Australia Clips Her Superb Merinos

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

129

Date Released

23 Nov 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Meath Meet at Drumree Crossroads
2. 2Mr Lloyd George off on Health Cruise
3. 3Mr Lloyd George off on Health Cruise
4. 4Autogyros Perform Their Evolutions
5. 5Australia Clips Her Superb Merinos
6. 6Searchers Descend Pit after Disaster
7. 7War Cloud Assumes Reality in Far East

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australia Clips Her Merinos. DESCRIPTION: It’s summer down under and the docile sheep are shorn of their fleeces at Windy Station, NSW. Sub.1. You feel like this when you’ve had a haircut. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of sheep. Close shot of them being shorn. Men gather wool and NoSle it into boxes. Man stands on same pushing it down. Close shot of sheep jumping out of pen shorn of fleece.

Keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Animals

Locations

Australia; New South Wales

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1521

Length of story (in feet)

95

Story extras:

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