Snow in Australia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1054
Date Released
15 Aug 1949
Date submitted
5 Aug 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Snow in Australia. DESCRIPTION: In Australia, after a very heavy fall of snow, the farmers had to go out to feed their sheep as they couldn’t get back to the sheep pens. SHOTLIST: KS. GV snow covered countryside. GV snow covered farmland. Snow on signpost. Snow plough into camera. CU Australian old man (type). GV sheep on hills. MS sheep eat blades of grass poking above snow. Farmers feed sheep, transport corn to them & throw onto ground. Trucking shot of sheep on far distant hills. Cut-in cows eating in snow.
Keywords
Weather; Agriculture; Animal husbandry
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
52372
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Snow in Australia', British Movietone News Issue No. 1054, 15 Aug 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15887 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)