FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Mystique of the Pearl

Mystique of the Pearl looks at the future of one of nature's most beautiful creations and the animal that produces it.
Year : 1996 | Total Duration : 55 Minutes | Producer : Megan McMurchy
Director : Trevor Graham |
B/W film sequence ÒLovers & LuggersÓ - Ò I should love to have a man dive 20 fathoms to bring me up a pearlÓ
Access No. 9263 | 14 secs | 1930s | © Cinesound Movietone Productions | B&W |
Underwater, Tahitian male free diver swimming down - titles dissolve onto screen
Access No. 9265 | 11 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.E. Perles de Tahiti & Tahitian Pearl Association | Colour |
Underwater, tattooed Tahitian male free diving on sea bed.
Access No. 9267 | 3 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.E. Perles de Tahiti | Colour |
Kristin Joyce, author, about pearls holding mystery for people
Access No. 9268 | 5 secs | 1990s | USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater, tattooed Tahitian male free diving
Access No. 9271 | 2 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.I. Perles de Tahiti | Colour |
CU on strand of black pearls. Salvador Assael , Chairman Assael International (NY) on pearls being sensual.
Access No. 9272 | 9 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater, tattooed male free diving on sea bed.
Access No. 9275 | 6 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.I. Perles de Tahiti | Colour |
CU on white pearl necklace on display, pan along row of pearls, model wearing pearl earrings and white pearl necklace.
Access No. 9277 | 10 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tattooed free diver extracting oyster from sea bed, tilt up to follow him swim to surface.
Access No. 9280 | 6 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.I. Perles de Tahiti | Colour |
Good travelling aerial along coastline, beach, water. Zoom in to waves. Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia
Access No. 9281 | 10 secs | 1990s | Broome, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good New York skyline from under Brooklyn Bridge in foreground. Time-lapse clouds. Track of people walking along pavement past fashion shops of Fifth Ave
Access No. 9284 | 4 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Yellow taxi cab windscreen with reflections of skyscraper, heavy traffic of Manhattan
Access No. 9286 | 4 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Inside Fifth Ave jewellery store, sales staff showing man and woman customers pearl choker necklace. Woman admires herself in mirror.
Access No. 9287 | 31 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Photographs of Woman at her Toilette, Queen Mary, Maharajah
Access No. 9297 | 5 secs | 1990s | © Worcester Art Museum, Australian Picture Library (Bettman Archive) | Colour |
Still - painting of lovers, zoom in to cu of their faces, she's wearing pearl necklace and he a pearl earring.
Access No. 9302 | 3 secs | Unknown | © Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie de Rennes | Colour |
Still - white ferret on right, tilt up to portrait of Elizabeth I wearing magnificent gown and crown with jewels and pearls.
Access No. 9304 | 10 secs | Unknown | © The Marquess of Salisbury | Colour |
Pearl and gold necklace on reflective blue background, pan down necklace to a ruby and pearl clasp.
Access No. 9305 | 11 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W film, underwater, looking up as 2 divers swim towards camera.
Access No. 9306 | 3 secs | Unknown | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - underwater, shark swimming about, tracking male free diver with long black hair as he swims about looking for oysters on sea bed.
Access No. 9308 | 6 secs | Unknown | © G.I.E. Perles De Tahiti | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ms, deep sea diver on side of boat, in diving suit, helmet with air hose attached to it, holding onto rope, drops into sea.
Access No. 9310 | 1 sec | Unknown | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |
Archival B/W film, deep sea diver half in water, in full diving suit, letting go side of boat and falling into water.
Access No. 9311 | 2 secs | Unknown | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - man on deck, wearing singlet and shorts, crouching down, opening oysters and discovering pearl
Access No. 9318 | 10 secs | Unknown | © Cinesound Movietone Productions | B&W |
CU rotating cluster of pearls, diamonds, blue sapphires on shimmering gold cloth. Rotating pearl and diamond cluster on purple satin cloth.
Access No. 9326 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Stacey B. Okun , senior editor, Town and Country about the beauty of pearls. CU on model's ear, hand putting on pearl earring, CU lips as applying red lipstick and model wearing pearl necklace and earrings
Access No. 9328 | 18 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Kristin Joyce, co-author of Pearls:Ornament and Obsession talks about the reasons for wearing pearls
Access No. 9332 | 19 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU on rotating baroque pearl, black background, light shining on it to reveal rainbow colours.
