Christmas with the Desert Children
Jan 01 1974
•0h 8m
•Family, Documentary
A short documentary about Father Christmas' annual six-day trek through the Australian desert aboard the Tea and Sugar Train.
Cast
See allAlf Harris
Father Christmas
Jack McAdam
Locomotive Driver
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