The Pearlers

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  • Опубліковано 11 сер 2010
  • Made by The National Film Board 1949. Directed by Lee Robinson.
    Beautifully filmed in black and white, this classic short film looks at pearling in the late 1940s. It goes on board the boats that work off the coast of Broome, Western Australia, from March to December each year. Crewed mainly by Aboriginal, Malay and Chinese men, they work six days a week from sun up to sun down-replenished occasionally by supply boats that also take away their hauls of pearl shell. The film captures the atmosphere, the detail and the danger involved in the search for shell as the divers in huge metal helmets and layers of clothing under their suits dive two at a time, each with one person tending their airhose and another their lifeline.

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  • @jillymck51
    @jillymck51 9 років тому +30

    My Dad was No1 Diver on B2 and had a walkabout article written about him the same year as this was filmed. Amazing to see what my Dad did.

  • @rutgermanders3903
    @rutgermanders3903 4 роки тому +10

    Ik was doing some research on the Broome pearling fishing because of the fourth book of the Seven Sisters series of books by Lucinda Riley, and stumbled on this film. Very special

    • @devonmunn5728
      @devonmunn5728 2 роки тому +1

      I found this because i found out about the Pidgin language that was spoken among the luggers

  • @huawabua1
    @huawabua1 12 років тому +16

    An excellent short film of a culturally rich and diverse aspect of Australia in the 1940s! so Aussies weren't all blond and blue eyed then....

  • @larryparis925
    @larryparis925 2 роки тому +4

    A fascinating account of a way of life. Many thanks for sharing this.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  2 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @larryparis925
      @larryparis925 2 роки тому

      @@NFSAFilms I truly did. Thank you. - Larry, San Diego, California, USA.

  • @pearlking7804
    @pearlking7804 2 роки тому +2

    My Japanese great grandfather work at peal too

  • @safuwanfauzi5014
    @safuwanfauzi5014 3 роки тому +1

    broome for thousand of years, many malay-indonesian people be fishing, paerling around the area, some of them intermarried with aboriginal, broome malay pigdin today was spoke by very few by asian-aboriginal community. it very different from malay spoke in cocos island and christmas island.

  • @joanndavidson2769
    @joanndavidson2769 8 місяців тому

    Pearl. A movie. I'd get it for thi education department in Australia.

  • @domesticatedkitkat9604
    @domesticatedkitkat9604 2 роки тому

    these peoples are lucky!
    because in my land pearlers are like hold out or all outs, there no compromise, so i miss out, thats the whole thing but,

  • @biancorosa7673
    @biancorosa7673 Рік тому

    💜

  • @williamkerr3350
    @williamkerr3350 Рік тому

    Great doco,but the music caused so many mood swings that I think I'm permanently damaged

  • @warangipakekorerotoku-rea8000
    @warangipakekorerotoku-rea8000 2 роки тому

    hāpua mas'ui's taki taki
    korero taku rea!
    taki taki
    a rea!
    ngiri's... ..taku whenua

  • @domesticatedkitkat9604
    @domesticatedkitkat9604 2 роки тому

    diamond* auto check failed for some reason this are diamond pearlers not real pearlers

  • @jisooshandbag3006
    @jisooshandbag3006 2 роки тому +1

    this is for history class and i love hisotyryrw8udgsb yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa time to play roblox after

  • @domesticatedkitkat9604
    @domesticatedkitkat9604 2 роки тому

    i did a search of nz pearles.
    .
    .
    .
    and behold! this pearler!
    this isnt exacly a prickly pearl!
    ima prickly pearler we risk the spike studs wrath to bring us pearlies prickly pearles

    • @TheWens03
      @TheWens03 Рік тому

      Ok this is about Australia's pearl industry not New Zealand's. Create your own UA-cam channel on New Zealand pearls of you want to discuss them. This is our Australian pearl history.

  • @uncletobyzoats598
    @uncletobyzoats598 Рік тому

    From the island of okanowa so it’s goodbye now farewell sayonara sayonara nukamora not yet 21

  • @domesticatedkitkat9604
    @domesticatedkitkat9604 2 роки тому

    but out of all the pearles the nz pearlés are the pearls of pearls !

    • @TheWens03
      @TheWens03 Рік тому

      Ah but then there is the Tahitian Black Pearls.

  • @warangipakekorerotoku-rea8000
    @warangipakekorerotoku-rea8000 2 роки тому

    taki taki!
    a rea!
    pakes korero
    i ako
    taku taku rea!
    a rea!
    taki taki taku whenua
    a taku rea,
    iti iho
    korero moana ngerus!

  • @domesticatedkitkat9604
    @domesticatedkitkat9604 2 роки тому

    your dads not even tony, gday folks,
    this is a dud 18kg pearl, i came up with this not him! he didn't do nfn, is the feeling i get from this doko i love doko but this one a dud pearl 🎷

    • @TheWens03
      @TheWens03 Рік тому

      You have no idea what you are talking about.