AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 1-24-23

foreign hi everybody I'm skip Alzheimer welcome to the AV Geeks lunchtime streaming show uh now with no Facebook presence um I don't know I don't think Facebook's gonna invite me back uh they're done is it was what took me down uh was it that 16 millimeter film hot ice that took down the um YouTube stream maybe that's it it was a hockey game from the 50s is what brought down the AV Geeks Empire on Facebook so I I kind of wish it was something more interesting and something more in my wheelhouse but whatever um there you go um yeah so we watch old 16 millimeter films as we microwave our dinners for lunch or our lunches uh uh and then you just heard somebody's micro uh microwave dinging uh let's learn about your Thrift habits enjoy [Music] why okay I give up oh did I disturb you there I was just looking at this new camera yeah only forty dollars I'll buy it you've got a steady allowance and a good part-time job you kidding why don't I financed your new baseball myth eight dollars so far you haven't paid it back Tony maybe there's something wrong with the way you're handling money here comes the lecture advice no lecture I've got money problems too take a look at our family budget but we all have to make ends meet and in order to make ends meet we have to practice some Thrift habits your grandfather once told me that Thrift is the absence of waste um maybe you don't actually waste money but sometimes you are careless with it for example remember those green canvas shoes you bought did you really need them or were you spending your money foolishly on a new fad and those records you bought you couldn't make up your mind between two favorites and bought both and that transistor radio without a protective leather case it cost 350 less a real bargain it would have been cheaper really to have spent the extra money for the leather case a good Thrift habits help prevent that kind of carelessness with money one good Thrift habit and getting money matters down on paper I'll show you what I mean now we'll start with your goals the things you want to buy we'll call this Tony's money goals I'll list your short range goals you know things you want to buy soon and your long range goals the more expensive what are your short range money goals well I'll need five dollars for mother's birthday and 350 for the new baseball book oh yes the baseball mitt baseball mitts eight dollars all right what are your long range goals the camera sure camera 40 dollars okay now there are your goals can you afford them well maybe I got two dollars a week allowance my paper rock gives me 275 a week so your total or fixed income comes to 4.75 cents a week but I need money for school supplies and magazines and movies and milk for lunch and okay you're talking about expenses now there are two kinds of expenses fixed expenses which are part of your daily life and they don't change very much and flexible expenses oh money that's used for what we might call luxuries now let's draw another diagram that'll help you keep track of your expenses now on it you'll list your fixed and flexible expenses over the next four weeks for the next four weeks Tony was very careful keeping up his expense record it was a good expense record and I told him so well this is fine Tony just fine have any trouble keeping it up to date well not after I got into the habit of doing it good let's see your fixed expenses were milk 50 cents Church contributions 30 cents and a haircut a dollar 75 cents our haircuts are fixed but anything you need to spend money on regularly is a fixed expense all right let's look at the flexible expenses school supplies snacks magazines model kits game tickets and movies and here are your total expenses for each week hey you stayed within your income all the time yeah and I say more than seven dollars you know free expense it makes you more careful about how you spend your money well you started a good Thrift habit but if you're going to reach your money goals you need to save more of your income to do that you're going to have to learn to choose between certain flexible expenses the luxuries for example will it be a magazine this week or a Super Deluxe Sunday will you buy a model to add to your collection or would you rather go to a movie by keeping flexible expenses to a minimum you save more for your goals understand ing my expenses I guess I can afford some of the businesses I want well it'd be better to get into the habit of using a system to save for your goals another system using a system is the best way to handle money with any success now how about another chart to help you keep track of your savings another chart well give it a try anyway this column lists your goals short range and long range this column shows how much they cost this column will show what you should save each week to reach a goal mother's gift for example my mother's birthday is May 15th how many weeks to May 15th just a second two three four weeks all right dividing the cost of the gift five dollars by the number of weeks for our answer is a dollar and a quarter yeah I see I've got to save a dollar and a quarter a week in the baseball book I'd like that before the big series eight weeks from now all right well it's uh 44 cents a week and you'll need about 50 cents a week for the mid