Season 1
4 episodes · 1949
1The Romance of Brown Coal
Illustrates how brown coal formed over millions of years in the Latrobe Valley. Shows open-cut mining methods and the mechanical conveyance of coal to the power house and briquetting plant.
2Brown Coal to Kilowatts
Formatted as a conducted school trip to Yallourn. Children view the open-cut dredgers, boiler-houses and turbo-generators. To illustrate the principles of an electrical turbine, a classroom model is spun using steam from the spout of a boiling kettle.
3The Magic of Electricity
Takes the viewer on an inside tour of the Yallourn Power Station, "Victoria's most important power house". This episode details how electricity is generated and distributed across Victoria and Melbourne.
4Brown Coal to Briquettes
Shows the processing of the Yallourn and Morwell brown coal deposits. Focuses on the industrial factory manufacturing methods used to press raw mined material into commercial fuel briquettes.