FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

WS very crowded beach. Young children catching waves on surf skis. CU of sailors pulling on rigging. Quick shot of cricket match . Man walking on promenade of Bondi Beach. Two lifesavers carrying life reel into surf club. Sailors carry boat in from shore. Cricketer picks up stumps. CU of a football.

Four quick shots of each football code - Rugby league, Soccer, Rugby Union and Australian Rules

Stone castle with arched entry and re-enactment of earliest football games. WS of English school boys in caps watching game. CU on boys struggling in mud

VS soccer games with goals being scored and crowds cheering. Soccer players at training. CU of heading ball. VS Austrian Rapid Team during visit to Australia. Visiting Chinese team score goal.

3000 young footballers take part in pre-test rugby union parade. Very young players being coached and learning to throw and catch. Young boys scores try in training session

Players in Gordon Rugby Union club receive classroom instruction on tactics from ex-International and Australian Captain. VS rugby union game between Manly and Northern Suburbs and try being scored and VS of ruck. VS NSW VS British Isles international rugby union game.

Players doing training exercises for Rugby League. Final at Sydney Cricket Ground. St George VS Wests. Kicking for goal, then in slow motion. St. George try being scored from an intercept.

Australian Rules players lining up for photograph with photographer in bowler hat and flash on a stand (shot portraying football in turn of century). Early game of Australian Rules with 40 players a side. High aerial of Melbourne Cricket Ground. VS of crowds of spectators arriving on cold rainy day. Players with masseurs massaging their limbs and strapping feet. Crowds cheering. Goal being scored. Melbourne Demons VS Collingwood Magpies. Ron Barassi and umpire