hey Dad don't forget the camera I wanted for when school begins next semester okay okay it's 16 weeks 15 weeks let's see it's 250 a week right now after deducting expenses each week list the amount left over here and then you can apply certain amounts to your goals if you want to reach those goals you'll have to save 469 a week but with your expenses I'm afraid you can't manage it but if I watch my flexible expenses and drop one of my goals that'll help balance things that's the idea you uh could even postpone getting your camera for a while and save for a little longer I know it's a hard decision to make all these Thrift habits are hard sure but Thrift habits help you save to get what you want and you're learning to stand on your own financially thanks for the help Dad good night anytime Tony well it seemed Tony had made a good start I knew though that sometimes he'd slip out of his Thrift Habits by buying things he really didn't want or need we all do but most of the time he would remember the thrift habits he'd learn keeping track of his income and expenses [Music] deciding on money goals whether short range such as mother's birthday gift or a long range such as an expensive camera and saving for these goals week by week until he could pay for it these are some of the basic Thrift habits as you can see they worked for Tony and they'll work for you too [Music] so we bought a pistol with not expecting that um so anyways uh somebody mentioned in the comments that they had seen this before but with a different cast man cornet used to do that all the time they would just use reuse the script and update it just a little bit um and the hairstyles and the clothing and all that stuff now the narrator in this or the dad in this I think is the narrator that's in this film which I've shown before but it's been a while so um enjoy quote unquote [Music] foreign [Music] did you see how far he threw me oh he just got me today but it's not surprising he doesn't seem to care about anything he didn't even thank his parents when they gave me to him I guess I'll have to help him really see all that his parents do [Applause] bra they won't see you you'll be invisible through and through foreign hi Mom hey are we having eggs hey Mom what's what's wrong come on you're invisible Jimmy what who said that I did Jimmy me down here invisible wow but I don't want to be invisible hey Mom she can't see you or hear you I made you invisible so you can discover something what that's for you to find out when you've learned it you'll be visible again learn what I'll give you a hint you can find out by watching your mom and dad hey wait I want to talk to you just watch your mom and dad [Music] foreign [Music] first he watched his mother and began to see all the things she does for the family [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he never really noticed that before [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] could see that his dad also did a lot of things around the house for Jimmy and for the family foreign [Music] remembered that besides all the things dad does at home for the family he also has a job at work he earns money so the family can buy food and clothes and all the other things the family needs then Jimmy remembered that many of his friends have mothers who also work at a job during the day thank you hon thank you for putting up the shelves lunch will be ready pretty soon okay I'll be down in a minute for the first time Jimmy was really seeing how many things his mom and dad do to help the family but how could he show his parents how he appreciated them he do [Music] foreign [Applause] Lunch is ready will you call your dad please sure Mom just a second [Music] hey I'm visible again mom can hear me I must have learned something to learn Jimmy well I just watched mom and dad and I saw that they do a lot of things they make my meals and take care of me and fix things for me and help me they're nice [Music] that's right but that's not why I made you visible again but you learned something better Jimmy I did remember when you didn't bother your dad when he was busy [Music] or when you swept up the sawdust that's when you show that you really appreciated your mom and dad that's when you really learned thanks your parents like to know you appreciate them you can probably think of some other ways to let your parents know you do me okay mom coming [Music] dad Lunch is ready okay Jim I'll be up in a minute thanks for the puppet you're welcome son [Music] I was hoping to get a um a narration credit there so we can figure out if the dad the dad who was in the previous film because I think it's the same guy right the guy the dad from Thrift habits is the same guy that narrated this uh probably uh one of the scariest films in my collection so it's really really outrageous for so many reasons um and the thing is like I wrote an article about this uh for a journal like this no actually it was for a book but the the whole idea that you'd show this to kids like what are kids going to remember like is it to be respective of your parents and to understand all the work that they do or is it the fact that you have this scary puppet that can potentially make you invisible I tend to think it's going to be the latter um that's what I would have latched on to as a kid but man all right so behind me I