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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

I remember pushing my chair awayfrom the computer, and going, "No..." Curators atthe...

I remember pushing my chair away
from the computer, and going, "No..." Curators at
the National Film and Sound Archive have been able to restore 17 minutes
of the original film

Full Transcript

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I remember pushing my chair away from the computer,
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and going, "No..."
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Curators at the National Film and Sound Archive
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have been able to restore 17 minutes of the original film.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:17
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
Genres
Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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Movie Summary

The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E01 Because Australia was the most urbanised place on earth. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Because Australia was the most urbanised place on earth.
S01 • E06 First, a steam-powered piston forces ether gas, under high pressure, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
First, a steam-powered piston forces ether gas, under high p...
S01 • E05 However, Cade started to observe - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
However, Cade started to observe
S01 • E02 You've got to be able to actually prove that the patent - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
You've got to be able to actually prove that the patent
S01 • E07 He saw that... that the father's death, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
He saw that... that the father's death,
S01 • E01 So, the suburban dream was very, very much an Australian dream. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So, the suburban dream was very, very much an Australian dre...
S01 • E03 A field trial was organised - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
A field trial was organised
S01 • E06 ..where it becomes liquid within the tight coils. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
..where it becomes liquid within the tight coils.
S01 • E05 Perhaps serious mental illness was caused - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Perhaps serious mental illness was caused
S01 • E02 So we set off to build this prototype. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So we set off to build this prototype.
S01 • E01 And that, for me conjures up the backyard, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
And that, for me conjures up the backyard,
S01 • E06 The liquid ether then releases into the evaporator... - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
The liquid ether then releases into the evaporator...
S01 • E08 What we have here is what we refer to as silent films. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
What we have here is what we refer to as silent films.
S01 • E04 So Lew Bandt, now working as chief designer at Ford Australia, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
So Lew Bandt, now working as chief designer at Ford Australi...
S01 • E07 He was passionate about it - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:15
He was passionate about it -
S01 • E02 After all these years, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:16
After all these years,
S01 • E08 But when this was first screened, it wasn't silent at all, was it? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
But when this was first screened, it wasn't silent at a...
S01 • E06 ..where, under much lower pressure, it's turned back into gas. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
..where, under much lower pressure, it's turned back in...
S01 • E05 That seems to have been a trigger for Cade, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
That seems to have been a trigger for Cade,
S01 • E03 For inventor Evelyn Owen, the stakes couldn't have been higher. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
For inventor Evelyn Owen, the stakes couldn't have been...