| GREAT SNAKES ALIVE Snake and turtle catching | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7936 |
| Catalog #: | 4665 | |
| Clip Number: | 4665-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1800 A | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Aborigines FISHING: Subsistence HUNTING: Subsistence LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Misc | |
| Description: | GREAT SNAKES ALIVE Snake and turtle catching Australia Various shots of Aborigines wading in swamps catching turtles. They hold the turtles by their heads so that their necks stretch right out. C/U head and shoulder shot of two Aborigine men. A white man and an Aborigine walk barefooted in the grass searching for snakes. The Aborigine catches a snake that coils itself around his arm - ugh! C/U of long snake wriggling on the ground. They putting a snake into a sack. C/U of snakes coiled round the necks and arms of the two men. | |
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