have a scanner and we have a film set up uh no easy answers a lot of hard questions no easy answers enjoy rewind it I'm sorry uh here's your friend the doctor and then I'll rewind this and then yeah all right here enjoy foreign [Music] this is Dr Evan and we're in Dr Evan's office like most doctors he does his work partly in his office and sometimes at a hospital and sometimes his work takes him into people's homes now we're at Washington school we won't find Dr Evans here but we will begin to find out what he does what your doctor does now we're in the hall outside the Health Group let's go in with this boy this is Jimmy a new boy in school this is Miss Burns the health nurse since Jimmy is new in this school she has a letter for him to take home that's an important looking letter Jimmy thinks when he gets home his mother can tell him about it now it's after school Jimmy is hurrying home to give the letter to his mother Jimmy can't wait to find out what the letter says have you ever brought us home from school what do you think this about it's a letter about the health program at Washington School what's the idea of this health program well it's to make sure the boys and girls have enough play and exercise and learn how to keep well and strong and have first aid when they are hurt or sick you can see that the health program is a very important part of school and here's something more from Miss Burns a card well father will want to see all this Jimmy can go out to play now and tonight after supper they'll all talk about this some more with father no it's after supper Jimmy wants to find out more and so does his sister now we'll learn about the card Miss Burns wants them to fill out what should go on the card let's see there's Jimmy's name Jimmy Maxon and a place where his parents name address and phone and his doctor's name address and form Jimmy wonders who is the doctor they'll go to Jimmy's Family is new in town but his mother and father have already chosen a new doctor and his name is Albert V Evans MD Dr Evan mother has already made a date for Jimmy to see Dr Evan because Jimmy should have a health exam that is a part of the school's health program what is this health exam what will the doctor do Jimmy sister wants to know Jimmy has had health exams before from Easter where he used to live Dr rabbit the same things he will examine the inside Jimmy as well as outside he'll listen at Jimmy's chest he'll look inside his mouth and throat inside his ears to find out if Jimmy is well and strong next day here's Jimmy at the health room again he has the card all filled out now but Miss Burns is busy with Howard one of Jimmy's new friends he fell on the stairs and hurt his shoulder and his chin so Miss Burns will phone Howard's mother and let her know look at that Miss Burns has the phone number written down on Howard's card that makes it easy to call doesn't it what about Jimmy's mother's phone number yes it's written on his card but Howard's mother doesn't answer the phone she isn't home so Miss Burns will phone Howard's doctor it's a good thing she has the doctor's number two isn't it and when Miss Burns tells the doctor about Howard he says to bring Howard to his office soon well having a doctor and knowing his name and address can be very important can it and Jimmy says Dr Evans address and phone number over and over to himself to know them well now it's the day Jimmy is supposed to go see his doctor Jimmy and his mother find the doctor's office very easily Jimmy's father made a little map showing how to get there and Jimmy had lots of fun trying to follow the map now we're in the waiting room mother tells the nurse who they are and look here Jimmy's time to see Dr Evans 3 30. and it's almost 3 30 now Jimmy and his mother will wait until the doctor can see them Jimmy is glad to have a chance to look around him my the doctors help many people don't they what does Jimmy see it's Howard he's been to see another doctor in this office Jimmy wants to know if Howard is all right Howard says he's fine just fine your doctor can surely help when you're not well and here's someone else it's Anne another of Jimmy's new friends she has been to see Dr Evans Jimmy wonders why but before he has a chance to ask it's time for him to meet Dr Evan the first thing Jimmy wants to know is this is in sick m is just fine and we take good care of her the doctor says isn't it good to have a doctor who can help you Jimmy thinks Dr Evans is going to be pretty nice the doctor Begins by asking Jimmy and his mother a lot of questions all about times when Jimmy has been sick and about what shots he has had all sorts of questions you see keeping Jimmy Strong and well is an important job and Dr Evans will need to know a lot about Jimmy so what has happened to Jimmy before is part of what he needs to know and another part comes from looking Jimmy over very carefully the doctor looks into Jimmy's ears and eyes and throat just the way mother told about it and a little later sometimes having a health exam can be lots of fun Dr Evans listens to Jimmy's heart he hears it going and when Dr Evans has found out many things about Jimmy's Health he talks about what Jimmy should do to keep well He suggests some ideas for eating and rest and exercise he'll send a report on Jimmy's Health to the school if Mother agrees and he thinks