Tuna Season Starts (1962)

Port Lincoln, Australia. Title reads ’Fishing Fleet Blessed at Spectacular ’Tunarama’’. LS. Looking across Port Lincoln, South Australia, from high angle. MS. Two girls onboard one of the small fishing boats admire a large tuna fish. These girls will take part in a quest to find Miss Tunarama. Various shots of a procession of gaily decorated fishing boats moving past camera. Crowd celebrating the start of the tuna season. MS. Section of crowd waving from harbour. MS. Fishing boats lined up in the harbour. MS. Dean of Adelaide performs the ancient ceremony of blessing the fleet. MS. Section of crowd on harbour front. (F.G. Comb.) Date found in the old record - 02/03/1962. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which