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Moving Wool

Describes Ònew and revolutionaryÓ methods of wool handling, from shearing and grading to baling and shipping.

Year : 1974 | Total Duration : 17 Minutes | Producer : Don Murray
Director : Stan Dalby |

Interior of shearing shed. Shearers move into sheep pens and pull sheep out onto floor for shearing. Titles. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12216 | 36 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

CU Tom Roberts painting of shearers at work, ÒShearing the RamsÓ.

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Access No. 12217 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © ABC | Colour |

Man bending over sheep shearing, tilt to hands shearing stomach of sheep. WS of flock of sheep in fenced paddock of farm. B&W sheep dog over backs of sheep. Good shots. CU of shearer at work using mechanical combs. CUs sheep being administered chemicals by mouth which will affect the growth of the fleece. Fleece being removed by hand to reveal a very pink flesh of sheep. VS naked sheep. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12218 | 1 min 49 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

Wool classing. Fleece being thrown onto to table, skirting fleece (remove dirty sides). Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12232 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

B/W archival still photograph of wool classers at work

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Access No. 12233 | 3 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |

Wool classer skirting fleece then rolling it up. Wool presser stamping wool into bales. VS of baling press. Man using baling pressing machine and CU on gears turning. CU stencilling bales with the grade brand Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12234 | 1 min 36 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

B/W archival still photograph of men baling wool.

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Access No. 12249 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |

CU on a start and stop button. Finger pushes start button. VS of automated wool press in action. CU on face of scales with dial at 200kg. Man pulling bale of wool out of press with a hook. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12250 | 35 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

B/W archival still photographs and drawings of camels carrying bales of wool and bullock wagon hauling bales of wool and open boats of wool bales.

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Access No. 12256 | 10 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |

Man in wide brim hat pushing bale of wool up ramp to men loading bales onto truck. Truck loaded with bales drives way. VS unloading bales from truck into railway trucks. VS selling centre and VS small crane moving bales around. Tilt down wool store exterior and VS moving bales. Aerial of wool store. VS mechanised transportation and processing of bales around the wool store warehouse. Conveyor belts. MS factory workers weighing bales. VS around warehouse POV bale transporter. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12257 | 3 mins 30 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

Wool classers at tables looking at fleece. One man carries fleece to mounds of wool in heaps on floor. Classers inspecting individual bales of wool. Pan across bins of wool in storage. VS machinery Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12279 | 1 min 58 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

B/W archival drawing of wool buyers in top hats and long coats.

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Access No. 12290 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |

Man writing on clipboard as he inspect bale of wool. Man operating automated sampling machine which takes a core sample from a bale of wool. Modern laboratory scenes. Scientists in white coats and with test tubes, stainless steel equipment to test wool samples. Good variety of experiment, research scenes. CUs Fitness Certificates. Pan along polystyrene boxes of wool samples with buyers examining samples. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12291 | 2 mins 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

B/W archival drawing of old sailing ship with bales of wool on wharf.

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Access No. 12306 | 9 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |

Wool bales moving up conveyor belt and through door of large machine to compress bale to smaller size. VS bales being loaded into shipping containers. CU of man operating stop and go buttons on machine. VS preparing trial bales smaller for transportation purposes. Portable hydraulic press being driven to shearing shed. VS taking of grab sample and processing and core sampling. GS bales in shipping container.Large ship being loaded with containers. Another container ship passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 12307 | 3 mins 3 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |

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