Fabulous Fishing (1959)

Title reads: “Fabulous Fishing“. Alligator River, Australia. Point of view shot from trawler heading up Alligator River. C/U skipper George Haritos. G/V small net laying boats moving up stream. C/U back of man carrying a rifle. L/S of the small boats coming towards camera. C/U skipper. G/V boats hauling in their catch, a man throws fish into boat. C/U fish in the bottom of the boat. The fish are Barramundi. C/U net being hauled with a small crocodile entangled in it. C/U men trying to untangle crocodile. C/U noose being slipped over crocodile’s jaw. Various C/U crocodile being lifted into the boat and placed with the fish. L/S trawler heading towards Darwin. C/U man lifting massive fish from small boat and throwing it onto the trawler. Panning C/U fish on the trawler. According to narrator fishermen are “Mellville Islanders“. NB: Haritos also spelt Harritos. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES,