| WHY OSTRICH FEATHERS LEAVE HOME Ostrich Farming in South Africa | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6770 |
| Catalog #: | 486681 | |
| Clip Number: | 486681-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 224 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Livestock, Ostriches | |
| Description: | WHY OSTRICH FEATHERS LEAVE HOME How ostrich feathers are collected and sold in South Africa. South Africa MCU newly hatched ostriches and some still in eggs; the baby ostriches are all sitting quietly, then suddenly 3 in the back start jerking around madly as if they are tangled up in something. MCU man examining eggs and baby ostriches. LS bunch of ostriches running down a path through the forest. MLS ostriches walking across desert area; a man on horseback cuts across, herding the birds to left; another man runs at them on foot. LS ostriches marching along in a fairly orderly way, controlled by a few herders. MLS pan on ostriches standing around bobbing their heads up and down. MLS ostrich farmer heads toward the bunch, grabs one ostrich and struggles to get a bag over its little head. The white farmer, helped by an African boy, propel the now bagged-head ostrich forward. MLS workers push ostrich into a sort of little stall which comes halfway up it. MLS 2 white guys and 3 Africans hold the ostrich there while cutting off plumes; African man carries off pile of ostrich feathers. The bird is then "un-bagged" and released. Ostrich feather market in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. MS pan on bunch of white men in light coats over their clothes standing on both sides of long table piled with ostrich feathers. WS looking over large room with rows of tables where the men are examining and sorting through the feathers. Pan across room. MLS man puts bunch of feathers onto a scale to be weighed by an official of some sort; a few men sit at small desks doing paperwork. | |
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