Access No. 9335 | 6 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater - tracking sea bed. Yellow sponge track down to oyster attached to base of sponge.
Access No. 9338 | 9 secs | 1990s | Orpheus Island, Qld, Australia. | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater, ms - opened Giant Clam with little fish swimming in it.
Access No. 9341 | 3 secs | 1990s | © Sunburnt Pictures | Colour |
Underwater, cu - Triton shell moving on sea bed, deep blue and orange Giant Clam, tracking to blue, green and orange lipped Giant Clam. Triton shell moving on sea bed over coral outcrop, brown Giant Clam, patterned snail-like mollusc moving on sea bed, snail-like mollusc with B/W dots, orange and white shell moving on sea bed, mollusc with B/W dots, orange and white shell, brown Giant Clam spawning.
Access No. 9342 | 32 secs | 1990s | © Sunburnt Pictures | Colour |
Dr Lucas, James Cook University, on surface of water snorkelling . Half water surface and sky, Dr Lucas dives down into water. Dr Lucas taking oysters from sea bed. Dr Lucas on beach talking about pearl oysters and their habitat. VS oysters on sea bed. Dr Lucas showing body of open pearl oyster and describing each component of the shell and muscle. More oyster shots underwater with one oyster expelling grit
Access No. 9355 | 1 min 46 secs | 1990s | Orpheus Island, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Computer animation graphic showing the formation of a pearl inside an oyster from a piece of grit caught in an oyster . CU rotating oyster shell opening up. Camera zooms in on foreign object. imbedding itself. Coated with nacre or mother of pearl.
Access No. 9382 | 32 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of rotating baroque pearl, black background, light shining on it to show rainbow colours. Dr John Lucas on beach and talking about the formation o f pearls. rotating half shell with 2 pearls attached to shell. Loose pearls, pan right to different shaped and different coloured pearls. Rotating gold lipped shell, Akoya shell, Black Butterfly pearl, pan down necklace with baroque pearls, jade, gold.
Access No. 9386 | 1 min 2 secs | 1990s | Orpheus Island, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU half oyster shell with 2 pearls attached to shell. Pan along rows of pearls in different shapes, sizes and colours
Access No. 9401 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of rotating baroque pearl cluster with rubies, emeralds, diamonds attached. Baroque pearl made into horse, gold chain attached to tail and head. Rotating baroque pearl, black background, light shining on it to reflect rainbow colours.
Access No. 9403 | 16 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ interview about inducing oysters to create pearls on command
Access No. 9408 | 13 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of antique pearl Buddha in half shell, as produced by Chinese as early as 5th century by putting wax figurines into freshwater mussells between the body and the shell
Access No. 9409 | 19 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ interview about pearl formation
Access No. 9412 | 13 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W pan of Ago Bay, Japan
Access No. 9413 | 3 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © National Archives - USA | Colour |
Archival still, B/W photo of young Kokichi Mikimoto, zoom in to cu of his face.
Access No. 9419 | 8 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival Still, B/W photo of old Kokichi Mikimoto, globe of the world behind him.
Access No. 9420 | 6 secs | Unknown | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ about Mikimoto's dream to make a round pearl - a cultured pearl
Access No. 9422 | 7 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W film, technician implanting oyster for production of round pearls.
Access No. 9424 | 9 secs | Unknown | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ talking about the materials introduced into oysters to create cultured pearls.
Access No. 9425 | 4 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W CU on glass dish full of white beads. B/W clamped oyster, bead is implanted.
Access No. 9427 | 9 secs | Unknown | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
B/W still, photo of Mikimoto implanting clamped oyster.
Access No. 9430 | 3 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ms - technician extracting pearl from oyster in his hand.
Access No. 9431 | 9 secs | Unknown | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ talking about inducing oysters to form pearls in the process of making cultured pearls
Access No. 9432 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival, B/W film - Procedure of making a cultured pearl - by inserting mantle tissue from one oyster into another oyster so that a pearl will be formed. Mantle tissue cut from oyster, then inserted into clamped oyster along with foreign object
Access No. 9434 | 16 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ describes the making of a cultured pearl
Access No. 9441 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Procedures in making a cultured pearl, called nucleation - thin strips of mantle tissue in three rows on board. Oyster being implanted with mantle tissue.
