FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Australian flag and credits over painted outback backdrop. WS calm blue sea lapping coast and WS arid brown desert landscape. WS red outback dirt with hill in background and dust blowing and WS grass fire. WS dry outback landscape with LS to dust storm behind scrub. GS water flowing from small dam wall and WS dramatic mountains. CU to arrow sign pointing to Overland Telegraph Line and GS memorial to Sir Charles Todd. Pan along telegraph lines stretching into distance. WS straight tarred road stretching to horizon with red outback dirt and trees either side. Similar WS of railway tracks on flat desert alongside line of telegraph poles. Quicktime clip available.

Scattered trees in outback landscape with hills in distance. WS cattle grazing. WS flat barren earth and herd of cattle across stock route. MS tilt up to drover on horseback and VS cattle grazing. WS water from bore and tilt to rotating blades of windmill. WS cattle arriving and drinking from water troughs in desert. WS of holden ute across red plain past windmill to cattle drovers. GS cattle milling about in holding pens and GS man in overalls with cigarette in mouth pouring DDT into trough and motioning for cattle. VS stockmen herding cattle into dip and cattle struggling through to other end. High shots over cattle falling into dip. VS man in akubra with cigarette in mouth standing at land rover writing receipt, shaking hands with second man then leaving. Quicktime clip available.

Red dirt outback to large vegetable patch with man tilling soil. CUs of vegetable produce. WS water tank and windmill. WS sprinklers watering vegetable garden. WS people tending vegetables and high shot over woman picking bunches of beetroot. Aboriginal woman pulling carrots. CU to large cauliflower and rows of cabbages. GS fruit orchard and oranges on trees. VS men tending plants in date plantation. CU tractor furrowing between rows of peanuts. Pan across Aboriginal workers on machine bagging up produce in sacks. GS tractor slashing Sudan grass and MS man in tall sorghum. GS cows entering dairy and man emerging with pails of milk. High shot over hens in coops and GS woman carrying two wire baskets full of eggs. Quicktime clip available.

Tractor dropping bundles of cattle fodder in field. Ship tied at small wharf in Northern Territory. WS cattle crammed in stockyard. Good shot of young steer along run towards camera. Tilt to flag on ship's mast and WS cattle up ramp onto ship watched by Asian workers. WS water buffaloes being herded in marshlands and VS buffaloes with young in pens. Quicktime clip available.

Man sitting on boat hauling in pearl diver in deep sea diving suit. VS man's gloved hands chopping barnacles from pearl shells with small axe then opening shells. CUs pearl shells being rinsed with water. VS wire fish traps on beach and fish caught in wiring. High shot over fishing trawler in port with CUs of barrumundi catch being tossed in pile in rinsed. Quicktime clip available.

Rice plains, across canals in flooded plains of Humpty Doo. Aerials over rice paddies. WS water flowing from gate of dam and MS scientist seated next to dam with apparatus checking salt content of water. WS harvesters across rice fields and VS of harvester at work. CU thresher of harvesters and men driving machines. GS two harvesters pumping grain into truck in field with man standing at back watching. ? Quicktime clip available.

Green outback landscape with scrub in foreground. WS red rock formations and soil. WS mountains in Harts Range. CU man splitting sheets of mica. GS red truck loaded with manganese ore driving away from mine. CUs rocks of manganese ore being tossed by workers onto back of truck where worker smashes them with mallet. WS Government battery with independent miners using the plant facilities. GS tip truck emptying ore for crushing. CUs ore along chute. WS landscape with LS to copper mine. VS copper mine and treatment plant at Peko near Tennant Creek. VS of conveyor belts carrying ore in copper smelting plant. High shot over ore on conveyors along various chutes. CUs and ECUs of bubbling molten copper during floatation method. Tilt down from top of chute with copper concentrate falling to large pile below. Quicktime clip available.

