Tasmanian Devil AKA Tazmanian Issue Title… 1939

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Part of issue UP AND DOING.

Tasmania, Australia.

Various shots of men setting up camp and laying animal traps in outback. The traps are to catch Tasmanian Devils. A man on horseback drags a piece of raw rabbit meat through the bush undergrowth towards the traps. Various C/Us of a Tasmanian...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42618
Sort Number:
NSP 163
Time in/Out:
01:34:40:00 / 01:35:51:00
Canister:
NSP 163
Film ID:
1272.22
Issue Date:
11/05/1939

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Ray Mears - Australia

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