Access No. 9444 | 4 secs | 1990s | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
Computer animation graphic of nucleating , a procedure in the formation of a cultured pearl . CU mantle tissue implanted into oyster, then sac grows around it, then it is coated with nacre or mother of pearl
Access No. 9447 | 13 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of white pearl being extracted from oyster.
Access No. 9448 | 4 secs | 1990s | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
Archival B/W film, girl divers in boat, one dives into water then they all dive in,bobbing buckets and girl divers in water. Diving for cultured pearls
Access No. 9449 | 16 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, group - Mr Mikimoto with girl divers behind him holding onto buckets on their heads.- cultured pearl divers
Access No. 9455 | 3 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival B/W film, Two men in a boat dropping oyster baskets into water. Cultured pearl industry in Japan
Access No. 9457 | 2 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film CU girl diver diving for cultured pearls
Access No. 9458 | 2 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, underwater, ms - girl diver, diving for wild Akioya oysters
Access No. 9459 | 6 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - row of girl divers and buckets bobbing on surface of water, wire cage, oysters being sorted into it.
Access No. 9460 | 4 secs | 1930s | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
B/W film - cage being lowered into water from raft.
Access No. 9463 | 3 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - group of workers on raft.
Access No. 9464 | 2 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
B/W film, cu - loose pearls being polished with cloth in a round motion.
Access No. 9465 | 2 secs | Unknown | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
B/W film, ws - group of women workers cleaning oysters. CU on pearls
Access No. 9466 | 4 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, women workers opening oysters.
Access No. 9469 | 1 sec | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, cu - pearl being extracted from oysters.
Access No. 9470 | 5 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, CU - glass of water with pearls, another pearl is dropped in. strands of white pearls, laid flat on white cloth, zoom in for cu.
Access No. 9471 | 6 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival still, B/W photo - American man in bowler hat with Mikimoto. American and Japanese flags, meeting the Roosevelts
Access No. 9475 | 7 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - Mikimoto inspecting his factory and workers. Bowls full of loose pearls and bundles of strands on table.
Access No. 9478 | 6 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ms - Mr Mikimoto inspecting strands of pearls.
Access No. 9480 | 6 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ about the acceptance of the term cultured pearl
Access No. 9482 | 3 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W film, models wearing long pearl necklaces.
Access No. 9483 | 14 secs | 1930s | © University of South Carolina | B&W |
Kristin Joyce, author, about Mikimotos marketing ability
Access No. 9485 | 2 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU on rotating brooch - 3 pearls, gold. Rotating pearl choker with emeralds, white pearls and sapphires, large pearl in centre.
Access No. 9487 | 7 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W still - long white pearl necklace on black dress, tilt up to cu of Louise Brooks' face and hand.
Access No. 9489 | 8 secs | Unknown | © The Kobal Collection | B&W |
Archival B/W film - coming out to front door, Gloria Swanson being helped with her dress by two policemen. ÒNew York CityÓ across screen. Gloria Swanson adjusting her pearl choker Pearl dress, made from 100,000 cultured pearls. Tilt down to show rows of pearls on dress.
Access No. 9490 | 17 secs | Unknown | New York, USA | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Night scene. Blue and green neon sign. Pan left, ÒMikimotoÓ sign, to front entrance of store. Christmas tree with lights. Interior Mikimoto store. Displays of pearl necklaces. CU on pearl brooch with price tag. Salesman and customer
Access No. 9495 | 41 secs | 1990s | Ginza, Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Computer graphic - map of Japan showing locations of Ago Bay and Tokyo
Access No. 9514 | 3 secs | 1990s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Ago Bay, oyster farming , man in motor boat amongst buoys floating in water as markers for oyster lease, pulling cages from water. Oyster shed where Japanese women extract oysters from shells and then pearls. CU on opening oyster. Inside sheds where pearls are separated, washed and graded using shifting bowls. Man dips hand into bucket and brings up handful of pearls. Includes good CU of Japanese woman's face. Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ talks about process being Mikimoto's secret.
