Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1962. Directed by John Kingsford Smith. The lifeline referred to in the title of this film is the seventy-two inch steel pipe line which carries water fifty miles from Mannum on the Murray to the city's reservoirs in the Mt Lofty Ranges. Before the building of this pipe line Adelaide's water supply from the original dams was insufficient, and the city suffered from seasonal water shortages. Water from the Murray River now provides an adequate all year water supply for the city. Water for the parks, gardens and suburbs of the planned city of Adelaide and the newly created town of Elizabeth. Without access to this supply modern city and industrial life would be impossible for Adelaide, Australia's driest capital city.
1 мар 2014
