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Communities

Communities reveals the structure and composition of a rainforest.
Series : Australian Ecology | Episode : 1 | Year : 1979 | Total Duration : 17 Minutes | Producer : Malcolm Otton
Director : David Barrow |
Bright orange, yellow sunset over water. Silhouette tree in left of frame. Shafts of sunlight. Out to WS tree on beach.
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Access No. 59405 | 10 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Australian bush scene with tall trees, flat golden earth in F/G. Mist hanging in trees.
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Access No. 59406 | 5 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Lake in wetlands. Magpie geese on lake and flying above. Zoom and pan across lake to show mountains behind. Over to pandamas trees on bank.
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Access No. 59407 | 14 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Dead tree trunks in water. Light orange sky with mauve clouds.
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Access No. 59408 | 5 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down from tops of tree trunks in rain forest. Down trees with vines and plants growing on trunks to lush green growth below. Lichen covered tree trunks, ferns at base of forest.
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Access No. 59409 | 18 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Low angle shot of shafts of light glinting through rainforest trees down to water below.
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Access No. 59410 | 7 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater tracking through murky water. Rocks and broken branches laying in water.
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Access No. 59411 | 10 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Small silver fish swimming underwater. Facing camera then turning sideways.
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Access No. 59412 | 5 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Spider on rock underwater.
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Access No. 59413 | 3 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Good CU of a Yabby walking underwater across camera right to left.
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Access No. 59414 | 6 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Unusual fish or underwater creature with dead fish in claws.
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Access No. 59415 | 11 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
From underwater murky water, camera breaks surface to show green trees around waters edge in rainforest.
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Access No. 59416 | 8 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Parrot sitting on branch back to camera leaning forward looking down. It turns and faces camera.
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Access No. 59417 | 6 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of a Wombat.
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Access No. 59418 | 4 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
WS rural countryside with large gum trees across flat grassy land. Brilliant blue sky. Good Australian bush shot.
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Access No. 59419 | 4 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Good CU of a spider web blowing in breeze. CU of bright red plant on ground in rainforest with insect crawling on it. POV ground up trunk of huge gum tree. Low angle WS of a flooded gum forest, stand of tall straight gum trees. Tilt up to canopy overhead. Circular pan of rainforest canopy from ground. Low angle track though a gum forest. Low angle circular pan of pine forest canopy. WS of mountain rainforest landscape
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Access No. 59420 | 1 min 9 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
VS of pigeon varieties on branches and walking on ground.
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Access No. 59428 | 6 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down from lush green tree tops down trunks of trees with vines, ferns, staghorns, and plant growth on trunks to palms, trees and undergrowth of rainforest.
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Access No. 59430 | 38 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Bright, green, red, yellow fruit of a rainforest tree with ants running around. High angle pan of palms and rainforest ferns and trees. CU on empty birds nest. Night time pan of forest floor, with torchlight shining on undergrowth. CU on black beetle digging in mulch. CU on slug sliding across a leaf. CU on snail and shiny silver snake which hisses at camera.
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Access No. 59433 | 1 min 5 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Small marsupial mouse running across fallen log on rainforest floor. CU of mouse in profile. Mouse scurries along log.
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Access No. 59442 | 17 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU of owl. CU of a possum. CU of pigeon head. CU of a blackbird.
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Access No. 59445 | 17 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking through branches of a fern in rainforest to droplets of water falling creating rainbow . Pull focus to waterfall in BG. Sunlight filtering through foliage of rainforest
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Access No. 59449 | 12 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Heavy mist hanging over rainforest Tops of trees in silhouette protruding from top of mist cloud. Grey colours. High angle WS of valley with mist over valley floor and mountain range visible in B/G
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Access No. 59451 | 12 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking down as hands lift fallen log on rainforest floor. Zoom in to earth underneath. Various CUs of centipedes, grubs and fungi on rainforest floor.
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Access No. 59453 | 41 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking down on tall native grass plants, blackboys, in bush. Tilt down thin straight trunks of tall gum trees in forest. FS of palm and pan to pink fungi on fallen log
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Access No. 59456 | 24 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across dead tree trunks standing in water. Sky is sunset with pink mauve clouds.
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Access No. 59460 | 16 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking up at birds sitting on bare branches of trees in silhouette. birds fly off.
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Access No. 59461 | 8 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Dead fallen trees scattered on ground with tall stands of trees in BG. Root rot virus has destroyed this forest of black butt gums. tree roots protruding from soil.
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Access No. 59462 | 17 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan from rock face to small staghorn growing on bare rock. CU of tuft of white cotton type plant growing on tree trunk. Low angle FS of large staghorn . Moss or lichen growing on fallen tree trunk on rainforest and pan to small staghorns.
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Access No. 59464 | 19 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU on ants scurrying among bright orange coloured plants.
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Access No. 59468 | 4 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
WS of a forest of river sheoak trees and stream flowing through valley.
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Access No. 59469 | 7 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
VS of leaves on plants with markings caused by fungus or disease. Close shot of sunlight filtering through tree trunks.
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Access No. 59470 | 30 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Two kangaroos in forest with tall trees around them. They are feeding on small plants scattered on dry forest floor. CU on gum leaves. CU on leech on leaf. CU on leaf which has been eaten by insect. Diseased gum tree bark removed to reveal white ants or termites.
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Access No. 59472 | 35 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up tree trunk in rainforest which is encased in twisted trunk of strangler fig vine. Good CU of tip of fern leaf and various leaves., including staghorns, palm leaves
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Access No. 59478 | 40 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Various CUs of insects on plants and good CUs of fungi
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Access No. 59481 | 23 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Worm with yellow stripe down its back on soil. Close shot of small kangaroo eating off ground. CU of koala eating gum leaves. VS in close up of brightly coloured fruit from flora in rainforest
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Access No. 59484 | 31 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Pigeon on earthy ground. CU crested pigeon feeding on bright green grass. CUs of small brightly coloured fruit from rainforest flora.
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Access No. 59488 | 15 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking down on small flames burning among rocks of campfire. Pull back to show bushfire smouldering among trees. Up to tops of trees as clouds of smoke drift upwards.
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Access No. 59492 | 18 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of small plant growing on trunk of tree. Up trunk to show plants growing on branches and top of trunk. Peeling bark off tree trunk. VS of aftermath of bushfire with regenerating growth on trees
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Access No. 59493 | 33 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down dead tree trunks, burnt out eucalypt forest. WS valley and mountains in BG. Large dead tree trunk in centre of frame. New rainforest surrounding old dead eucalypt trees.
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Access No. 59498 | 15 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Spinning circular saws as they cut through timber at timber mill. Bob cat moves huge tree trunk. Man sawing down a large tree with ferns growing on it in rainforest, damaging other trees as it falls - devastation. Cutting down old growth trees to break the canopy and allow light into forest floor and promote growth of seedlings. VS forests.
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Access No. 59500 | 54 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Land clearing for urban development. Pan to building site. Bulldozer working behind burning felled trees
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Access No. 59507 | 37 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
WS of valley and distant mountains in silhouette. Silhouette of single tree in F/G. MS of small wallaby facing camera. Back lit with soft lighting. Profile of wallaby eating leaf from his paws.
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Access No. 59512 | 21 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Grey Butcher Bird on lush green grass eating and good MS of parrot. Good close shot of possum in tree looking at camera,
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Access No. 59514 | 14 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tracking through lake with dead tree trunks. Sunset sky with pink mauve clouds.
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Access No. 59517 | 30 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
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