FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Cairns

Made by the Department of Immigration in the mid 1960s to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Queensland town of Cairns in the mid 1960s.
Series : Life in Australia Series | Year : 1964 | Total Duration : 20 Minutes | Producer : Eric Thompson
High angle WS over rural area looking towards town of Cairns. WS down main street of Cairns with cars parked at 90 degrees to kerbs and in middle at street. High angle shot of three people travelling in speed boat. WS sugar cane harvester towards camera. Zoom from WS graphic map of the world into map of Australia with States and Capital cities marked. Zoom into Cairns on State of Queensland. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40758 | 30 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial track over muddy shoreline lined with bush and palm trees. Fade to track past man (Tony Taylor) throwing net into sea from rocks spilling into water trawling for prawns. GS Taylor walking up to shore with fishing rods and prawns and placing them in the boot of his red EK Holden then driving away. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40759 | 56 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial view over Cairns and over suburban streets and houses. WS of Queenslander homes with palm trees around them. WS of sixties style houses with mountains in background. VS of house styles in the Cairns suburbs. WS young girl walking up driveway of white timber house as red Holden car pulls into drive. VS girl collecting bottle of milk as her father (Tony Taylor) gets out of car and shows his family the prawns he caught. VS of his son, wife and daughters and CU prawns. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40760 | 1 min 32 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS of young man in mechanics overalls getting into red holden as his father, Tony Taylor, a construction foreman drive to work. WS with mother leaning from multi panelled windows to wave farewell. WS exterior of Cairns Hospital on the Esplanade. GS to young nurse on balcony of hospital room greeting young man Ken as he talks to her from car. MS Father, Tony laughing. VS of car driving through town streets with Ken giving hand signals and dropping son off at work. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40762 | 1 min 21 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Track following four girls riding bicycles through streets of Cairns. Two girls arriving at shops, parking bicycles and entering shop where they work. VS girls arriving at high school on bicycles with MS of several chatting in front of school. VS young man Ken working on Holden car on hoist in garage. WS Ken receiving wages with CU to him opening his pay envelope. MS of him receiving an urgent job and driving out of garage in Holden ute and through streets. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40763 | 1 min 39 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High angle WS over rural area looking towards town of Cairns and pan across cultivated green landscape to distant mountain ranges to car travelling along mountain road. MS mechanic Ken driving white Holden ute on country road with WS of view over sugar cane plantations. Ute along rural road from behind. WS sugar cane fields with rugged mountains in background. GS ute pulling up to farmer working on his tractor in cane field. MS farmer tipping his hat in greeting. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40765 | 58 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS young mechanic, Ken getting out of his ute and handing a delivery to farmer. MS Ken with farmer and VS farmer cutting sugar cane which Ken samples. Tilt up cane field to WS of plantation with mountains behind. Travelling aerials over cane fields. Aerial over industrial port situated on river and VS of large sugar store under construction with VS men working on site and foreman, Tony talking to and laughing with workers. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40766 | 1 min 51 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS track of TAA twin propeller plane landing. WS people gathered outside TAA building at Cairns Airport with small boy sitting up on fence all watching the plane taxiing across tarmac. WS people disembarking down stairs of plane to tarmac. WS of Sunlander train pulling into Cairns station. MS man pith helmet waiting on platform and MS station guard signalling with arms. WS people stepping off train and milling around platform. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40767 | 1 min 11 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exteriors of various churches around Cairns and VS of their congregations both arriving and leaving. VS well dressed groups of people. Good 1960s clothing and hat shots. WS and high shots of main street Cairns, with busy traffic and pedestrian scenes for Saturday morning shopping. GS red holden pulling into parking space on main street and family getting out of car to shop. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40769 | 1 min 26 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS mother looks in delicatessen window with CU to Don's smallgoods display in window. MS track of mother entering store and selecting items to buy. WS mother walking fruit shop with fruit lining windows and MS buying fruit including pineapples and bananas from owner. WS Mother and daughters walking past shops along busy footpath and entering shop. High angle shot over intersection. VS of mother with daughters after purchase. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40770 | 1 min 36 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS cane burning and GS of farmer starting fire. VS smoke between rows of canes and orange flames burning. WS fire and smoke over plantation. LS to men running away from flames. WS and VS men cutting cane by hand. GS loading canes onto railway truck. WS harvester and VS of mechanical cutting of canes, farmer driving machine and cane falling from chute into wire basket. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40771 | 1 min 57 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS cars entering Coral drive-in theatre at night. VS young man Ken and his girlfriend Kathy in red Holden attaching speaker to car window. CU Kathy offering Ken a cigarette as he puts his arm across her seat. WS drive-in with cars in front of screen. GS local dramatic group rehearsing on stage. Good shots young people dancing with band in background. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40772 | 1 min 16 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS men's hockey game, VS tennis game and GS schoolgirl hockey. WS men's lawn bowls with bowl rolled towards camera and horses coming out of starting gates with track of grass race. VS soccer game and rugby league game with Aboriginal player scoring try and young boys racing in local swimming pool. High angle track of three people in red and white speed boat. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40773 | 1 min 37 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial over beach, palm trees, street and buildings and over groups of people with towels and surfboards on sand. VS group of young people under umbrella on beach, rubbing sun lotion in, laughing. VS of father arriving with picnic basket and GS of people around beach umbrella waving to him. Tilt up palm tree and low aerial over track over cars parked under palm trees along beach. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40774 | 1 min 55 secs | 1960s | Cairns, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |