm documentaries on Australian motoring from the 50s to the 70s, with experts providing commentary and leading a lively discussion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-fridays-at-the-library","category-news"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}