FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Kangaroos Part 2: Varieties

Examines different varieties of kangaroo, such as the rat kangaroo and the quokka.
Series : Australian Wildlife Series | Year : 1970 | Total Duration : 12 Minutes | Producer : David Bairstow
Director : John Shaw |
Slow-motion GS of Grey Kangaroo bounding through grassland. Aerial track of red kangaroo bounding through tall scrub in outback. Good CU of Bettong rat kangaroo and ECUs of claws, ears, snout and eye. CU tail and hind feet as bettong moves away from camera. High angle zoom to Rufous rat kangaroo and ECUs of features and long tapering tail.
Access No. 130545 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs potoroos (or long-nosed rat kangaroos) seen through long grass. Zoom to potoroo eye and ECU of face, short ears, paws and muzzle. Track of potoroo speedily running/hopping across grass and slow-motion bounding. VS quokka bounding across sand and seaweed into water. Zoom to wet quokka emerging from water.
Access No. 130546 | 2 mins 14 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom to wet quokka. GS track of quokka bounding up large white sandhill on Rottnest Island, WA. Zoom out to reveal beach and coast. VS of quokkas in undergrowth and pair playing. GS and CUs tree kangaroos in tree. CU of claws on branch. Brown and cream coloured tree kangaroo climbing up branch. VS Australian tree kangaroo with dark muzzle and long black tail in tree then jumping to next tree.
Access No. 130547 | 2 mins 2 secs | 1970s | Rottnest Island, WA, Australia; Papua New Guinea. | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Australian tree kangaroo with dark muzzle and long black tail being disturbed by ants then climbing to fork in tree. VS tree kangaroo in tree and descending before leaping. VS New Guinea Forest Wallaby. CU tail designed to help balance. CU and track of Banded Hare Wallaby bounding through trees. CUs Parma Wallaby on grass and wagging tail.
Access No. 130548 | 1 min 56 secs | 1970s | Australia; Papua New Guinea. | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Nail-Tail Wallaby. Cu pan along tail to horny spur at end of tail. ECU spur. GS and tracks of Nail-tail bounding. Zoom through outback grasses to group of rock Wallabies on huge boulder. GS rock wallaby sitting on rock ledge and around base of boulders. MS face of wallaby peering around rock.
Access No. 130549 | 57 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
LS rock wallaby bounding through forest and MS striped face of wallaby between rocks. LS track of rock wallaby bounding on rocks past boulders. Track of Wallaroos (or Euros) bounding across white sands. WS Grey Kangaroos on open grassland. Zoom to trio of grey kangaroos on grass.
Access No. 130550 | 1 min 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom to pair of red kangaroos on grass. MS track of one hopping away. ECUs of muzzles, ears etc. CUs of tree kangaroos foraging on forest floor. MS striped rock wallaby. Track of kangaroo bounding through forest.
Access No. 130551 | 56 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |