Can four of 16mm film by Oskar Speck
Photographer
Oskar Speck
(1907 - 1993)
Date1938-1939
Object numberANMS0547[004]
NameFilm
MediumCellulose acetate reel of film
Copyright© Australian National Maritime Museum
ClassificationsAudio visual material
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
3-Acetate (measured by NFSA)
DescriptionDepicts workers gathering building materials such as stones, making mortar and building scaffolds, Papua New Guinea. 00:01 Shots of men working in a quarry (?), sitting under shades made from ferns leafs and bamboo(?). They are using axes and hammers.
00:15 Man rolling a large stone across the ground.
00:28 Two men shovelling sand into woven baskets on shore.
00:35 Man pouring water from a hollowed tree trunk, into a pit, which two other men then mix the water with sand using hoes.
01:03 Two men, working together, carrying rocks using a pole over their shoulders. Camera pans around to the left, showing men depositing rocks from their baskets, onto a larger pile of rocks in the middle of the road.
01:40 Horse and cart, swarm of workers working around a wet pit.
01:54 Bamboo ladders and scaffolding with workers.
02:10 Man hammering a large piece of wood.
02:20 Cow with a woman standing at its head.
02:35 Bamboo ladders and scaffolding (again).
02:56 Man working a large piece of stone, with an axe.
03:37 View from the top of the scaffolding (under exposed, lard to see).
03:28 Worker with trowel, laying mortar between rocks. He wears a hat.
03:43 Large building with verandah and landscaped gardens. Shots from various angles. Showing extend of the walls.
03:56 Road/walkway, with fencing. People walking two-and-fro with baskets on their heads.
04:18 Shot of two small thatched bungalows. Shot of rock garden.
04:20 End of film.