by Poppy De Souza

Documentary or news footage may appear to be a straight presentation of events as they unfold, however it is often constructed to work on both a narrative and dramatic level. The section where the camera – positioned on the corner of a dirt road – captures Ken Tubman’s car careering round the bend and almost going off the road parallels the scene in Newsfront (1978) in which the Cinetone camera operators (played by Bill Hunter and Chris Haywood) covering the Redex Trials deliberately position themselves at a dangerous section of road to catch a spectacular turn (see Newsfront, clip two).