| ALONG THE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6744 |
| Catalog #: | 430133 | |
| Clip Number: | 430133-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 149 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:07 - 01:45:08 | |
| Location: | Great Barrier Reef | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Boobies ANIMALS/BIRDS: Terns ANIMALS/FISH: Sharks ANIMALS/GENERAL: Baby Animals ANIMALS/GENERAL: Dwelling, Nests ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE, MARINE: Echinoderm, Starfish (Sea Star) ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE, MARINE: Mollusk, Bivalve, Clam CULTURAL GROUPS: Aborigines LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Great Barrier Reef | |
| Description: | Some film damage. "Along the Great Barrier Reef". Great Barrier Reef, off Australia 4 men in suits wave from deck of passing boat. As boat heads away can see more men on board, in more casual clothing; they pull a small rowboat behind them. MS 3 small Aborigine children on dock; a man (their father?) squats beside them working on something. CU little boy crying. Wide shot from reef looking to sea; boat is anchored in BG, and 4 men are walking toward camera. MLS the men walking; they are 3 white men and one native. MLS man runs and catches a Booby Bird, carries it toward camera. 2 guys pose holding this booby w/ its wings outstretched. Next, a flock of Sooty Terns all flapping about madly; man comes walking through all these wings. Pan on many terns sitting on the ground. CU pile of eggs and newly hatched fuzzy terns. CU man's hand holding baby tern. Birds fluttering about again. Pan on coral. MCU a few sea creatures on the sand, pulled from the water, a starfish (sea star) and small shark. MCU giant clam; man sticks his hand in and clam's jaws start to close on it. | |
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