This Newsnight tape is part of the NBN Television archive and was digitised by our first UON Communication student Tom Sinclair who undertook a WIL (work integrated learning) practicum in the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab in September 2017. Many thanks to Phillip Lloyd and Barry Nancarrow (former NBN Television staff) who are digitising various forms of material from 1988, including BVU tapes, Index cards and listing items as they are appeared in the ‘Newsnight’ series footage. In total 28 taped stories from “Newsnight” current affairs and cued sheets were digitised and scanned.
00:09 – 00:45 – Interview with two boys who live on the streets.
00:57 – 02:13 – Rugby League being played by Wests and Norths.
02:31 – 03:11 – Interview about the Salvation Army.
03:21 – 05:29 – John Church interviews people who are victims of Drink Driving. Neville Goose lost his 17 yr old daughter in a car accident due to a drink driving.
05:40 – 07:16 – Model overlay of buildings. No sound.
07:28 – 08:29 – Continuation of the story of the Belmont Boy’s Brigade lost in Barrington Tops.
We also thank WIL students and volunteers for their contributions in digitising the NBN Television Archive.