Just Primitive! 1934

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Titles read: "Just Primitive! (The tale of a Boomerang.)

Australia.

Several shots of Aboriginals in a forest. One of them selects a tree and chops a piece of wood from it. We see him carving a boomerang from the wood and whittling it down to the correct size and shape. Several shots,...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38359
Sort Number:
PT 225
Time in/Out:
01:22:44:00 / 01:24:25:00
Canister:
PT 225
Film ID:
1100.13
Issue Date:
16/07/1934

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Aboriginals anthropological Century - £10 Poms Aborigines in Australia

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