Secrets Of Nature - Beef And Beer (1930-1939)

A Pro Patria presentation produced by British Instructional Films Ltd. Scenic shot of hop fields in Derwent Valley in Tasmania. Hop fields. Families involved in hop picking. Overseer inspects the hops in C/U. Child swings on a vine trying to pull it down. A woman assists. Stripping the vines. Husks are put into sacks. C/U of this process. Sacks weighed on simple portable weighing machines. Motor lorries take them to the hop kilns. Sacks are unloaded into kilns. Steamer takes hops down the Derwent River to the breweries. Shots of the Australian countryside. Beef cattle on the hillside (narrator points out that best food to eat with beer is beef). Horses being saddled by cattlemen. They set off to round up the herd. They ride through the countryside. They unload their horses and make a camp. A man chops logs and a fire is lit. The cook makes Damper - Australian camp bread - for the hungry party. Men sit around talking and eating. They set off in the morning. Stockman’s hut become