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[CRAWFORD CRIME RESEARCH] AT:
Call No: CRAWFORD RESEARCH CRIMEPlace: ATPhysDes: # boxesSubject: RESEARCH TV ; CRIME ON TV. AUSTRALIA ; CRIME. AUSTRALIA ; CRAWFORD PRODUCTIONS ; HOMICIDE [TV] (AT, 1964-1975) ; DIVISION FOUR [TV] (AT, 1969) ; MATLOCK POLICE [TV] (AT, 1971-1976) ; RYAN [TV](AT, 1973-4) ; SOLO ONE [TV] (AT, 1975-76) ; BLUEY [TV](AT, 1976-77) ; COP SHOP [TV] (AT, 1977-84) ; CARSON'S LAW [TV] (AT, 1983) ; SPECIAL SQUAD [TV](AT, 1984-1985) ; PRIME TIME [TV] (AT, 1986) ; FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) ; STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Summary: Press clippings, writers' research, interviews and journals used references when developing Crawfords crime show storylines. Research covers crime in Australia and overseas, type characters, technical and historical context as well as local and ethnic detail. Where possible Crawford Productions' original organisational system has been retained. The files were intially developed for early crime productions such as Homicide and Division Four. Annotations indicate that this early research was added to and used in later crime show storylines.
Files are organised into general subjects followed by material connected with specific series in chronological order.Notes: Annotations on some clippings -- Labels follow Crawfords designations unless provided by cataloguerDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: # archive boxes containing writers' research and technical details used for Crawford Production crime shows.
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[Victoria Police research]: History and outline of the Victoria Police Force / Victoria Police Department [Rev. Melbourne 1969[ (19 leaves); [Research] (47 leaves)
Files on the victims in murder cases (214 leaves)
Files on the accused in murder cases (151 leaves)
Crime file research files 1-7: Kidnap; Knife attacks; Abduction; Drugs; Drugs - Nugan case; Disappearance; Leonski
Crime file research files 8-16: Azaria Chamberlain; Azaria Chamberlain appeal; Axe killing - murder; Komarnicki - murder; Kane - murder; Blackmail/extortion/threat; Burglary; Bribe; Backyard car business
Crime file research files 17-31: Bikie; Biggs - great train robbery; Raymond Bennett - murderer; Tait - murderer; Toecutter gang - murderers; Poisons - von Burlow/Perry; Police/shot killed attacked; Colin Creed - rogue cop - police corruption; The Bill Allen affair; O'Heally (murderer); Lord & Lady Lucan; Hinkley - attempted assassin; Graeme Thorne (kidnapped & murdered); Frankston psycho killer; Perjury
Research file: Police anecdotes; Involving police
[Research files of Det. J Puls] Victoria Police Association report (12 leaves); Unpublished ruling (9 leaves); Use of written notes to assist police in giving evidence (4 leaves); Accompanied by handwritten notes, typescripts and newspaper clippings
Technical information research file 1: Army; Airways; Banks; Buslines; Cars & trucks; Chemicals; Children; Cryogenics; Customs; Currency; Cults; Dental; Documents; Dogs; Drugs; Eviction; Explosives; Family affairs; Fishing; Greek customs; Hotels; Health department; History; Humor; Immigration; Italian customs; Languages; Locks; Livestock; Marriage; Mechanical and electrical devices; Medical
Technical information master vol 2: Minerals and metal; Music; Name titles; Newsmedia; Poisons; Police; Postage; Prisoners; Private det's; Racing; Rag trade; Quotes; Religion; Social welfare; Security; Speeches; Telephones; Television; Vegetation; Vermin and noxious weeds; War; Wines; Workers' compensation; Women's lib; University
Character insight master file: Anzacs; Assembly workers; Boxer; Company executives/ wives; Divorce; Faith healers; Funeral directors; Geologists; Graduates; Gypsies; Illiteracy; Lawyer; Medical Professionals; Nurse; Prison officers; Psychologist; Quacks; Racing; Security; Supernatural; Surveyors; Vagrants; Wives; Actors; Bushman; Farmer; Grazier; Hill Billy; Law breaker; Nursing sister; Shearers; Shearers' cook; Stockman; Store keeper; Swagman; Eccentrics; Chivalrous colonel
Character research file no. 1: Everyday; Country; Eccentric; Criminal; Juvenile
Character research file no. 2: Bank robbers; Burglars; Car theives; Conmen; Cracksmen; Killers - thrill; Killers - professional; Killers - contract; Petty crims; Recidivists; Shoplifters; Telephone freaks; Wives of convicted criminals; Juv basher; Skinheads; Vandals
