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Conquest of Prickly Pear, The

The story of the successful eradication of the prickly pear pest by scientific methods.

Year : 1935 | Total Duration : 10 Minutes |

Fields showing prickly pear plant. Man looking at large plant. Pan grassy field. Map of Australia showing infestation of prickly pear, showing relation in size to Britain. VS Fruit & flower, infestation along side of country road, car passing, more scenes of infestation in rough country & pasture land. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41736 | 2 mins 32 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Men digging & burning, men spraying, men cutting out cactus leaves for testing, placing cactus leaves in mesh box , men with boxed plants. CU larvae & insects, man with hand covered in beetles, putting beetles in mesh boxes. CU Dead beetles. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41737 | 2 mins 17 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Man inspecting beetles in mesh bags on trees. Beetles placed into boxes with cactus. Men putting cactus leaves in boxes. CU beetles on hand. Rows of boxes with cacti inside. CU larvae & beetles, larvae all over leaves. CU beetles climbing over cactus leaves. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41739 | 2 mins 29 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Commentary - Moth eating on cactus leaf, moth hanging upside down on leaf, CU eggs. Larvae eating prickly pear, inside leaf, larvae in cocoons, moth coming out of open cocoon, moth. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41741 | 49 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Commentary - Man leaning into insect breeding box sorting larvae, hand sorting larvae from cactus, 2 men weighing larvae on scales. Cactus field, people working in field, man picking eggs out of cactus. Men in warehouse packing eggs in quills of paper. Boxes of eggs sent off in trucks to other landowners. Quills of eggs attached to cactus, larvae hatch in leaves. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41742 | 1 min 29 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Commentary - CU larvae inside leaves of cactus. CU rotting leaf and cocoons seen. Whole dying plant. Pan across field of cactus regrowth. Field of dead cacti. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41743 | 1 min 12 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Commentary - Shot of grassy field. Photograph evidence of a field of cactus in 1926 and then in 1929 when cactus destroyed. Pan tree stumps. Pan corn crop, man standing in lush corn field, field with dead cacti, lush pasture improved field. Man in cultivated field, digs up potato plant, walks to camera, man holding & inspecting potato plant. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41750 | 1 min 10 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Commentary - Lush grass field, dairy cattle in grassed paddock amongst trees. River, cattle, farm tanks, cattle windmill, buildings, boat, 6 horse plough moving towards camera. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 41751 | 1 min 5 secs | 1930s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

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