This is the seventh of twelve film titles documenting the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) Harvard-Adelaide Universities expedition, during 13 May 1938 - 30 June 1939.
This expedition travelled through South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. For a listing of the locations visited by the expedition party see: JB Birdsell's 'Australian Daily Field Journal 1938-1939' (AA 689/1/1) and NB Tindale's Journal 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939' (AA 338/1/15/1-2).
This film contains footage from Charters Towers, Atherton, Mona Mona, Oak Forest and Russell River (Queensland) as well as Nullabor Plain, Port Germein, Port Victoria and the Murray River (South Australia), Talawanta (New South Wales) and Lake Tyers (Victoria).
This unfinished film was intended to be produced as 'Some Methods of Transport in Australia' and be shown in the South Australian Museum's (SAM) Children's Museum, however due to the onset of the Second World War and the prohibitive costs of bringing film to a final production stage, these films remained unfinished.
NB Tindale's (AA 338) annotations on the edge of 16mm film, which usually records the subject, location and the date of filming have been used to identify the many different locations found in this film. Intertitles for this film were produced but never added, these are located in (AA 346/9/13/8), Time Codes 03:30-04:29.
The cinematographer was NB Tindale with possible involvement from both DM Tindale and BG Birdsell. See: (AA 346/9/13/1).
Note that the time coded summary is in minutes and seconds. Following the summary of this film is a list of references and further notes.
Formats Held: 16mm, SP Betacam, Digital Betacam, Access DVDs.
Summary (Time Coded) Taken from Access DVD 3 (AA 346/9/13/7/6)
00:00 'Some Methods of Transport in Australia. Harvard Adelaide Expedition, 1938-1939.'
00:00 'Cultural Sensitivity Warning.'
00:00 'The Museum Board of South Australia © 1939.'
01:30 Stock men with grazing cattle. Charters Towers, Queensland. See: NB Tindale Journal (AA 338/1/15/1-2), p.298. See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 13a.
01:59 Using a horse-drawn sledge to cart firewood. Lake Tyers, Victoria. See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 23a.
03:21 Two Australian Aboriginal men driving a camel buggy. Nullarbor Plain, South Australia. See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 34b.
03:58 A team of bullocks are harnessed in smoky conditions following a local bush fire. Lake Tyers, Victoria.
04:17 Bullock team hauling logs. Oak Forest, Queensland.
05:05 Felled trees, Mona Mona Mission, Queensland.
05:14 Old steam wagon used to transport timber. Oak Forest, Mona Mona, Queensland. See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 9b.
05:32 A steam train shunting carriages loaded with sugar cane. Russell River, Queensland.
See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 19e.
06:04 A motor truck towing large longs. Mona Mona, Queensland.
06:20 Bales of wool being transported to market by motor truck. Near Talawanta, New South Wales. See: NB Tindale's film notes (AA 346/9/27/6), Reel 4e.
06:26 The last of the ocean sailing ships at sea. Port Victoria, South Australia.
06:51 Wheat stacks. Men use a mechanical loader to transport the bags of wheat to an adjoining cart. Port Germein, South Australia.
07:15 Transferring the bags of wheat from the horse and cart to a rail carriage. Port Germein, South Australia.
07:46 Loading bags of wheat into ships. Port Victoria, South Australia.
08:00 The bags of wheat are shown sliding down the shoots into the holds of the ketches.
08:18 The paddle steamer 'Murrabit' towing two barges. Murray River, South Australia.
08:59 Speed boats with internal combustion motors. Murray River, South Australia.
09:44 End of film.