Aussie - Past and Present

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2043A
Date Released
1 Aug 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aussie Past & Present. DESCRIPTION: A Tourist Safari into the heart of Queensland opens up part of the remote outback that many Australians themselves have never seen. In the cities, the world of fashion fads and dolly girls has a cosmopolitan quality, but, for the real, primeval Australia, the trail of the swagman is the only one to follow. SHOTLIST: MS tourists cars past in Australian outback region of Queensland. Truck shot from car. MS car past. MS local horsemen riding beside tourist’s cars. BS ditto. MLS horsemen riding around cars. MS ditto. MCU tourists talking to one of locals. MS coach past along road to Darwin. MS tourists walk to Tropic of Capricorn sign. CU sign Torrid Zone pan to sign pointing in opposite direction Temerate Zone. MS old horse drawn cart named Winsom Winnie. CU sign describing Winsom Winnie. MS tourists looking at Winsom Winnie. MS woman making leather clothes. CU leather clothes designed on drawing board. MS woman wearing leather coat. LAS woman wearing leather dress. CU woman wearing leather swimsuit. CU ditto. Truck shot through outback region. MS Swagman gives kangaroo skin to tourist. MCU swagman with tourist.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume
Locations
Australia; Queensland
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
93779
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
171
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Aussie - Past and Present', British Movietone News Issue No. 2043A, 1 Aug 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27481 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)