Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Australian Farmers Fight Insect Plague

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
964A
Date Released
27 Nov 1947
Date submitted
25 Nov 1947
Date submitted
24 Nov 1947
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasshopper Plague. DESCRIPTION: A plague of grasshoppers has been causing incalculable damage in New South Wales, Australia. SHOTLIST: KS GV cornfield. SCU grasshoppers, thousands on ground feeding off green grass etc. Various shots of billions of grasshoppers flying the air, just masses and masses of them. CU grasshopper feasting on blade of course grass. Farmer walking through field playing flame-thrower on grasshoppers. Another walks through field spraying same with arsenic. Another sprays bran on ground. Several more shots billions of grasshoppers flying in the air, leaving trees barren, without any foliage etc.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters
Locations
New South Wales
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
49384
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
48
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Australian Farmers Fight Insect Plague', British Movietone News Issue No. 964A, 27 Nov 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14793 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)