Access No. 9516 | 1 min 3 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Mikimoto factory, Fred Ward talks about other Japanese companies coming into cultured pearl market, Rows of Japanese women sorting and grading pearls, making up strands and checking strands
Access No. 9539 | 52 secs | 1990s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial of an atoll island of Tahiti surrounded by the sea, clouds in sky.
Access No. 9552 | 2 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.E. Perles de Tahiti | Colour |
Two aerials of atoll islands surrounded by the sea.
Access No. 9555 | 4 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © Tahti Perles | Colour |
Tropical beach, white sand, palm tree, land in B/G. Native man paddling canoe with tropical rainforest landscapes and grass hut onshore. Man opening oyster, CU of huge black lipped oyster which produces the exotic black pearl.
Access No. 9557 | 23 secs | 1990s | Tahiti | © G.I.E. Perles De Tahiti | Colour |
Various travelling aerials along red sand Kimberley coastline of 80 mile Beach, red weathered mountains to left . Map of Australia showing Kimberley region
Access No. 9565 | 24 secs | 1990s | Kimberley, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater off Kimberley coastline, tracking a little fish on sea bed , CU on gold and silver lipped oysters, diver collecting oysters
Access No. 9571 | 32 secs | 1990s | Kimberley, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Travelling aerial along coastline of Kimberley region - 80 mile beach, waves breaking on shore. Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. Three pelicans on shore. Time-lapse of white clouds with rugged red cliff face in foreground. Time-lapse views of Wild Crab Creek mangroves with tide racing in and out from shore. Red water washing onshore. Egrets and sandpiper birds
Access No. 9580 | 43 secs | 1990s | Kimberley, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater - tracking sea bed, fish hiding behind mollusc and oyster on sea bed
Access No. 9596 | 10 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W tracking sailing boat, deep sea diver in diving suit, dropping from side of boat into sea, diver's hand picks up oyster. Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company, about the discovery of Australian pearl beds. Diver gathering oysters from sea bed
Access No. 9601 | 23 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, workers on deck opening oysters and sorting
Access No. 9611 | 3 secs | Unknown | © Natiional Film and Sound Archives | B&W |
Archival B/W film, display - trays made from shell, purses made from shell, in laid compact case and carved comb made from shell, knife and box of cutlery made form shell.
Access No. 9614 | 12 secs | Unknown | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |
Paspaley pearls ship then underwater, looking up at diver with net bag, tugs rope, tilt up to follow bag being pulled up to surface. Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. on board ship sorting and cleaning oyster catch. Reminiscences about the family business
Access No. 9619 | 1 min 7 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W film, cu - hands holding single pearl in a little case
Access No. 9631 | 3 secs | Unknown | © National Film and Sound Archives | B&W |
Archival B/W film, cu - man being handed pearl.
Access No. 9633 | 9 secs | Unknown | © NFSA | B&W |
CU Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. to camera about the rarity of the perfect pearl. Fishing vessel or ship at sea at dusk. Underwater diver with wire basket gathering oysters, using guide rope, snake or eel
Access No. 9635 | 30 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W film, deck full of oysters being sorted by a man, technician implanting oyster. Clamped oyster being implanted with bead, workers passing cages full of oysters. Workers on pontoons. Pearl being extracted from clamped oyster. 3 pearls in a row, then another one is added to them. Good shot of pearling luggers with sails.
Access No. 9647 | 47 secs | Unknown | © NFSA | B&W |
Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. and workers on board ship packing oysters,and talking about the Japanese methods of farming pearls being unsuitable for Australian shells. Diver underwater on sea bed picking up oyster shells, Aerial of pearling ships in Paspaley fleet at sea. Underwater gathering oyster shells from sea bed
Access No. 9661 | 1 min 8 secs | 1990s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pearling ship at sea and various shots of sonar and electronic equipment and high tech controls in wheelhouse of ship. In galley, workers and technicians from Japan eating around dining table, Japanese man practising golf swing on deck. Good LS of ship, Paspaley three, a floating intensive care unit for oysters. Technicians nucleating oysters, loading cages. Good CU shots of beads being implanted in oysters.
