Cast

Bill Hunter Gerard Kennedy Wendy Hughes Chris Haywood John Ewart Don Crosby

Credits

Written by: Phillip Noyce

Plot

Rival newsreel cameramen in 1940s and 1950s Australia cover the country's major events as television arrives and threatens their way of life. Mixes archive footage with fiction.

Sinekatalog’s take

A lively, affectionate drama about the end of an era.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (968 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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