1940 AUSTRALIA TRAVELOGUE GEOGRAPHY, INDUSTRY & NATURAL RESOURCES XD73334d

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Made in 1940 by Filmsets, an educational film division of the Devry corporation, this silent film presents highlights of Australia, with a focus upon its geography and natural resources. A title card at :43 introduces the Great Barrier Reef. At 1:16, fruit orchards are shown in the southeast of the island country. At 1:49 fruit is harvested by agricultural workers. At 1:58, fields of wheat are shown. At 2:15 a primitive Case tractor is shown in the fields. At 2:28, the kangaroo "one of the odd varieties of animals found nowhere else but in Australia" is shown. At 2:51 the sheep and cattle industries are shown. At 3:00, herds of sheep are shown. At 3:25 they are dipped to prevent the spread of ticks, and at 3:41 they are trimmed or shorn. At 3:56 males are dehorned. At 4:30, a herd of cattle are shown fording a river. At 5:15, a gold mining operation is shown, and at 5:22, footage of the lumber industry. At 5:44, an aboriginal or "native Bushmen" is shown. The film at 6:00 shows the vastness of the Australian desert. At 6:32 Sidney is shown as well as scenes of Melbourne.
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[@debraallen63]

Fascinating to see! Thanks for sharing These gems 👍 Blessings 🙏

[@glenns7252]

Im not sure why the title says 1940, the Sydney harbour bridge was built between 1923-1932, in this video the bridge isn't complete yet, and the video is from the silent era, which effectively died out after 1928/1929 with the invention of talkie movies, although it did continue for a few years after but not 1940

[@ricksampson6780]

I agree, pity Australia is now a CCP outpost!

[@Aussie_Truth]

@@ricksampson6780 That's crap, and it's the CPC ok. Rike.

[@Aussie_Truth]

Wow, you'd think we had nothing here except a hell of a lot of cattle and sheep 😂 Thanks, but the original filmmakers were a bit short on the information on Australia.

[@stephanieparsons7013]

Pretty sure this is in the 60's.but not entirely sure

[@389383]

There was no need for the music.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your comment and for being a sub. We've done tests and discovered people watch more of the video with music, so that's why we add soundtracks to silent films.

[@littlehills739]

@@PeriscopeFilm Songs / Waltzing Matilda --- at least use an aussie song

[@lightdark00]

@@littlehills739 Any White made song will do. After all the White man made Australia great!

[@littlehills739]

@@lightdark00 oh here we go again are u implying we invaded like they never invaded other mobs and took slaves? or are you implying the great works of literature and law they gave the white man? the contribution to science we gain from them day one? We have to take the verbal history of a snake coming down and making land move, as science. show me 1 tribe or country that has never invaded or gone to war. the other problem with only verbal history is i can ask a Q and you can change your answer to anything that suits you test it. can i build a highway through here to bring you medicine oh no boss that tree there me grate ("2) arnt said ghosts so no. ok can i take photo of you? oh no it sucks my soul out, hmm ok can you sped the same time in jail for same crime as me oh no boss i miss me mob so much it hurts.

[@infoscrolls]

why is periscope films copyright striking channels that didnt steal from them

[@lightdark00]

Explain?

[@stephanieparsons7013]

Natural resources😂. you'll could of just asked us locals of our island in how to be resourceful in maintaining our land just saying.

[@stephanieparsons7013]

Lies lies n more bullish.colonial Australia