Ghost Town (1941)

No title - ghost town. Australia. L/S pan down mountainside in New South Wales, various shots of buildings and oil works abandoned 20 years ago when the oil ran out. Various shots of abandoned shunting engines. L/S of the town. M/S of sign saying ’Joadja. Private - trespassers will be prosecuted.’ Various shots of bones on the ground and fallen arches on bridges, the town was deserted 60 years ago. Various shots of derelict buildings, trees grow up the chimneys. Various shots of the wind howling through the shacks and making doors bang and windows rattle, various shots of a cat, a snake and owls. The shacks rattle and birds cry. 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 includes more than 136,000 items from the