Jimmy should have some booster shot do you know what that means well let's see we'll need the nurse's help Dr Evans says that shots are very important to help keep Jimmy well and strong these shots will help to keep him from Catching certain diseases diphtheria whooping cough and so on Dr Evans gets some medicine ready while the nurse cleans and sterilizes a small spot on Jimmy's arm and Dr Evans puts the medicine under Jimmy's skin Jimmy has had quite a few shots starting when he was a baby and now he's glad to have his booster shot in fact he'll do just what Dr Evans says he should because Jimmy thinks his doctor is his friend and he begins to remember things the doctors do they work with nurses and parents and teachers to help keep children well and they help people when they are sick or hurt they tell people how to keep well and they examine people to find out how well and strong they are now we know how helpful Dr Evans can be to Jimmy do you know how helpful your friend the doctor can be to you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign we used to glorify science for making progress possible all our conveniences come from the application of scientific knowledge but now we sometimes condemn science for our failure to use that knowledge wisely foreign just makes Wars worse it doesn't help them it doesn't stop them it just makes them worse and I think I'm going to study Humanities and religion because that's where the answer really is and we can't hope to stop Wars by science but only through religion and Humanity here we are spending billions of dollars sending man up to the Moon but yet here on Earth people are living in poverty the housing around here is just ridiculous it isn't surprising that science is blamed for the world's ills scientists have done what once seemed impossible so we tend to think they can find an answer to every problem like controlling insects which destroy a third of the world's food crop and spread diseases like malaria which these mosquito larvae can transmit when they mature we once believed chemicals like DDT were the answer but we soon discovered that insects quickly develop a resistance to chemicals now DDT hardly affects mosquitoes at all but insecticides do affect other living things computers are helping identify effective insecticides that have fewer side effects computers now touch almost everything in our lives from keeping track of school records all the way to scheduling airline flights and Landing airplanes completely automatically without any help from the pilots yeah computers I think I can appreciate computers as much as anybody else in fact that's why I've got this unemployment check on time today the computer system also put myself and about 50 other people out of work on the assembly line at the company I worked for without computers to keep track of the paperwork our society generates the whole economy would fall computer networks can store Vital Information about millions of people but what about the risk of computer mistakes and how can we prevent others from using memory banks to discover more about us then we want them to know computer analysis has helped geneticists unlock some of the very secrets of life indicating in advance whether children will be born healthy or deformed they do it by culturing the cells from unborn human embryos and then counting under a microscope whether all 46 normal chromosomes are present this way couples can know their chances of delivering healthy children in advance sometimes even before conception some of the long-term implications have been considered by Dr Arthur Robinson we're now in the midst of new discoveries which may give man the power to control his own evolution that power is undoubtedly many years in the future however already we have the ability to control the birth of individuals with serious defects eventually chromosomes may be engineered like building blocks to produce perfect babies but who is to decide what's perfect and how will we prevent Earth defects and yet not violate the rights and privacy of prospective parents freedom of personal choice is also a concern of biofeedback and behavior modification researchers newly perfected instruments can chart The rhythms of the brain when the readings are displayed subjects can learn to alter those rhythms consciously when people are under pressure the brain signals the muscles to contract muscles stay contracted for too long a Time like say in the head area then you may develop a tension headache and these biofeedback instruments that we have here we can use to to teach people the art of relaxation using related techniques scientists can already greatly modify human behavior and actually can control the behavior of rats if human behavior can be manipulated that way who will decide who must be controlled and who will do the controlling because the world is interconnected often in ways we don't fully understand everything eventually has an impact on everything else be it computers insect control genetics behavior modification or the weather [Music] which controls how well crops grow and it's the weather that affects our travel and sometimes safety extreme weather is directly responsible for an average of 500 deaths and over two billion dollars worth of property damage in the United States every year [Music] [Music] because