Notes on cinefilms are as follows:

CINEFILM 1
According to the Museum Board of South Australia minutes dated 9 May 1946 and a letter to the Director, Herbert Hale, from Cotton dated 15 March 1946, the location of the film is Rapid Bay.

CINEFILM 2
'Two hundred Blackfish or Pilot Whales (Globicephalus Ventricosus) stranded at Port Prime on October 5th. 1944.'
On 5 October 1944, Mr EE King of Two Wells (SA) reported the stranding of approximately 200 large fish at Port Prime in Gulf St Vincent to a South Australian newspaper, 'The News'. Subsequently, the South Australian Museum was informed and Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston (Chairman of the Board and parasitologist, see AA 161 ), Mr Bernard C Cotton (cinematographer, conchologist and photographer) and Herbert Matthew Hale (Director, see AA 124) were taken to the site, courtesy of 'The News' editor the very next day. Upon arrival the team was confronted with in excess of 200 pilot whales, some of which were still breathing.

Approximately 50 individuals were located further north between Port Parham (SA) and Port Gawler (SA).

Notes and measurements were taken by Johnston who searched the intestines for parasitic worms and Cotton's interest lay in the squids and cuttlefish that fell prey to the mammals. For more information see 'The Public Service Review' Vol. LI, No. 10, Adelaide, 28 October 1944 and Hale's 'The First Hundred Years of the South Australian Museum, 1856-1956', Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol. XII, pp180-182.

According to Peter F Aitken (Mammologist), Hale corrected his identification to Pseudorca crassidens, the False Killer Whale. See Aitken, 'Whales from the coast of South Australia', Transcations of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. 95 Part 2, pp 94-10311 August 1971. Specimen evidence was collected at a much later date and registered at the South Australian Museum, M8384.

CINEFILM 3
'Pearl fishing.'
Footage of the third cinefilm shows Chinese businesses in Broome (WA). H Wise & Co., 'Western Australia Post Office Directory' records them for the following years (all dates are inclusive):

• LL Tack, merchant, 1921-1929 and 1934-1942/43
  
  
• Chin and Lee, bakers 1938-1942/43
  
  
• Weng Wah, tailor, not recorded
  
  
• Chin Lim, merchant, 1934-1942/43
  
  
• Fong Henly, tailor, possibly recorded as Henry, F, 1911-1912; Henly, Fong, 1913-1933; and Fong, Henly, 1934-1935/36 and 1941/42-1942/43
  
  
• Sam Sue, pearl cleaner, 1911-1942/43
  
  
• Hong Hing and Co., Merchant, 1921-1942/43
  
  

Unfortunately, Weng Wah is not recorded in the Directories. Given the above information all businesses were operational between 1941/42 to 1942/43. The film could predate to 1938/39 if Henly Fong's store sign was still up during his absence then between 1938/39 to 1942/43. The last record for all 6 businesses is in the 1942/43 Directory.

Directories are available online: http://www/slwa.wa.gov.au/find/guides/wa_history/post_office_directories (12 May 2005)

Notes on individual businesses are as follows:
LL Tack Merchant
According to Susan Sickert's 'Beyond the lattice: Broome's early years', 2003, Louey Ling Tack's business was situated in Lot 1 (used as a squash shop), Lot 3 (general store and residence) and Lot 10 (pearl dealing and rooms), Carnarvon Street, Broome at varying times.

According to Sickert, Louey Ling Tack was an Australian born Chinese who moved to Broome. Initially Tack traded as a pearl dealer in a building off the corner of Dampier and Napier Terrace. At a later stage Tack moved to Carnarvon Street where he leased a building from TB Ellies (born as Tudagala Badalge and later changed his name to Thomas Bastian); the ground floor used as a general store and the 1st floor as a residence.The building became vacant during WWII, subsequently infested with termites and then demolished after the war. Tack returned to Hong Kong to live. His son, Arthur Tack Fong Louey continued trading in his father's business name. Read for more info

Heritage Council of Western Australia 'Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation', 22 April 2003.