Access No. 9679 | 2 mins 14 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good shots of underwater farming of Paspaley pearls, cages on poles and divers cleaning oyster shells to remove parasites. Talbot Bay on Kimberley coast oyster farm in sheltered waters. Rows of buoys, Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. on speedboat talking about his business. Good sunrise at Talbot Bay
Access No. 9721 | 2 mins 9 secs | 1990s | Talbot Bay, Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Paspaley ship ÒClareÓ in Talbot Bay, oysters being harvested, shells washed, pearl removed from shell. CU on bowl of pearls. Good shots of yellow bucket of pearls and tray of pearls emptied onto table. Nick Paspaley, Managing Director of Paspaley Pearling Company. and others inspecting and grading pearls. Good CUs on pearls.
Access No. 9756 | 1 min 54 secs | 1990s | Talbot Bay, Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across Ago Bay, VS of pearl farming in Japan, Japanese man Tanaka and wife sorting shells. Tanaka talks about survival rate of oysters being 50%. WS Ago Bay and scenics of housing, commercial buildings, trains on shore and oyster farm pontoons rafts in bay
Access No. 9786 | 1 min 38 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ, talks about need for clean water for oysters to thrive.
Access No. 9811 | 10 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
CU - net with oysters being lowered into water. net with oysters, track to cu of oyster net.
Access No. 9815 | 12 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
Scenic view of Ago Bay. Dr. Shigeru Akamatsu talks about the damage caused by red tide, caused by nutrients in the water. Microscopic ultrasound of red tide plankton in water. Dr Akamatsu and research scientists on boat, doing water testing, lowering cylinder into water for testing, Microscopic view of oyster dying from red tide plankton. Tanka in front of his farm discussing overcrowding as a problem for farmers. WS of buoys on bay.
Access No. 9818 | 2 mins 12 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Underwater, nets with oysters.
Access No. 9850 | 5 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
Tanka pulling oyster cages up from water, oyster harvesting, women cleaning shells and extracting pearls. CU on handful small pearls. Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ describing the lesser quality of pearls harvested too soon and the need to dye them to make them saleable. CU on bowl of pearls
Access No. 9851 | 1 min 53 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
CU on pearl necklaces, tag - "Products of JapanÓ, rows of loose pearls, sorting pink dyed pearls. Pan over South Sea pearls - gold and white pearls
Access No. 9881 | 31 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Good low angle shot of the Statue of Liberty against clear blue sky. New York skyline (note includes World Trade Centre towers) . VS traffic, yellow taxis cabs, black limousine, street scenes POV driving in car. Passenger, Salvador Assael
Access No. 9887 | 27 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Display of pearl necklaces in shop window, window shoppers look into display. Salvador Assael in limousine talking about marketing pearls in America and his love of pearls. New York street scenes POV car . Jewellers making up strands of pearls. Rows of pearls with New York skyline in B/G. Assael showing rows of Australian pearls. CU of drilling pearl for making strand
Access No. 9896 | 1 min 33 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
New York cityscape, tilt down building to street and traffic, Cartier shop front Good yellow taxi shots, Fifth Avenue shops, Van Cleef , Arpel shop fronts, Tiffany & Co. Interior Henri Winston workshop with jewellers making pearl jewellery. VS of jewellery pieces. Salesman and customer at Tiffanys
Access No. 9920 | 1 min 9 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Kristin Joyce gives historical view of pearls
Access No. 9942 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B/W still, Josephine Baker wearing pearl necklace, zoom in for cu.
Access No. 9943 | 8 secs | Unknown | © Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscript Library, Yale University | B&W |
B/W archive film - Josephine Baker dancing on stage in pearl hula skirt
Access No. 9944 | 17 secs | Unknown | © Archive Films | B&W |
Kristin Joyce to camera about pearl as they appear in films
Access No. 9945 | 8 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W, still - Grace Kelly.
Access No. 9947 | 5 secs | 1950s | © Austral International Press Agency | B&W |
ECU - B/W, still - actress Audrey Hepburn.
Access No. 9949 | 3 secs | 1950s | © Australian Picture Library | B&W |
ms - B/W, still - Jackie and President John F Kennedy. Zoom in to cu of Jackie.
Access No. 9950 | 3 secs | Unknown | USA | © Australian Picture Library | B&W |
B/W, still - Princess Diana. Zoom in to cu.
Access No. 9951 | 3 secs | 1990s | UK | © Austral International Press Agency | B&W |
B/W, still - Diana Vreeland. (Horst) Tilt up to cu.