it is so important man has tried since the earliest times to control the weapons meteorologists now can modify some kinds of weather and hope to control even more the question about the weather and about many other areas where scientists are working is this how much should they control for example when a hurricane strikes it can cause enormous death research has been conducted to steer these storms away from population centers but if a way to direct hurricanes is perfected who would decide that it's better to steer away from one city and let it hit somewhere else in effect it's a question of who owns and controls the weather in a part of Colorado known as hail alley Farmers have long endured damage from the weather I'll cite you one case back in 1948 we had seven hail storms through here we harvested less than 10 percent of a normal crop it came in it came through here and it completely wiped out everything that year my folks had nothing it just killed chickens just like if you went out there and shot them with the 22 rifle when you get something like that now that's that's a heavy loss the national Center for atmospheric research in Boulder Colorado has been experimenting with methods to suppress the hail that devastates this region [Music] the most promising technique is to seed potential hail storm clouds from airplanes silver iodide particles from the burning flares are carried up into the clouds where they react with supercooled water we think that the particles will produce small hailstones like these that do no damage instead of big ones like this that can wipe out a wheat field in a few minutes because we're concerned about the effects that weather modification may have throughout an area we've been very careful to consult with the people who live up here in northeastern Colorado where we're conducting an experiment to see if we can suppress damaging hail the farmers and ranchers most affected by the experiment are not in total agreement I would be willing to play I Believe maybe a 10 gross Crop Production premium for Hail suppression and to tell uh it was proven that they could surprise hail that I I think it ought to be a research financed by the government well I'm not in favor of it because in the first place I'm not sure that nature should be tampered with to that extent in the second place I'm not sure that it's at least for areas like this it's not economically a good thing if it works but I would assume that they'd have to prove to us that they could suppress hail say uh from 75 to 90 percent uh every year then I think we could rely on it this thing would have to be controlled uh you know so it would benefit the general country if so we'd get two or three inches less rain in a year even though we didn't get any hail with it that could mean they fell in my position and be running maybe 100 head less cows which could for all practical purposes put you out of business I introduced the bill in the Colorado legislature because of problems we'd had in the local area of Colorado where I live the state must protect people from things that might happen and therefore we do need all these safeguards that we have built into into our law [Music] can we know for sure what changes in the environment will result from modifying the weather scientists have been feeding data into the biggest computers available for almost 25 years but they still can't reliably predict what will happen a week in advance because the physical problems are so complicated so if we can't even be sure if it's going to rain next Tuesday how can we be sure what will happen when we alter natural weather events for example Farmers profit from heavy snowfalls because Deep Mountain snowpacks produce abundant runoff in the spring [Music] elk can starve if drifts cover their normal forage some wildflowers may fail to develop seeds if the snow melts unusually late no one knows the effect this will have on small animals or more importantly on the total environment [Music] interactions between the Machinery of civilization and the environment extend far beyond the weather as man learns to control the most powerful natural forces such as atomic energy the risks as well as the benefits become greater so scientists have the responsibility to predict and explain the future impact of their discoveries and we all have the responsibility to pay attention so we can make Intelligent Decisions in our complex and interconnected World about the only thing we know for sure is that there will be no easy answers foreign [Music] and what's interesting is there's there's a lot of films that came out around this time that use that take advantage of that soundtrack uh not this the exact soundtrack but the instrumentations and the scary kind of electronic thing that was also kind of going on that same time and a lot of them are on the verge of being scared about the future so there's a documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler and gilmel was the composer electronic composer and it has that same type of like the future is great but we can't keep up with it and what's going to happen and so it has that kind of same type of scary soundtrack gilmel actually reached out to me at one point uh years this is probably like 15 oh no almost 20 years ago I think and he was looking for a more complete cut of Future Shock uh than