Gold mine at Noble's Nob, Tennant Creek. VS above ground mining activities as gold ore moves by conveyor belts to processing plant. MS man working in gold processing factory wearing overalls and goggles with flames in furnace behind. GS molten gold being poured into mould from vat. GS molten gold being poured from vat into ingot moulds and CUs gold ingots. Quicktime clip available.

Men in sandy rubbly area testing for uranium by lowering geiger counters into dug holes. VS worker reading levels on machinery. GS squatting man using pick on uranium ore. Aerials over open cut Rum Jungle uranium mine with large pond at it's centre. Track of scoop dumping ore deposits into back of tip truck. VS of uranium treatment plant with tilt down man wearing simple respirator processing uranium ore with drilling machine. WS dry outback and VS vehicle towing ore in trailer across landscape. WS vehicle raising dust in its wake. Quicktime clip available.

Road train carrying ore under covers on tray along new bitumen road and VS bus, cattle truck and other vehicles along upgraded outback roads and the Stuart Highway. GS memorial. MS driver and co-driver in engine cabin of diesel train as it moves off. WS Commonwealth Railways diesel pulling long row of trucks and GS of diesel arriving at railway platform. CU Alice Springs railway sign. VS supplies being unloaded from train on busy platform and onto refrigerated cargo trucks. CUs boxes crates and man looking through dockets. GS covered goods being transported on flat bed of semi trailer. GS goods yard. Quicktime clip available.

Heavy earthmoving equipment on construction site of Darwin airport, jet plane landing on tarmac, road building machinery working in foreground. Qantas plane taxiing on runway. 'City of Canberra' writing and logo on plane. Passengers alighting from plane onto tarmac. Twin propellor plane taxiing towards traffic controller. TAA plane on tarmac with aircraft handlers carrying freight on steel wagons. Wind sock on corrugated iron roof. Small aircraft taking off from dusty red outback runway. Air to air view of Government Aerial Medical Service aircraft flying over outback. Outback station. Aerial tilt down to Royal Flying Doctor Service headquarters. CU of badge on building front. CU on propellor stopping and starting on Service's aeroplane and GS of Northern Territory Ambulance Service pulling up to plane. CU logo for the Department of Heath on side of ambulance. Quicktime clip available.

Flickering dial on radio transmitter and MS older woman talking into microphone for School of the Air broadcast. GS woman seated at piano using broadcast equipment. VS kindergarten children playing and painting at easels. MS small Asian boy and VS in playground with mountain in background. VS children of various nationalities clambering over disused red steam engine. VS children seated in rows in classrooms and walking around outside buildings. WS Administration secondary school football game. VS buildings and volleyball game. MS school dental clinic with dentist and assistant around boy in chair. MS Aboriginal girl having her hearing tested. Quicktime clip available.

Face of Aboriginal man in akubra hat. Aboriginal fencer with young assistant mending fence and Aboriginal stockmen mustering herd of cattle. Aboriginal men performing jobs illustrating "social progress" as well as Aboriginal housing. Aboriginal woman with record player showing record to Aboriginal man. Building site with crane moving bundle of timbers. Framework of house and builder sawing off edge of timber. Builders working on ceiling joists. Concreters working on brick house. Graders leveling soil for roads on building sites. VS 1960s new homes, mostly flat roofed. Young men and women walking around and socialising in government provided Administration hostels. Men and women walking around barefooted and in shorts. Young woman on balcony. Quicktime clip available.

Car park and sprinkler in the planned town of Batchelor cited as a symbol of "all progress and achievement" originally built for mine employees. WS car down dirt road and VS of ecologically designed houses and lush gardens. VS community life with WS of picnicking and local cricket game. VS men playing lawn bowls on green. WS outback landscape and WS people in dinghy down river. CU tilt up water running from bore hose and VS of "hardworking men" and their machinery including mining scenes, drilling, earthmoving, farming and plane taking off leaving vapour trails. Quicktime clip available.