Australia Clips Her Superb Merinos

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
129
Date Released
23 Nov 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australia Clips Her Merinos. DESCRIPTION: It’s summer down under and the docile sheep are shorn of their fleeces at Windy Station, NSW. Sub.1. You feel like this when you’ve had a haircut. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of sheep. Close shot of them being shorn. Men gather wool and NoSle it into boxes. Man stands on same pushing it down. Close shot of sheep jumping out of pen shorn of fleece.
Keywords
Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Animals
Locations
Australia; New South Wales
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
1521
Length of story (in feet)
95
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'Australia Clips Her Superb Merinos', British Movietone News Issue No. 129, 23 Nov 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/3328 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)