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Snowy Waters

Hydro-electric power and irrigation from the waters of the Snowy Mountains.
Year : 1952 | Total Duration : 10.5 Minutes | Producer : John Martin-Jones
Director : Bern Gandy |
Snowy landscape, pan across snow capped mountain range, man on horse back on farm, country town, good shot of man and woman in horse drawn buggy along country road, road sign for Jindabyne & Cooma. WS of country town. Blacksmith shoeing horses, man working on horse back rides into farm yard with black and white chickens. Good rural, farm shots. Herd of cattle, flock of sheep crossing river Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
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Access No. 39914 | 1 min 25 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
CU on snow covered banks of alpine stream , water flowing over rocks in stream, swiftly flowing stream over small rapid. Prime Minister, Ben Chifley with State and Federal politicians seated around an oval table to plan establishment of Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority
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Access No. 39915 | 38 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Maps Snowy Mountains area, ceremony during building of Snowy Mountains scheme, Opening Ceremony of Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949. Ben Chifley. Pan across crowd. MS William Hudson, Commissioner of Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. Men climbing down steep bush track, bulldozer clearing scrub, man cutting timber trees and hauling logs. Bulldozer through bush landscapes knocking down trees. Men using axes to chop down trees. (1952)
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Access No. 39916 | 1 min 13 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Men eating & drinking around campfire, CU man drinking out of enamel mug, covered army -style truck travelling through bush in mountains, man with pack horse approaching worker's camp, men using pulley and ropes to pull supplies across river with rope Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
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Access No. 39917 | 37 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Men building camp barracks, long tin Nissen hut, looking at plans, building workers huts, truck arriving at Snowy Mountains Authority workshops & stores depot, (1952)
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Access No. 39918 | 17 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Large truck & crane, with bulldozer, bulldozers making road, high aerial over newly made road, dozer moving soil, dirt tipped into large truck, trucks laden with soil and construction timbers. Snowy Mountains Scheme construction site. CU on truck tyre tracks in dirt road . Snow covered landscape (1952)
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Access No. 39919 | 1 min 25 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Group of migrant men outside employment office of Snowy Mountains Authority, men working on construction site, VS of carpenters and builders at work constructing workers' accommodation, camps and huts (1952)
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Access No. 39921 | 21 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
POV of driver through front window of vehicle with windscreen wipers on, snow covered scene in mountains, men stacking wood , two men carry stores in snow storm, snow cat tractor used for transport in snow, dog sled for carrying light loads, bulldozer and snow plough clearing snow. CU of wheel with chains on. Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
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Access No. 39922 | 56 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Men using picks to dig side of road, men walking towards accommodation, two men in workers camp tents, workmen getting food at canteen at Spencer's Creek, food on table, workers at table in camp canteen, men in camp Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
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Access No. 39924 | 42 secs | 1950s | Spencers Creek, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
VS of surveyors on Snowy Mountains Scheme, hands marking map, diamond drillers, men around drilling rig, men on rivers edge, men working placing sample tubes in boxes, Snowy Mountain Scheme construction . CU man looking through a microscope. CU of sample seen through microscope. Contour mapping of area in office with drawing boards. CU on plan details for Guthega Dam (1952)
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Access No. 39925 | 1 min 10 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Workers leaving camp in back of open trucks, travelling along newly made road, dam construction site, CU of two migrant workers faces. CU of drill into rock face VS of men using drills. Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
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Access No. 39927 | 1 min 4 secs | 1950s | Snowy Mountains | © NFSA | B&W |
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