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Pioneering ABC camera operator Dorothy Hallam’s work to be preserved showcasing changing times
When Dorothy Hallam paid 150 pounds for a film camera 60 years ago, people thought she’d gone insane — but it didn’t take long for her to make her money back.
Key points:
- Dorothy Hallam filmed 176 stories for ABC News between 1961 and 1983, mostly on the Tasman Peninsula
- She was the first woman to shoot film for the organisation
- For the first time since they were broadcast, some of her films have been brought out of the archive and digitised
Between 1961 and 1983, Dorothy filmed 176 stories for ABC News and she is considered to be the first female camera operator to shoot film for the organisation.
“I was always interested in photography from when I was very young, it just went on from there,” she said.
“There were things that I did film…
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