RecordCouncil | Nitrate R3A: "The Inlanders" Fragment (1949) [35mm 2K Academy] @RecordCouncil | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
The final minutes of the 1949 documentary The Inlanders, the reel was hand labelled "Mantle of Safety" in several places, the alternate title for this film.

Australian viewers may recognise The Very Reverend John Flynn, OBE who appears just before the end from the reverse of our $20 note. His legacy lives on today in the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

NFSA title: 7608
Synopsis from Australian Screen:
"A documentary by John Kingsford Smith made for the Australian Inland Mission. The Inlanders follows patrolling minister Reverend KF ‘Skipper’ Partridge on his 8,690 kilometre journey into Australia’s remote communities to tend to the physical, spiritual and intellectual needs of the people. The film shows some of the work undertaken by the Australian Inland Mission and also the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, established by AIM founder the Reverend John Flynn. It presents aspects of work life in remote Australia including gold, opal and coal mining, cattle mustering and branding, and communications services conducted by radio, telephone and Morse typewriter."