Australian Contest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1596
Date Released
4 Jan 1960
Date submitted
30 Dec 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1India’s Giant Project
  2. 2Australian Contest
  3. 3A Plane of the Future
  4. 4Too Much Rain. Welsh Hill Moves
  5. 5Too Much Rain. Floods in Ireland
  6. 61960 Arrives

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Contest. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show a tree-felling competition, part of the fun around New Year in the State of Victoria. There is a prize for the first truck load of timber past the post. SHOTLIST: LS men felling trees. CU same. CU sawing machine. MS tree falling to the ground. LS trees falling. MS men lopping trees. MS same. CU same. Pan - horses dragging tree trunks. Pan horse galloping. Pan 2 horses dragging trees. CU tree trunks being pulled. MS man lifting tree trunk. LS same. Pan men loading trees onto lorry. Pan lorry moving off.
Keywords
Vehicles; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Forestry; Animals
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
78987
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
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