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Part 12 At Patantja Clay Pan

Two days in the lives of three families of the Western Desert camped together by a large clay pan during a period of relative bounty.
Series : People of the Australian Western Desert | Episode : 12 | Year : 1969 | Total Duration : 52.5 Minutes | Producer : John Martin-Jones
Director : Ian Dunlop |
Introductory sequence - static shot across salt pan full of water, sun setting (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126127 | 1 min 48 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Opening titles. Introduction to three aboriginal men and their families - older man Djungurai, younger man Garimara and third man, almost blind, Burungu. Shots include young woman breast feeding small baby, sitting next to camp fire, Garimara rolling bush tobacco in ash and chewing it, CU's faces. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126128 | 3 mins 15 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai walking with spear next to water in clay pan. Emu tracks across clay and CU's. Man checks hide made from branches. Slow pan across clay pan. Family group gathered, young woman with small baby grinding seeds in wooden dish with stone to make paste. CU's face. CU's breast feeding baby. CU's man eating paste from wooden bowl. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126129 | 5 mins 32 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Slow pan across clay pan. Aboriginal man Djungurai waiting at emu hide made from branches. Flock of small birds including finches drinking and in tree. Emus seen in distance but not close to hide. Man crouching behind hide with spear. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126130 | 2 mins 29 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal children set out from camp to fetch water. Girl carries wooden dish on head. Silhouette of figures across clay pan. Children walk into water and fill dishes, followed by dingo puppy. Children drink on all fours. Hawk circling in sky above. Small birds in tree. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126131 | 1 min 55 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai in hide made from branches, emus come close. He picks up spear and fixes it into spear thrower. Crouches, throws spear, emus run away, one hit. Women collect branches from tree for mulga seeds, one has small baby over her shoulder. Branches are beaten using piece of wood to remove seeds and pods. Woman hold pods to wind to separate seeds. Boy beats pods. Woman shakes dish with seeds.(Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126132 | 5 mins 32 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Younger aboriginal man Garimara tracks emu that older man Djungurai speared earlier . CU feet walking. He starts to run and finds dead bird. Removes spear. Pan clay pan. Garimara arrives back at camp and leaves emu at Djungurai's camp. Feathers plucked from wings. Boy brings father stone knife so he can cut away legs of bird. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126133 | 3 mins 28 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai digs trench in ground to make oven to cook dead emu. He piles dried wood over trench and light fire with fire stick. Flaming wood, tame dingo walks nearby. Man lays emu legs (previously removed) and body in flames for a moment then runs off remaining feathers. Once embers formed, bird laid in trench and covered.(Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126154 | 3 mins 22 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai hammers at quartz stone to remove flakes to use as knife. Children play with dingo puppy next to cooking emu. Man comes up and lays branches on ground to use as table to prepare cooked emu meat. Uses stone to break up carcass.(Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126155 | 2 mins 10 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Two aboriginal boys grooming each other's hair. Dingo puppies scavenge meat from cooked emu carcass, children fend them off. Man Djungurai works with stone to cut up emu meat into sections. Young wife with small baby come up and receive their share. Spare meat placed in tree. Young boy takes his grandmother portion. CU's Djungurai eating, dingo pup scavenging. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126156 | 2 mins 59 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal woman collects wooden dish from camp and walks with other women and children collecting food. Gather by eucalyptus tree, inspect tree for signs of grubs. Woman cuts into bark with stick, finds grub and places in dish. VS of her repeating process. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126157 | 4 mins 33 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Young aboriginal man Garimara goes to emu hide made from branches by clay pan. Families sheltering from heat of the afternoon sun. Young woman holding small baby. They inspect crack in wooden dish, Child holds dingo puppy. Another family sleeping in shade of tree. VS people resting in shade.(Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126158 | 3 mins 33 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Garimara comes out from shade of emu hide and drinks at salt pan, down on all fours. He returns to hide made from branches and sharpens point of spear. Good CU's face. LS across clay pan showing heat shimmer, women and children set out to gather food. Emus cross clay pan in distance. CU Garimara preparing spear in spear thrower, throws spear but misses, emus run away. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126159 | 3 mins 30 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Food shots spinifex grass waving in wind. Women and children gather fruit (bush tomatoes) in wooden dishes. Shots of clay pan, water evaporating. Women and children cook grubs in hot ashes and sand. CU boys eating grubs. Family eat including fruit. Father holds small baby. Dingo puppy sleeps. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126160 | 4 mins 59 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal family with almost blind man Burungu. They eat fruit (bush tomatoes). Dingo puppy plays with children. Shot of clay pan. Another man Djungurai and his family move camp. Clay pan, CU dried and cracked earth. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126161 | 3 mins 25 secs | 1960s | Patantja, Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
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