| The Dawn Fraser Story | |
| Director: | Joy Cavill Lee Robinson |
| Starring: | Dawn Fraser |
| Distributor: | TCN 9 |
| Studio: | Waratah Film Productions |
| Runtime: | 54 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
The Dawn Fraser Story is a 1964 documentary film about the Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser. It was made by Joy Cavill, who later made a feature film about Fraser, Dawn! (1979), and had a romantic relationship with her.[1] It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.[2] It was made by the short lived Waratah Film Productions.[3]
Filming began in August 1964.[4]
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.[5]