what was being distributed so but he also did the soundtrack for uh Andromeda Strain so big fan and then a bunch of other stuff like I think he did some TV maybe some Colombo episodes I'm not sure anywho uh let's see um you know talking about monkeying with um ecosystems uh brings to mind Australia where it's like we're having problems with this so we'll bring this oh now we're having a problem with this because there's no natural Predators oh well then we'll do this like what are we gonna do with all the poop that's built up well we have to bring in dung beetles now uh so here's Australia land and people enjoy Google [Music] do you know what the Australian people are like [Music] do you know what kind of country Australia is these are questions we can answer by seeing Australia by getting acquainted with the Australian people by comparing the way things look in Australia with scenes in our country and by studying Australia on the map just where is Australia for the answer let's start with the United States to reach Australia we could go west to Hawaii then on across the Great Pacific to Australia or we could go east to Europe across the Middle East and on across the Indian Ocean to Australia either route we take we go far south of the Equator into the southern hemisphere do you see now why Australia is called the land down under now let's make a closer comparison with the United States in our country we go south to the warm lands near the equator in Australia one goes north to the warm Regions near the equator the warmest city in Australia is Darwin in the North just as Miami is one of the warmest cities in southern United States yes in the land down under the climate is the reverse of ours the cooler lands are in the South the hotter lands are in the North what do you think grows in the hot regions of the North there are tropical forests great trees and Thick jungle-like Growth remind us of the tropical forests of other hot Wetlands near the equator fields of sugarcane are another site we associate with hot wet lands sugar cane grows well in the coastlands of Northern and Eastern Australia what would you expect to find in the more temperate lands of the South of course scenes like this a dairy farm in the temperate lowlands of New South Wales or an apple orchard that reminds us of those in the Northwest part of the United States here in Australia apples are ripe in March another reminder that the seasons are in Reverse of ours in the land down under the land down under is far from most other lands in round numbers it is four thousand miles to Africa ten thousand miles to England two thousand miles to China seven thousand miles to the United States surrounded by vast oceans the Australians use ships large ocean-going ships to reach and trade with other lands there are many fine Harbors like this one at Sydney with its famous bridge that are centers of ship traffic yes Australia depends upon ships that are lifelines to the ports of other lands ports such as Hong Kong in Southeast Asia Dunkirk in France London in England and New York in the United States growing in importance are the Great transocecianic Planes that span the Seas to all parts of the world Australians are air-minded and depend on planes for much of their overseas travel they were pioneers of air travel across the Pacific so when we say Australia is the land down under let's remember that Australia is far from the United States and from Europe Australia is below the equator the hotter lands are North the cooler lands are South now about the second question we asked what kind of a country is Australia look at the vast stretches of rolling grasslands the Great Plains of this country look at a country so open and empty that a railroad track can cut across 800 miles of it in almost a straight line yes look at Australia's mountains and remember this it's a big country Australia is almost as large as the United States but there are differences about 170 million people live in the United States now think of 10 million that's about the total population of Australia and that's our second key idea Australia is an entire continent with a small population there are places where one man May own several thousand square miles of land there are places so remote that doctors make their calls by plane part of the flying doctor service in this spacious land yet there are places where population is dense about a million and a half people live in the city of Melbourne Sydney has a population of about 2 million people how is the population distributed we know that the more temperate lands are in the south more than 90 percent of the people live in the southern half of the continent here is the main reason rainfall the southeast Trade Winds bring yearly rainfall to the Southeast coast the Westerly winds bring rain during the winter to the southern coast Inland is a vast desert with scant rainfall where do you think most of the people live of course where the best land is cities such as Perth Adelaide Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane are in the most productive part of Australia much of the productive land of Australia is used for growing wheat the size of this Farm in New South Wales is three thousand acres the Australian wheat farmer harvests his wheat with a machine which he calls a header the big tractors may have