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Historical Film Footage

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Two Film Reels
Larger one Green Plastic
Smaller one Red Plastic
Sport at the Stawell Technical School
0.00 “Cricket Practice”
0.33 “The Bowler ..t it”
1.10 “Our Football Team 1932”
1.33 “Have a Closer look at them” (Football at Central Park )
2.20 “Some of the Younger Fry” (school boys at Central Park)
2.33 “Start of the 220 Yards”
2.57 “High jump Events”
3.30 “See how it is done”
4.27 “See how to jump”
5.44 “The Sack Race”
6.15 “Boot Scram How carefully …. The boots …”
6.25 “The rush of the bootless brigade”
7.02 “Start of the Apple in Tub……. Race”
7.12 “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away…. They want their apple”
7.32 “See – The Art of Getting….The apple.
7.59 Putting the Weight”
8.14 “Notice the graceful movements” Skene (Street site)
9.31 “ The Long Jump”

Stawell Technical School Activities at Skene Street
10.10 “ Marching practice for Inter- Technical sports….. 1932
10.33 “Some practice starts. ( Tech school building Skene Street )
11.54 Technical school building in Skene St
12.07 “The Fall in”
12.48 “Drill exercise”
13.40 “Drill Exercise Juniors”
15.09 “Dismiss”
15.24 “Classes Leaving School Room- Sorry to part”
15.52 “Bat Tennis”
16.23 “Ball passing”
16.50 “Over-head Ball Passing”
17.21 fancy dress on stage. Similar to Can Can
18.21 possible Egyptian dance


Stawell Technical School Swimming

19.00 “Receiving Instructions-The Lull before the storm!”
19.09 “All ready in their gowns.—They’re off!!! (No, not the gowns.)
19.19 “Hey! Would you believe he’d do this on purpose?” 1st method of release and rescue
19.54 “Another patient “callin” for help- Life-saving is mostly ups and downs”
20.17 “Towing the patient in, so that he can’t struggle with the rescuer”
20.52 “Who’s drowning now? It’s either Sir Walter Dally or Frantic Drake getting ducked”
21.38 Swimming club room at Cato Lake
21.44 Diving tower Cato Lake

Views of Stawell from Big Hill and from a Plane

23.18 Views from Big Hill
23.48 ? lettered title by Stawell Technical School
23.53 “Now, off we go in the Texas plane”(biplane)
24.07 “Stawell looks like a Doll’s Garden”
24.36 “Main Street Winds … beneath us”
24.55 “Lake Cato, Central Park, War Memorial”
25.16 “State School 502 with the “ants” out at play….
25.53 “The North Western Woollen Mills”
26.05 “And now from the West side”
26.33 “Above the clouds at 7000ft.”(and landing the biplane)

Technical School Trade Skill-- Carpentry

27.16 “Woodwork Department” “Model Dairy” – Built on walk-in walk-out principle with bails for 6 cows; also separator, cream, and feed room; Length 52 Ft Width 18ft. Scale
27.44 “Framing for Lean-to shed Many uses can be found for this type on the farm
28.08 “Putting the finishing touches to a Twi-roomed Settler’s House….”
28.42 “A good sturdy type of hand gate….. half full size..
28.57 “This Double-batten gate costs the farmer13/-, can be made in 3 hours, and is good for a Century….
29.20 “ A stand for…… 1.000 Gallon tank. 1/3rd Full size…..
29.45 “ Form for moulding Concrete fence posts…. These posts are fire-proof, white-ant-proof, and will not rot….
30.11 “No 2. Carpentry.” Sinking Mortices in Styles of a pair of Gates…..
30.29 “Cutting Tenons on the Rails”
30.42 “Fitting Tenon into Mortice.”
30.53 ‘Marking and cutting for Brace”
31.46 “Turret Roofs. 1. Bell-shaped… 2. Ogee………
32.03 “Cutting a Mitre such as is used for corner of Picture Frame.
32.51 “Testing Mitre for Square”
32.59 “No 3. Joinery.” Box-framed Window with Double-hung sashes
33.24 “Louvre Ventilators 1. Circular. 2. Triangular.
33.46 “Front Entrance Door and Frame, with Fanlight and Sidelights.
34.04 “Half Size Model of a Gothic Door
34.21 No 4. Cabinet-Making. Fitting shaped rail to turned leg of….. Music Stool, having a Drawer for Music.
34.43 “A Fire-screen….. with Painted Panel.
35.01 “A sitting down job.” Junior Technical Boys on Chair construction
35.22 “A modeling class at work. -------

Technical School Trade Skill—Plastering

36.09 “ A process of … casting in Plaster. Of parts……
36.14 “Building the walls around the clay….. model. ------
36.34 “Mixing the Plaster of Paris to pour for the mould…..
36.39 “Modelling Section. The running of Mouldings….
36.43 “Building up…. The rough shape of the mould…”
36.55 “Moving thr template slowly along,….. in order to perfect the shape……
37.30 “Moving the template along……. For the second time.
37.49 “The finished mould.”
37.55 “An end view showing …. The exact shape.

Technical School Speech Day

38.40 Speech day
39.40 Display of art work, plaster models and carpentry
41.44 Science experiments

Exploring the Grampians/Halls Gap

40.30 Exploring the Grampians Views from Mt William
45.54 Picnic Halls Gap
46.36 Swimming carnival Halls Gap pool


Athletics at Central Park Stawell

43.56 Athletic events at Central Park including sack race and tandem racing

Lake Lonsdale Picnic

49.41 Leaving for …. The School Picnic held at …Lake Lonsdale….. December 13th 1932
50.00 By the Lakeside
50.22 The boys take to the water.
50.46 One in, All in.
51.22 Hunger….. approaching, On with..the billy..
51.34 The workers Partake of Nourishment.
51.47 Silent workers.(mothers picnic lunch)
Wash up and Dry up.
52.20 General view at Lunch time.
52.53 One swallow does not make a summer…
53.10 Great Australian Bites.
53.28 Good-bye Sandwiches..
53.57 Note the more than full expressions…
54.06 The last parade
54.16 Swim for the shore boys Under 14 years
54.43 Swim for the shore boys. Under 16 Years.
55.06 Swim for the shore boys, all in…
55.28 Ladies Race. Use your weight.
55.45 After the fall.
55.47 The winner Mrs Taylor.
55.06 Boys Races
56.20 How NOT to run.(backwards)
57.10 Try this one yourself….(backwards)
57.26 The Staff Spirit?
57.39 The Winner Mr Henderson..

Snow in Stawell 1949

58.01 1949 snow in Stawell Tech school, 502, Tech snow fight , Patrick St with courthouse
59.31 Big Hill scenery
1.00.06 Speech at Tech school quadrangle

Street Parade down Main Street

1.00.22 c. 1945 Parade main St (possibly Peace celebrations)

Sporting event Central Park
1.02.04 Central Park sporting event after the Parade, including Scouts erecting a tent.

Inscriptions & markings

Historical Film Footage Stawell Tech 1932