Magazine American master detective [ISSN 0025-5017] Jun, Aug 1970; Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec 1971; Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1972; Feb, Mar, Apr May 1973
Homicide masters 3
Homicide research files 1: Accidental and unsolved etc; Abduction; Abortion; Child killers; Family relationships; Juvenile and teenagers; Lovers; Migrants; Monetary gain
Homicide and D24 research file 1-4: The Stewart Royal commission (drugs, police corruption); Police/criminology; Reference information from Gordon Timmons; Police
Homicide and D24 research file 5-11: Police; Passport rackets; Rackets; Silver gun
rapist - Vaitos; Robbery - general; S P Bookies; Youth - violence & vandalism
[Homicide and D24] Research file 11A-15: Sniper; Spy; Spy - Prime British; Underworld; Peter Jansen - race driver; Youth unemployment; Youth - theft/robbery/burglary; Youth - Turana Home and other institutions; Youth crime - general statistics; Youth deaths; Youth - drugs; Youth - gangs; Youth - help/aid; Youth - molesting; Youth - murder; Youth - parent problems; Youth - rape; Youth - riots/mobs; Youth - video/pinball crime; Youth - runaways/homelessness; Youth - alcohol; Youth - sex education; Youth - problems with students/education
Homicide and D24 research file 16-25: Shoplifting; Scandal; Revenge; Robbery; Vigilantes; [Prison]; Wran affair; Drugs; Gordon Liddy/Watergate; Courts
Homicide and D24 research file 26-36: Cycling; Police recruiting; Police games; Diamond smuggling; Police association; Security; Sport; Unemployment; Stuntmen; Tatts lotto; UFO; Uranium; Vietnamese; Ceremonies (religious)
D4 masters 1: Abduction; Blackmail; Bombers & explosives; Caches; Children - child battering; Children - neglect; Children - general; Conflicts - family; Conflicts - marital; Conflicts - others; Drugs; Eviction; Fraud - conmen; Fraud - others; Fugitives - prisoners; Fugitives - others; Gambling; Industrial espionage; Migrants; Poisons; Police - attacks on the police; Police - cases involving
(Duplicate file D4 Research vol. 1)
D4 masters 2: [Robbery - armed]; [Robbery with violence]; [Robbery / violent crime]; [Theft]; [Robbery - general]; [Safe breakers]
D4 masters 3: Sex offences; Siege; Smuggling - goods; Smuggling - people; Social; Supernatural - witchcraft, fortune telling etc; Supernatural - spiritualists, ghosts, etc.; Teenagers - gangs; Teenagers - missing and/or runaway; Teenagers - general; Vice - pornography; Vice - prostitution
(Duplicate file D4 research vol. 3)
Division 4 research bulletin 7.3.69 (3 leaves)
[Matlock police character development cards] (50 cards)
Matlock masters 1: [Unsorted] (
[Cop shop research files 1-5]: Cocaine; Assaults - cabinet committee of inquiry; Kay inquiry - abortion (2 copies); Drugs in sport; Homeless people
Cop shop research file 6-10: Fishing; Spy game; Art fraud; Sexual harassment and rape; White Australia and Ruxton
Cop shop research file 11-20: Video crime; Revivals (50s, 60s, 70s); Computer crime; Sieges; Juries [&] the courts; News + current affairs; William Sinclair; Drugs + drug runners; Pigeons; Lotto winners and losers
Crime file: Abduction; Abo[riginal] crime; Arson; Arson - Fairlea; Assault - general; Assault - bashings
Cop shop research [A]: Abuse; Alcohol; Crime - gen. info; Deaths; Drugs; Gangs; Help/aid; Murder; Parents; Prostitution; Rape; Riots/Mobs; Runaways/homeless; Sex education; Students; Theft/robbery; Turana; Unemployed
Cop shop research [B]: Escapes; Feuds; Forgery/counterfeit; Child battery; Illegal immigrants; Migrant crime
Cop shop research (People/Characters): Pornography; Murder; Call girls; Massage parlor; Mafia/syndicate crime; Psychological effects of crime; Private investigators
Cop shop research memos [1980-1981]
Cop shop memos research [1982-1983]
[Cop shop research files 1-16] A.S.I.O; Builders labour federation; Bodyguards; Boat people; Bakers hobbies; Horses; Aboriginals/general; Aboriginal land rights; Aboriginal racial problems; Commission flats; Video; Blue light disco; [Victoria Police brochure]; Safety house scheme; Consumer affairs; Computers
[Carson's law research]: The complete palmist / Ina Oxenford (photocopy ; 98 leaves); The other love: an historical and contemporary syrvey of homosexuality in Britain / H. Montgomery Hyde (photocopy ; 163 leaves)
