Commonwealth Film Unit

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The Commonwealth Film Unit was an Australian government-funded film production and distribution organization known for creating documentaries, educational films, and features that promoted Australian culture and national identity in the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Commonwealth Film Unit canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film production company ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dissolved 1973 ⓘ
distributionChannel cinema exhibition ⓘ
non-theatrical distribution ⓘ
distributionFormat 16 mm film ⓘ
35 mm film ⓘ
fieldOfWork documentary film ⓘ
educational film ⓘ
promotional film ⓘ
fundingSource Australian government ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
educational film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
short film ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sydney ⓘ
inception 1956 ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationCountry Australia ⓘ
mainSubject Australian culture ⓘ
Australian history ⓘ
Australian national identity ⓘ
Australian society ⓘ
notableWork School in the Mailbox ⓘ
The Back of Beyond ⓘ
The Queen in Australia ⓘ
linked to: Queen of Australia
operatedBy Australian government ⓘ
ownedBy Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
parentOrganization Australian National Film Board ⓘ
Commonwealth Department of Information ⓘ
Commonwealth Department of the Interior ⓘ
predecessor Australian National Film Board ⓘ
primaryAudience community groups ⓘ
overseas audiences ⓘ
schools ⓘ
productionType government information film ⓘ
non-fiction film ⓘ
purpose education ⓘ
international promotion of Australia ⓘ
promotion of Australian culture ⓘ
public information ⓘ
regionServed Australia ⓘ
international ⓘ
replacedBy Film Australia ⓘ
successor Film Australia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Intruders (1969 film) → distributor → Commonwealth Film Unit ⓘ
Damien Parer → employer → Commonwealth Film Unit ⓘ