Access No. 9952 | 3 secs | Unknown | © Horst Studio | B&W |
B/W, still photo - Marilyn Monroe wearing pearls, zoom in to cu of Marilyn's face.
Access No. 9953 | 6 secs | Unknown | USA | © The Kobal Collection | B&W |
New York streets at night in time-lapse. View from median strip. Cars, driving in same direction on both sides, coming towards camera. Good time-lapse shots. Coca Cola sign in Times Square
Access No. 9954 | 1 sec | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Stacey B. Okun about contemporary jewellery design with pearls. Display of earring, necklaces and other pieces of jewellery, New York designer Chris Walling with client, CU of Walling's designs include cross shaped pearls from Japan's Lake Biwa in necklace and black pearl necklace, Baroque pearl necklaces and earrings. Chris Walling interview about his designs. Good CU on white and also yellow baroque pearls rotating against black B/G
Access No. 9959 | 1 min 59 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Nick Paspaley to camera, loose pearls in foreground talks about the importance of nature in creating the differences in pearls. CU on pearls in hand and pull back to show grading process, CU on pearls being shaken through sieve to grade sizes. Matching pearls for size and shape to make a strand
Access No. 9992 | 1 min 43 secs | 1990s | WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Sotheby's electronic foreign exchange board at Sotheby's auction rooms. Auctioneer with hammer at lectern. Displays of pearls jewellery pieces, necklaces and earring. John Block, Sotheby's auctioneer describes the rare and valuable pieces. CU on black pearl necklace. VS people bidding at auction
Access No. 10011 | 1 min 42 secs | 1990s | New York, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Dr John Lucas in speedboat, underwater cages of oysters being lifted to surface, hauling in cages, good CU of shell spawning, Lucas describing process of spawning (sporning)
Access No. 10041 | 1 min 55 secs | 1990s | Orpheus Island, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Oyster farm in Ago Bay at sunset.
Access No. 10066 | 11 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
WS floating buoys marking oyster cages in bay. Interior of oyster hatchery and laboratory with tanks of oysters. Scientists testing water using large cylinders
Access No. 10070 | 25 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © NHK International Inc | Colour |
Caged spats or baby oysters being unloaded from boat into sea. Suspended cages underwater
Access No. 10074 | 11 secs | 1990s | Ago Bay, Japan | © Mikimoto Pearl Museum | Colour |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ describing farmed oysters as not as healthy as natural oysters
Access No. 10078 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU of oysters.
Access No. 10080 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NHK International Inc | Colour |
Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ, Pan across open shells with pearls inside. Dr Akamatsu describing shell changes
Access No. 10083 | 1 min 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Travelling aerial over 80 Mile Beach. Underwater shots of diver gathering shells from sea bed. Nick Paspaley about the importance of nature in the pearling industry. Quick shot of whales in water. Fred Ward, gemologist and author of ÒPearlsÓ on pollution of the water. More good aerials along 80 Mile Beach
Access No. 10099 | 1 min 36 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival feature B/W film - woman and man.
Access No. 10115 | 9 secs | Unknown | © Cinesound Movietone Productions | B&W |
CU on perfect round pearl. Underwater, oysters, small tropical fish,. Model with pearl necklace and earrings. CU pearls on coral. Nick Paspaley with pearls in hand talking about the characteristics. CU strand of pearls on open shell
Access No. 10117 | 49 secs | 1990s | Kimberley Region,WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W film sequence - Arab and young girl, he shows her a white pearl necklace.
Access No. 10136 | 12 secs | 1930s | © Archive Films | B&W |
Archival - B/W pan on water level of bay, boats, houses on shore, pan right to follow boat on water.
Access No. 10137 | 10 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, ws - man packing shells into large crate.
Access No. 10138 | 2 secs | Unknown | © Natiional Film and Sound Archives | B&W |
B/W film, girl diver in water dives down.- diving for cultured pearls
Access No. 10139 | 3 secs | Unknown | Japan | © National Archives - USA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, front view of deep sea diver as he drops backwards into water, deep sea diver's helmet, air bubbles.
Access No. 10141 | 1 sec | Unknown | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival B/W film, underwater - ms, deep sea diver walking on sea bed, oyster in hand
Access No. 10142 | 11 secs | Unknown | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |