Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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The opal mining town of Lightning Ridge appeared, kind of, in a lost film that was made in 1920. I can't show you the film, but I can tell you the story.

YES. There are flies. YES. There's wind. I'm sorry. I had one day to shoot this, and those are the scenarios I was dealt. It could have been worse -- if it were a day earlier, I'd have been filming in a dust storm.

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Lightning_Ridge

Snowy Baker on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Baker

NFSA Restores Snowy Baker: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/nfsa-restores-snowy-baker

Opal Mining 1925 on Australian Screen/NFSA: https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/opal-mining-lightning-ridge/clip1/

IDU theme remixed and updated by fraxyl: facebook.com/fraxyl

My music on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/datazoid

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Oh, also -- Sorry, Tom.

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