# WHEELS ACROSS AUSTRALIA 1940s ARMAND DENIS DODGE TRUCKS EXPEDITION 50104

“Wheels Across Australia” is an expedition documentary by Belgian-born filmmaker Armand Denis about a trip across Australia in Dodge trucks in the late 1940s. The color film, presented by the Dodge Dealers of America, opens with Denis and his wife, Michaela, in Australia as they map out a journey from Adelaide, South Australia north through the central deserts to Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. “The equipment? Dodge, of course,” we’re told at mark 01:22 as the camera pans vehicles loaded with tents, camping gear, and film equipment. We view the pleasant suburbs of South Australia’s capital city (mark 01:49 ) as well as the surrounding flora and fauna. Flocks of exotic birds take to sky starting at mark 05:00 , as a film crew stops to photograph a blue mountain parrot and rescue a baby bird starting at mark 07:00 before unearthing an echidna (spiny anteater) at mark 08:07 . (Echidna are are the only surviving members of the order Monotremata and are the only living mammals that lay eggs). There are scenes of baby kangaroos (mark 08:52 ) as well as adults. Driving through the Australian desert the camera pans across gaunt animal carcasses, the victims of thirst (mark 11:10 ) and survivors of the environment such as the skink lizard (mark 11:25 ) and a frilled lizard. Mark 13:35 takes us to Ayers Rock, a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory, and we spend more than 10 minutes with Aborigines starting at mark 14:08 before cutting…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/50104WheelsAcrossAustralia)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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