Fong Henly Tailor
According to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board publications 'Karrakatta Cemetery Historical Walk Trail', 1998 and 'Heroes & Humanitarians and other West Australian history-makers' Henly Fong's given name was Hsing Li Kuang Fong. Fong was born in Canton, China in February 1876 and arrived in Darwin Australia in June 1896. As a tailor by trade, Fong initially established a merchant business but later prospected for gold. In the early 1900s, Fong returned to his former trade in Cossack and then in Broome. He married in 1917 in China and his wife and son migrated to Broome from 1923 to 1935. During World War II, Fong was evacuated to Perth and remained there until his death in February 1957. He never returned to his family in China due to insufficient money.

The 1911 and 1912 Directories list a F Henry which conceivably could be a misspelling of Henly Fong's name. The 1913 to 1933 Directories incorrectly transposes the given and family names and lists the buisness as Fong Henly. From 1934, the Directories correctly list the business as Henly Fong.

According to Susan Sickert's 'Beyond the lattice: Broome's early years', 2003, Henly Fong's business was situated in Lot 7, Carnarvon Street, Broome.

Sam Sue Licensed Pearl Cleaner
According to Susan Sickert's 'Beyond the lattice: Broome's early years', 2003, Sam Sue was a licensed pearl dealer as well as selling items such as groceries, clothing and household wares. His business was situated in Lot 6, Carnarvon Street, Broome.

A photograph of Sam Sue is available on the State Library of Western Australia website.

Hong Hing and Co General Merchants
According to Susan Sickert's 'Beyond the lattice: Broome's early years', 2003, Hong Hing ran a general store which sold herbal remedies. His business was situated in Lot 7, Carnarvon Street, Broome.

CINEFILM SUMMARY
The summary is in minutes and seconds. Formats held: 16mm film, SP Betacam, Digital Betacam, Master Preservation Time Coded DVD, Master Preservation DVD, Access Time Coded DVD and Access DVD.

Summary (Time Coded): Taken from Access DVD 3 (SAMA 892/1/7)

CINEFILM 1
01:00:00 The film commences with a view of the port bow of a boat sailing in the sea

01:09:04 Man mops the deck

01:16:07 Man stands with a harpoon on the port bow of a boat

01:21:04 The harpoon tip is aimed at a dolphin along the port side of the boat.

01.24.03 A white pointer shark comes into view

01:34:05 View of bait on fishing hook lowered into the water

01:36:01 Man swings and throws a baited hook into the sea

01:38:21 Man assists another man lowering a net into the sea

01:46:16 A third man assists with raising the net out of the sea onto the deck of the boat and empties it's contents

01:51:05 Two men record notes

01:54:05 Man holds an instrument that measures water salinity and temperature

01:58:15 Man shows the same instrument to the camera

02:02:08 Man lowers the weighted instrument into the sea

02:12:05 Man raises the instrument from the sea

02:15:24 Water is poured from the instrument into a container

02:20:18 Man shows the water sample to the camera

02:25:01 View of a school of fish

02:43:02 Man holds up a scorpion fish

02:53:02 A caught wrasse fish is held up to the camera

02:56:24 A butterfly perch is held up to the camera

03:07:01 Man holds plankton net to the camera

03:26:15 Man lowers plankton net into the sea

03:45:08 View of dredging filmed by a camera in a glass bottom device

04:00:09 Man raises plankton net out of the sea

04:13:13 Man holds a jar with specimens up to the camera

04:16:22 Film ends


CINEFILM 2
04:17:07 'Two hundred Blackfish or Pilot Whales (Globicephalus Ventricosus) stranded at Port Pirie on October 5th. 1944.' [film titile]

04:42:10 EE King appears to the right

04:43:04 'They are spread over a twenty mile stretch of beach.'

05:01:15 'Most are dead; some are still gasping but later die like the others, from suffocation.'

05:07:15 Johnston stands next to a whale carcass with a bucket

05:18:24 'About twenty feet long, they have conical teeth in upper and lower jaws.' View of a man, Johnston, a man taking notes and Hale

05:51:15 'The jet-black skin absorbs the heat of the sun and oil commences to bubble out.'

