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Wool Away
Made for exhibition in the USA, this film shows sheep shearing near Canberra, from mustering to the carting of the bales.
Year :
1945 |
Total Duration :
12 Minutes |
Producer :
Maslyn Williams
WS of Australian rural scenes with flock of sheep in distance. Stockmen with dogs watch sheep. WS of flock in lush green valley drinking from river. Pan across gully. Sheep on hillside. Rounding up sheep and bringing them into pens near homestead. Young helpers in overalls and braces helping in sheep pens. Separating lambs and ewes at drafting gate. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 12148 | 3 mins 37 secs | 1940s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Sheep up ramp and into shearing shed. CU shots of shearers using mechanical combs. Line of shearers in action. Picker gathering fleece and throwing it onto table while another man sweeps floor of loose fleece. Good shots of wool classers art work sorting and grading fleece on tables. Presser packing fleece into bales weighing 300 pounds. Loading bales onto trucks. Men sitting on floor of shearing shed drinking tea from mugs talking and laughing, having ÒsmokoÓ break. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 12162 | 3 mins 35 secs | 1940s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs shorn sheep and shorn sheep running into pens. Dog jumps over fence and rounding up sheep. Farmer and female helpers pushing sheep into pens and branding shorn sheep with dye. Sheep running in paddock and being rounded up by drover, stockman. Quicktime clip available.
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Access No. 12190 | 3 mins 6 secs | 1940s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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