[R-390] On The Beach

[bernie nicholson]

  I guess this is off topic a bit  but I Grew up in Melbourne and I remember the film being shot ,and I remember Ava Gardner  Being interviewed  on TV  and Being asked What she thought of Melbourne , Her Reply was memorable as she said that she thought Melbourne was a Particularly suitable place,  to make a Movie about the end of the world ! it wasn't what the good folks of Melbourne were expecting to hear , My memories of the film  are that the people of Melbourne were waiting for the fall-out to reach them , After the rest of the world was destroyed , The Story by the way was by Neville Shute , Who was a mathematician/ designer and worked for the AirSpeed Aircraft company , he also had a lot to do with the design of the British airships in the thirties , Later becoming a writer of some note!  regards Bernie Vk2ABN