Hawkesbury Agricultural College - Various Film Clips

Description

This film shows the new Dairy Factory (built in the 1950s) in operation and various College scenes, including an aerial view of the College, Fairy Circle and the Main Administration Block. There are also shots of Memorial Hall, the student residences and students in College blazers in the dining hall.

Operational aspects of the Dairy Factory that are revealed include students cleaning milk containers, bottling milk, the testing and quality control of milk, a cheese vat and various stages of cheese production.

This film also captures students receiving laboratory/classroom lessons, studying in the library, and an image of a Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC) Diploma. Practical lessons are illustrated with welding, tractor ploughing, irrigation techniques, and the stoking of the boilers.

The sporting endeavours of the students are also captured with images of students participating in a hurdling race, the tennis courts and swimming pool, a cricket match, and a Rugby Union match.

Note: This seems to be unedited clips used to produce AI-16411.

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