[Carson's law historical research]: Contains information on the following topics --Abortion; Advertising; Aviation; Children's games; Contraception; Divorce; Drama; Earnings; Electricity; Entertainment; Education; Fun of the fair; Federal election 1925; Fashion; Films; Games of skill; Health; Household, running the; Houshold and wages; Hotels; Leisure; Magazines; Medicine/health; Music; Marriage; Motor cars; Morality; Newspapers; Pleasures of the picnic; Politics; Public transport; Radio; Spirit of the twenties; Social calendar; Telephones
[Carson's law technical research and memos]: Unsorted research photocopies covering historical and technical developments of the 1920s
[Carson's law - miscellaneous research / specific queries]: Includes summaries of interviews conducted with historians and members of the public on the subject of women in the work force, vice and entertainment in the 1920s
Prime time research file: 17-29: [Greece]; Family court; Execution; Extradition; Education; Italy; Government bonds; Media relations office - Geoff Wilkinson; Media Liaison; Marriage; Karmarn dogs; Missing; Private eye; Story suggestions; [Unsorted]
Miscellany
Scripts: Power without glory : episode 2. Homecomings / (Scene breakdown and script ; iii, 96 leaves);
Barlow at large : [season 2, episode 2. Wanted] / Elwyn Stokes (photocopy ; 53 leaves)
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The feds / written by Vince Moran and John Reeves ; story development by John Reeves AT: 1993 Jan. 4.
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The feds / written by Vince Moran and John Reeves AT: 1993 Jan. 29.
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The feds / written by Vince Moran and John Reeves ; additional dialogue/script consultant by Graeme Farmer AT: 1993 Feb. 19.
Call No: SC FED : 1Author: Moran, Vince ; Reeves, John Edition: Release scriptPlace: ATPubDate: 1993 Feb. 19PhysDes: 192 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes annotations and amendments -- Accompanied by amendments ( 19 leaves) -- Credits: producer, Jan Marnell ; director, David CaesarDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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Call No: SC FED : 1Edition: Marked up scriptPlace: ATPhysDes: 228 leaves ; 35 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes amendments, extensive annotations -- Accompanied by storyboard ( 3 leaves), voiceover/super material ( 41 leaves), shooting schedule (47 leaves), amendments (3 leaves), cast list (4 leaves), vision editing log (14 leaves)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : suspect / written by Jan Sardi ; story/script edited by John Reeves AT: 1994 Sep. 12.
Call No: SC FED : 2.5Author: Sardi, Jan Edition: Release scriptPlace: ATPubDate: 1994 Sep. 12PhysDes: 105 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Accompanied by memos providing comments on the script, research, character notes, storyline (17 leaves), newspaper clipping, handwritten notes -- Episode number obtained from NFSA collection catalogue -- Credits: producer, Jan Marnell ; director, Michael PattinsonDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : betrayal / written by Alison Nisselle AT: [1995?].
Call No: SC FED : 3.2Author: Nisselle, Alison Place: ATPubDate: [1995?]PhysDes: 57 p., bound ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes character notes -- Accompanied by storyline (3 leaves), character note (1 leaf), amendments (6 leaves)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : vengeance / written by Tony McDonald ; story/script edited by John Reeves ; assistant script editors Glen Dolman and Carol Matthews AT: 1995 May 12.
Call No: SC FED : 3.1Author: McDonald, Tony Edition: Release scriptPlace: ATPubDate: 1995 May 12PhysDes: 116 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes character notes -- Accompanied by storyline (3 leaves) -- Credits: producer, Jan Marnell ; director, Michael OfferDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : deadfall / written by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle ; story/script edited by John Reeves ; assistant script editors Glen Dolman and Carol Matthews AT: 1995 Jul. 17.
Call No: SC FED : 3.3Author: McDonald, Tony ; Nisselle, Alison Edition: Release scriptPlace: ATPubDate: 1995 Jul. 17PhysDes: 117 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes synopsis and character notes -- Accompanied by script notes, first draft (second half), storyline, scene breakdown, handwritten notes (2 leaves) -- Credits: producer, Jan Marnell ; director, Kate WoodsDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : [obsession] every move she makes (aka 'Stalking') / written by Jan Sardi AT: 1994 Feb..
