Sydney A Visit To Sydney Australia Shows Us Koalas Boomerangs And The Half-finished Opera House Footage

SYDNEY A visit to Sydney, Australia, shows us koalas, boomerangs and the half-finished Opera House.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6079
	Catalog #:	88127
	Clip Number:	88127-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 664
	Timecode:	01:26:20 - 01:28:43
	Location:	Sydney, Australia
	Year Shot:	1967 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	ANIMALS/GENERAL: Zoos/Animal Parks/Aquariums ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Kangaroos ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Koala ARCHITECTURE: Design ARCHITECTURE: Exterior Detail BUILDINGS: Theater, Live BUILDINGS: Unusual CONSTRUCTION: Buildings CONSTRUCTION: Misc. ENGINEERING: Bridges, Suspension LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney RECREATION: Unusual TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airports TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Passenger WEAPONS: Ancient & Medieval
	Description:	SYDNEY A visit to Sydney, Australia, shows us koalas, boomerangs and the half-finished Opera House. Several shots of kangaroos / wallabies hopping about at Koala Park; some have babies in their pouches - cute; M/S of a koala bear asleep in a tree. A man carries a koala to a stake with a crook near top and puts the bear on it; he hands it some eucalyptus leaves to eat. Various shots show Champion boomerang thrower Joe Timberley tossing boomerangs into the air. Ground to air shots panning with flight of boomerang. Timberley takes some special ones from a furry pouch he carries and throws them both at once. Now the modern side of Sidney. L/S of a Pan Am airplane coming in to land at Sydney airport. CU Sign saying `Sydney (King Ford-Smith) Airport; M/Ss of passengers coming down steps from the plane. L/S of the city of Sydney, seen from across the river; L/Ss of ferries in the harbor and skyscrapers beyond. General shots of the city - skyscrapers, highway ramps, coconut palm trees etc. People sit at tables of an outside cafe; two girls sit on a wall and smoke cigarettes. Several shots of ornate wrought iron balconies on houses; the iron has been painted in pastel shades. L/S of the half-finished Sydney Opera House and Sydney Bridge behind it, seen from across the harbor; In low angle shots from base of the Opera House one can see scaffolding and workers on the building. MLS welder working at edge of water, with Sydney Bridge in background and a boat coming in from left. Commentator mentions the opera house "has bust its budgeted cost so badly that only a lottery can now finance it".