This Is the ABC

This Is the ABC
Directed byShan Benson
Produced byMaslyn Williams
Narrated byRupert Chance
CinematographyFrank Bagnall
Edited byAnne Gurr
Music byJohn Antill
Production
company
Distributed byHoyts
Release date
  • 1955 (1955)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

This Is the ABC is a 1955 Australian documentary from the Department of the Interior about the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It was directed by Shan Benson.

The documentary focused on the ABC's radio operations (television did not start until 1956) and included scenes of such shows as the news, Blue Hills and Eugene Goossens with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Some interior scenes were shot at Supreme Studios in North Sydney.

Reception

The film was screened at the 1955 Melbourne Film Festival. The Age called it "a highly diverting romp".

The film was given a limited cinema release through Hoyts.[citation needed]

It was also screened on the first night the ABC broadcast television in Sydney. Reviewing it on television, The Australian Women's Weekly called it "a good film, but I saw it twelve months ago in a Brisbane cinema."

References

  1. ↑ "Hoyts Theatres to Show Film of A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 17 December 1955, retrieved 11 February 2024 – via Trove
  2. ↑ "Impressive films at festival". The Age. 1 June 1955. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "National TV Makes Flying Start". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 November 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Television Parade". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. 24. 14 November 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.