Call No: SC FED : 2.1Author: Sardi, Jan Edition: 1st draftPlace: ATPubDate: 1994 Feb.PhysDes: 123 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes extensive annotations -- Accompanied by script comments, research notes, plot outline -- 'Every move she makes' and ''Stalking' are working titles for the episode screened as 'Obsession'Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : [obsession] stalking / written by Jan Sardi ; story/script edited by John Reeves AT: 1994 Apr. 29.
Call No: SC FED : 2.1Author: Sardi, Jan Edition: Release scriptPlace: ATPubDate: 1994 Apr. 29PhysDes: 113 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes running times -- Credits: producer, Jan Marnell ; director, Donald CrombieDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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The feds : [abduction] Christmas! Kids! - who needs 'em! / written by Vince Moran ; story by John reeves, Graeme Farmer, Jan Marnell, Vince Moran and Walter Williams AT: 1994 Apr. 6.
Call No: SC FED : 2.2Author: Moran, Vince Edition: 2nd draftPlace: ATPubDate: 1994 Apr. 6PhysDes: 160 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by script comments, location list, storyline (3 versions), revised story structure, research, location layout and topography, one liner, script running times -- 'Christmas! Kids! - who needs 'em!' is a working title for the episode screened as 'Abduction'Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[The feds : seduction] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 2.3Place: ATPhysDes: 1 folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Script comments, script timings, amendments, plotting, storyline (3 versions), storyline comments -- There is not a copy of the script with the folderDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[The feds : terror] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 2.4Place: ATPhysDes: 1 folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: The folder contains: scene breakdown (3 versions), storylines, character descriptions, research, script comments, one liners, script timings -- The folder does not contain a copy of the scriptDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[The feds : deception] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 2.6Place: ATPhysDes: 1 folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: The folder contains: amendments, research notes, script comments, synopsis, character descriptions, agreements, scene breakdown,Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[The feds : notes for series 3] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 3.0Place: ATPhysDes: 1 folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: The folder contains: script schedule, research, character notes, notes for series three telemovies, production notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[The feds : miscellaneous storylines and scripts AT:
Call No: SC FED : 2.0Place: ATPhysDes: 2 folders ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Folder 1 contains a first draft of a script titled 'Proteus' that does not appear to have been produced, storyline for Proteus(also titled Chameleon), notes , research, storylines for other possible telemovies -- Folder 2 contains storylines, notes and research for possible telemovies -- Contents of folders kept as received from CrawfordsDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsID2: 268
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[The feds. Character notes and research] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 1Place: ATPhysDes: 1 manilla folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Folder labelled in pencil 'Characters'Donation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: Handwritten notes regarding characters in the telemovie 'The Feds' -- Brochures form the Australian navy and army -- Newspaper clippings (13 leaves)
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[The Feds. Publicity material]
Call No: CRAWFORD PUBLICITY FEDPhysDes: 1 folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Summary: Publicity brochures and newspaper and magazine clippings for 'The Feds'Donation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: One folder containing publicity brochures for the telemovie pilot for 'The Feds' and for series two of 'The Feds', newspaper clippings and magazine articles
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[The feds. Research and treatments
Call No: CRAWFORD RESEARCH FEDPhysDes: 4 boxes ; 38 x 25 x 9 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Summary: Four boxes containing research, treatments, storyline projections and briefing notes for 'The Feds'Donation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: Box 1 : Series outline (1991), storyline projections (1992), background briefing document (1992), character descriptions, pilot episode revised treatment ( 1992), writer's briefing notes (1992), Treatment (1992)
Box 2: General research on Canberra, Storyline projections (1992) containing annotations, narration for promo reel, background briefing document
Box 3: Police journals 'Police Life ( 3 copies), Platypus (3 copies), storyline projections containing annotations, briefing notes (3 versions), research notes, character notes
Box 4: Research, ratings, possible series 4 notes, Australian Federal Police journal 'Platypus', character descriptions , storylines,and briefing notes
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[The feds. Script notes] AT:
Call No: SC FED : 1Place: ATPhysDes: 1 manilla folder ; 36 cmSubject: FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) Notes: Folder labelled in pencil 'Feds Drafting'Donation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: Post Sync requirements (4 leaves) -- Handwritten notes -- Memos providing comments on various drafts of scripts -- One line scene breakdown -- Treatment
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