06:04:07 Cotton examines whale

06:27:15 Cotton in the foreground, two women walking away from the camera in the background whilst a dog runs around

07:12:11 'Professor Harvey Johnston searched the digestive tract for parasitic worms.'

07:53:12 'Some are battled scarred.'

08:38:21 'A few days after stranding they were all floated away by hide tide.'

08:43:59 Film ends

CINEFILM 3
08:44:00 'Pearl fishing.' [film title]

08:47:12 Camera pans across Broome

09:02:22 View of a homestead lined with coconut palms

09:10:12 Camera pans down Carnarvon Street, commencing with a close-up of a store, 'L.L. TACK MERCHANT'

09:11:23 The camera then pans down to a house to the right of 'L.L. TACK MERCHANT' and then a store with 4 children in the foreground

09:14:11 View of nine children

09:19:21 View of wind scoops made from corrugated iron, the same material as the roof

09:28:17 Camera resumes panning down Carnarvon Street, taking close-ups of the businesses down Carnervon Street commencing with 'CAKES TEA ROOM PASTRY' whose sign is above 'CHIN AND LEE BAKERS'

09:30:17 Followed by 'WENG WAH TAILOR'

09:32:31 Followed by 'CHIN LIM MERCHANT'

09:34:20 Followed by 'FONG HENLY TAILOR' to the top left of the frame and 'SAM SUE LICENSED PEARL CLEANER' to the bottom right

09:37:05 Followed by 'HONG HING AND CO GENERAL MERCHANTS'

09:39:18 Finishing with 'L.L. TACK MERCAHNT'

09:40:20 Cargo ship sails into Broome harbor

09:41:10 View of ship berthed at the Broome pier

09:49:01 The hull rests on the sand due to low tide

09:54:20 Two boys play by the ship's exposed rudder and propellor

10:06:20 View of Roebuck Bay, Broome. The pearl luggers are in the foreground and the ship is in the background

10:10:20 Pearl luggers at low tide

10:14:15 Pearling crew members walk supplies to the luggers at low tide

10:19:07 The crew hoist the sails onboard the lugger whilst the diver sits in his diving suit in the foreground without a helmut

10:26:13 Camera pans to another lugger which is flying the japanese flag

10:37:15 Preparing the diver, attaching air and ropes

10:42:20 Close up of diver before his helmut is secured

10:53:00 Diver enters is lowered into the sea

10:56:15 View of another lugger

11:02:08 Diver emerges from the depths

11:07:15 Diver holds a net

11:10:05 Diver floats by the lugger's side

11:16:12 Diver is assisted onto the lugger by a crew member

11:22:00 Diver is assisted with removing his suit

11:25:09 Diver's lead boots are removed

11:31:06 Close up of lead boots

11:38:08 Crew continues to assist with removing the diver's suit

11:49:05 Man in cap sits at the side of the vessel and prizes apart and cleans the pearl oysters

12:00:09 close up of cleaned pearl oyster shells

12:03:00 Man packs the shells into a crate in a warehouse

12:10:00 Man polishes a pearl

12:25:20 The pearl is placed on a piece of fabric and then a 1921 threepence is placed alongside to demonstrate size

12:38:02 The crew eat onboard the lugger

12:54:05 Film ends

INVENTORY ITEMS:

SAMA 892/1/1
Format: 16mm, positive, black and white, silent, 450 feet
Duration:
Transfer Date:
Generation:

SAMA 892/1/2
Format: 16mm, positive, black and white, silent, 450 feet
Duration:
Transfer Date:
Generation:

SAMA 892/1/3
Format: SP Betacam, Master Preservation Copy
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/1

SAMA 892/1/4
Format: Digital Betacam
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/1

SAMA 892/1/5
Format: Time coded DVD 1, Preservation Copy
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/1

SAMA 892/1/6
Format: DVD 2, Preservation Copy
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/5

SAMA 892/1/7
Format: Time coded DVD 3, Access Copy
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/5

SAMA 892/1/8
Format: DVD 4, Access Copy
Duration: 11 minutes; 53 seconds
Transfer Date: July 2005
Generation: Copy of SAMA 892/1/5