FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Water in Bogor

This film records the progress of one of the projects in the program of Australia's aid to Indonesia, providing Bogor with a clean water supply.
Year : 1974 | Total Duration : 15 Minutes | Producer : John Morris
Director : Brian Hannant |
VS street and market activity in the crowded streets of Bogor. VS women carrying hands of bananas and people eating on tables in back streets. Tilt down from city building to black car past camera joining main street traffic. VS people walking along busy streets and two women walking hand in hand. MS Indonesian man riding in car smoking pipe. VS Bogor streets seen from inside car.
Access No. 139871 | 44 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS Bogor street traffic with MS of modern young woman riding as passenger on motor bike, middle class passenger in car smoking pipe, pedestrians walking by side of busy street and crossing road. GS busy street with mix of buses, cars, cyclists and motor bikes. Zoom to child running up short side street to gate.
Access No. 139872 | 25 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS people walking up village or kampong street carrying hands of bananas and VS of of village life away from the city pace of Bogor. GS women and children around street vendor selling food on wooden table and MS track of water seller carrying vats of water balanced on his shoulder through small back street. VS cooking, selling on streets as part of everyday life.
Access No. 139873 | 23 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS over picturesque river valley with suspension bridge straddling river then zoom into women doing their washing in the river. Closer high angle shot over woman washing clothes on rock accompanied by her two small daughters. GS woman bathing fully clothed and boy cooling off in thigh deep water. High angle shot over children playing in river. GS of various groups of women doing their washing on rocks.
Access No. 139874 | 34 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs natural seepage dripping from plants on hillside being channeled by plastic tubing by the villagers. MS group of women brushing their teeth and washing in communal bath house. Zoom out from smaller tubes feeding from larger tubes to supply water to the kampong. GS woman holding baby taking plug out of water supply tube to fill bucket.
Access No. 139875 | 27 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
Track along bamboo pipes collecting seepage from river bank which is carried across to village (kapong) public bathhouse. High angle shot over clothed women washing in bath house. VS of children filling buckets at village well and VS water seller filling his buckets. GS engineer Jack Seminoff from the Sydney firm of consulting engineers of Valentine Laurie & Davies walking with plans in hand through countryside to construction site to provide Bogor with a clean water supply. The project is in conjunction with the Australian Department of Works as part of Australia's aid program to Indonesia .
Access No. 139876 | 1 min 27 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS engineer Jack Seminoff working with local labourers on the site for the clean water supply project as part of Australia's aid program to Indonesia . Seminoff driving through village in jeep with CU to sign in car window with official acknowledgment of project in Indonesian. WS Jeep along dirt road in village and past water channel through nearby countryside. MS man seated in chair on verandah having his hair cut as Jeep drives past.
Access No. 139877 | 1 min 6 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS engineer Jack Seminoff arriving in Jeep at caved-in pipe trench and VS of him inspecting one of the springs. Tilt from water running over stone to MS Seminoff squatting next to spring writing notes on clipboard. Zoom to his face. WS Seminoff walking down hillside past villagers towards bridge then MS of him climbing over bridge with cigarette in mouth to flush out the trunk main. CUs of him working with wrench and various views of water shooting out of pipe at high pressure into stream below.
Access No. 139878 | 2 mins 19 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS local labourers digging trenches by hand using Indonesian hoe. High angle shot of engineer Jack Seminoff inspecting digging and measuring base of trench. Tilt from pipe to Seminoff walking along pipeline and VS of him speaking in Indonesian to the labourers as they work. VS of workers using traditional and locally available equipment. CUs of workers and VS of them laying pipes into trench.
Access No. 139879 | 2 mins 7 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
Track along scar of pipeline running along grounds of Chinese cemetery. VS burial structures, architectural features and memorials through cemetery. Pan from WS distant volcanic mountain to high shot over construction of reservoir works. Zoom out from supervisor Australian Dave Smith talking to local workers on the site. Zoom out from engineer Jack Seminoff on site and VS construction activity.
Access No. 139880 | 43 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS engineer Jack Seminoff walking along main village street and zoom out to workers digging trenches in concrete by hand. CU local worker smoking and VS thin pipes being laid in trenches. CU water spray and GS small village children playing naked in spray watched by villagers. VS Seminoff turning off pipe by turning handle, laughing and speaking to children in Indonesian. VS children playing in puddles formed by pipe spray in village street.
Access No. 139881 | 1 min 23 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS engineer Jack Seminoff packing up water supply equipment in Bogor village street watched by several local children. VS small children. VS men covering water pipes laid in concrete trenches in village street watched by crowds of villagers. VS tap being fitted to pipe. GS of Bogor family on verandah who get up and leave as camera rests on them. VS women washing clothes on rocks in river.
Access No. 139882 | 1 min 8 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS track of water seller walking down street, WS water jet from bridge, VS woman filling plastic bucket from well and tilt from naked children playing in water spray to water flowing down street. WS pan along pipe on wash house wall to young village woman turning tap on. CU from her face to CU of strong jet of water from tap. CU water flowing over stone wall.
Access No. 139883 | 59 secs | 1970s | Bogor, Java, Indonesia | © NFSA | Colour |