Edge Of The Deep

	Edge Of The Deep ''Edge of The Deep'' is a 1959 Australian documentary focusing on bird life around the sea shore. It screened at the Melbourne Film Festival in 1959. The film won the 1959 Australian Film Institute award for Best Documentary. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge of The Deep Australian documentary films 1959 films 1959 documentary films 1950s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	David Corke David Corke (born 13 February 1930) is an Australian documentary film maker, naturalist and educational author. He filmed first-encounter between Europeans and the aboriginal Pintupi people, and was the first person to film the birth of a red kangaroo., Silver Award, Australian Film Festival (1963); Orbit Award, ANZAAS (1966) Career Corke began making wildlife and natural history films in 1952, alongside colleagues Peter Bruce, Graham Pizzey and Gil Brealey. Films included ''Raak'' about Wedge-tailed eagles, '' Edge of The Deep'' about the pattern life along the tidelines; ''Baama'' about bird life along the edge of the Murray River; and ''Sunset Country''. From 1959 to 1970 he worked for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Film Unit, making a range of scientific films Bronze Award, ISFA Padua (1965) that were widely distributed as 16mm film prints to community groups, clubs and schools. In 1963, Corke was seconded to the University of Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsible for producing Australia's premier annual film and television awards, the AACTA Awards (previously the AFI Awards)."The Australian Film Institute – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride and Passion" Overview The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors and approximately 10,000 members nationally. As Australia's foremost motion picture industry association, AFI promotes the Australian film and television industry and plays a cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Documentary Films Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia Australian is an historic unincorporated community on the Fraser River in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived from that of the Australian Ranch, one of British Columbia's first ranching oper ..., an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1959 Films The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with ''Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, '' Plunderers of Painted Flats''. January 29 – Walt Disney's '' Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. April 30 – François Truffaut's '' The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, '' Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1959 Documentary Films Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, declare independence. Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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