Summary
This two page newspaper supplement was issued with an edition of `The News' newspaper in 1983 to promote the upcoming release of the Australian motion picture `Phar Lap'.
This copy is probably a printer's proof, retained by the film production, as the inside pages are blank.
Physical Description
Large sheet of glossy newsprint, folded over to form four pages. Has a colour photograph of horse and jockey in red and white silks in a frame printed on the front. Frame consists of four colours: purple, green, yellow and orange. Curved corners and lines connecting two edges before the corners inside the frame. Newspaper masthead and price details printed outside frame at top of sheet. Reverse has an advertisement for Benson and Hedges. A black horse with a jockey wearing orange silks and a white horse with a steward. Two standing figure, a man and a woman, all situated on a race course. Inside pages are blank.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Edgley Ventures Pty.Ltd., 25 Aug 1992
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Inscriptions
Printed on front cover: SPECIAL/ SOUVENIR/ THE NEWS/ PHAR LAP/ THE MOVIE. [followed by extensive text] Printed on back cover: WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO/ The Benson and Hedges Company Pty. Ltd. 1982
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Overall Dimensions
30.7 cm (Length), 41.2 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Advertising, Australian Film Industry, Commerce, Horse Racing, Newspapers