FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Title Details

Camel

This film corrects some of the popular misconceptions about the camel and its habitat in Australia.
Series : Australian Wildlife Series | Year : 1975 | Total Duration : 27 Minutes | Producer : Don Murray
Director : John Shaw |
Camel on a grassy desert plain. Camel sitting in front of a Film Australia four-wheel drive. Cameleer Kurt Posel, leading his camels along an unsealed road near Simpson's Gap. Cameleer, Kurt Posel, leading his camels along an unsealed road. Cameleer, Kurt Posel, with his camels sitting on an unsealed road near Simpsons Gap.
Cameleer, Kurt Posel, with his camels sitting on an unsealed road. Camels running across a grassy desert plain. Camera ready for filming. Crew member filming a cameleer, Kurt Posel, with his camels, from the top of a hill at Simpsons Gap. Crew member filming cameleer, Kurt Posel, with his camels, from the top of a hill.
Crew member filming from the back of a motorbike. Crew members and army personnel posing for a photo, with Sargent Frank Hayes on right. Crew members filming cameleer, Kurt Posel, leading his camels across a plain near Simpson's Gap. Desert landscape showing hills with flat rocky plateaus. Director John Shaw and crew members preparing to film from the back of a motorbike.
Director John Shaw holding a camera, standing beside a seated camel. Director John Shaw, right, and Sound Recordist Howard Spry, left, wearing camel t-shirt, in discussion with army personnel. Director John Shaw, wearing hat, and crew members preparing to film from the back of a motorbike. Horse tethered to a post. Howard Spry and another crew member sitting on the gun of the former Oliver Hill battery.
Howard Spry and another crew member sitting on the gun of the former Oliver Hill battery. Main street of Coolgardie, showing the RSL on right, and another dilapidated building. Man riding a horse. Man tethering horses to a post. Mannequin and kegs of beer, apple cider and vodka amongst bottles and other contents of a shed.
Police officers talking to a man sitting on the footpath. Profile of a camels head. Profile of a camels neck and head. Rottnest Island wallaby with dirt on its nose. Sargent Frank Hayes sitting with a local man and child.
Sergeant Frank Hayes standing beside a four-wheel drive. Sound recordist Howard Spry recording sound of a camel. Sound Recordist Howard Spry, sitting on dirt, and Sargent Frank Hayes, in camouflage, and other unidentified crew members posing for a photo with a local man and child. Sound Recordist, Howard Spry, riding a camel with sound recording equipment. Two men standing on the top of four-wheel drives holding a piece of material.
Red sunrise / sunset with very dark cloud cover on top of frame, man in white turban leading three camels to a campsite. A good CU of camel's head. The camel is being loaded with supplies.
Access No. 130432 | 2 mins 12 secs | 1970s | WA & NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerials of Central Australia, Uluru. Water gushing from crevice in rock. Hazy WS with camels running. Good CU of camel's faces. Herd of camel's running in the scrub. Time-lapse camel's running. Time-lapse of horses running. Good shots of four donkeys running (shot at Warrawagine). Good low angle shots of camels against a blue sky. Man on motorbike with camera attachment chasing camels POV bike chasing camel on red outback earth. Man tying up camel with rope.
Access No. 130433 | 7 mins 29 secs | 1970s | Anna Creek, SA, & Andado, NT, & Warrawagine, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Man riding camel through desert landscape. CU of camels mouth and callous on the knees. Interview with camel handler about features of camels and eating camel meat. CU of camel feet. Noel Fullerton riding camel and being interviewed. Interview about nose pegging. Good CU of camels heads against the blue sky. Harnessed team of camels pulling a cart, Aboriginal people on horseback and cart. Team of camels towards camera and low angle shot of Aboriginal man holding reins. Rear shot of camel train.
Access No. 130434 | 6 mins 59 secs | 1970s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage of The Imperial Camel Corps in World War I. Camels carrying stretchers of wounded soldiers with Red Cross flag. WWI
Access No. 130435 | 40 secs | 1910s | Palestine | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Cecil Madigan. Camel expedition crossing the Simpson Desert
Access No. 130437 | 1 min 23 secs | 1930s | Andado, Simpson Desert, NT, Australia | © National Film and Sound Archive | Colour |
Tilt up along the ridge of a sand dune. Abandoned bun cart or camel wagon. Interview with Jack Kenny talks of working with camels. Good close profile of camel head. Man in white turban treks with the camels in the outback.
Access No. 130438 | 3 mins 10 secs | 1970s | Macumba, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Camels roaming through the outback. Some shots through heat haze. Herd of camels in a green landscape. Distant slow motion of camels running. Single camel being shot.
Access No. 130439 | 3 mins 26 secs | 1970s | Andado, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |