Australia Today: Hunting shark
1939
Australia Today: Hunting shark
1939
- NFSA ID8ADZHR02
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary, Series
- Year1939
Shark attacks on populated beaches are statistically not that common in Australia, but they attract sensational media coverage of the type seen in this newsreel.
This clip shows Coogee Beach, protected by a shark-proof enclosure; a man going out hunting for sharks; and a larger trawler which puts forward the ‘fight against the ever present menace of sharks’.
Shark attacks on populated beaches are statistically not that common in Australia, but they attract sensational media coverage of the type seen in this newsreel.
This clip shows Coogee Beach, protected by a shark-proof enclosure; a man going out hunting for sharks; and a larger trawler which puts forward the ‘fight against the ever present menace of sharks’.
- NFSA ID8ADZHR02
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary, Series
- Year1939
The shark-proof enclosure at Coogee Beach (on the eastern beaches of Sydney) was built in 1929, but was finally dismantled in 1945.
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