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Crocodile Hunters - Short version
Shows Indigenous and non-Indigenous crocodile hunters at work in the Northern Territory.
Year :
1949 |
Total Duration :
10 Minutes |
Producer :
Stanley Hawes (Supervision)
Director :
Lee Robinson |
Opening titles. Wetlands, rivers and billabongs. Birds. CU crocodiles in water. Three aboriginal hunters in dugout canoe, CU's men's faces, send down line to find crocodile, load hand held harpoon. One man holds rope while another dives into water to catch small crocodile.
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Access No. 126584 | 3 mins 8 secs | 1940s | Daly River, NT, Australia | © NFSA Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Reflection of canoe in water, pan up to four men in boat - non Indigenous crocodile hunters and Aboriginal man. CU's men as they paddle. Cutler in front of canoe with rifle. Aboriginal man signals to Cutler as he sees crocodile, CU crocodile in water, Cutler fires rifle and men pull dead body into boat.
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Access No. 126585 | 1 min 42 secs | 1940s | NT, Australia | © NFSA Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Ted Moorey crocodile hunter, drives up in large truck with 2 Aboriginal men. Moorey with rifle on shoulder walks along river bank with men. Spot Johnson freshwater crocodile in water, raises rifle and fires, crocodile thrashes in water then disappears, Aboriginal man wades in to fetch it. Starts to cut body up.
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Access No. 126586 | 1 min 30 secs | 1940s | Wildman River, NT, Australia | © NFSA Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Ted Moorey, crocodile hunter, and Aboriginal man walk to check snares by river bank. Large saltwater crocodile is caught, makes noise and thrashes around. Moorey aims and shoots it three times with rifle. Two aboriginal men untie dead crocodile while Moorey fetches truck. They haul it out of water.
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Access No. 126587 | 2 mins 27 secs | 1940s | Wildman River, NT, Australia | © NFSA Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
At camp, two Aboriginal men and 2 non indigenous men from Bob Cutler's hunting team work at skinning crocodiles. CU men as they work, one polishing rifle. Four walk back to canoe on river back and set off on another hunting trip.
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Access No. 126588 | 1 min 7 secs | 1940s | NT, Australia | © NFSA Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
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