been made in England in the United States or in Australia Harvest time is in summer that is November and December when we're having our winter wheat grows in regions that get 15 to 25 inches of rain a year Australians pioneered dry farming in some regions where there is less moisture getting enough water for Australia's arid regions is a big problem this is water that has been stored by Hume Dam one of many irrigation and hydroelectric projects being built the more water that can be stored in reservoirs the more land Australians can irrigate and cultivate although Australia's climate is largely dry sheep can be grazed in these vast areas remember scenes like this scenes of Australia's biggest industry some of the largest cheap branches in the world are here flocks are usually very large herders ride horseback and use dogs to help herd the Sheep the herders are called Drovers a ranch here is called a station and each station is often a separate Community miles from the next station the Workman called Sheep station hands are directed by the owner the workmen and their families live on the station the family pet May often be a kelpie a dog trained to herd sheep on most cheap stations we'll see the all-important pond for storing the water pumped from the well or bore as it is called and the sheds where thousands of sheep are shorn every year sheep are being shown at one place or another in Australia during much of the Year beginning in September which is springtime wool from Australian sheep is sold to many countries of the world more than half of the world's fine wool is grown here because of their heavy wool sheep cannot live in hot moist regions that means that the Sheep raising regions are not too close to the coasts where rainfall is heavy and they're not in the north where it's too hot however cattle do well in the wet coastlands and the warmer lands of the North yes the great open grasslands of Australia are fine for cattle as in America these lands have a history of pioneer settlement doesn't this remind you of the cattle and cowboys in the American West in Australia Cowboys are called stockmen or Drovers among the best stockmen in Australia are the dark-skinned natives descendants of the original tribes who lived in Australia today some of them work on the great cattle stations that are so common in Australia we've seen lands where wheat sugar cane apples and other crops are produced we've seen grazing lands where sheep and cattle are raised yet the good farmlands are only one-fifth of the continent the best grazing lands are about one-third of the continent what about the rest of Australia much of it is like this arid country that Australians call the Outback this open country is the home of the Emu a large Australian bird also associated with the Outback is the kangaroo a common animal in Australia the most desolate parts of the Outback are called The Never Never a lonely land with few inhabitants and farthest Inland is the dead heart of Australia the desert but even the desert lands offer something men have found a wealth of minerals and Mining towns stand in the lonely Plains the town of broken Hill is built around its Rich mines the lead silver and zinc mind here are part of Australia's mineral wealth among the minerals are uranium ores some uranium from Australia is sold to the United States in developing their continent Australians are building Industries the industrial City of Newcastle reminds us of the English Mill Town of the same name Australians are working to increase their steel production yes Australia has iron and coal and there is a big job to be done in developing the resources of our whole continent so let's remember this Australia is an entire continent with a small population and that brings us to our third question what kind of people are the Australians the first thing we might notice is that Australians are English-speaking people listen to the conversation of the men on the sheep station we got five thousand head now North Paddock and a Fade's not very good maybe we better have a look your blood sketch your horses we're gonna have a quick look see or listen to these women talking as they hang out clothes on the sheep station we won't know ourselves next Monday why mum dad's ordered a new washing machine that'll run on our plant it's on its way up from Sydney let's hear these Australian school boys discussing a new American book what you got there Bob let's see your book it's a new one about jet planes about planes oh boy an American book ah Jay look at this it's a mute in a few moments the boys will be in class listening to their teacher well now that we've traced the principal sea lands between Australia and England tell me who can show us the principal Airway or R12 yes Australians are English-speaking people not only their language but their way of life is a Heritage of the British Isles English names and English flavor color many Australian cities Saint Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne reminds us of the similarities in English and Australian life on the other hand a beach scene like this reminds us of Americans on the sunny beaches of Florida or California a fast game of Rugby Football on a Saturday afternoon isn't too different from a Saturday game of football in the United States although rugby is an English game yes Australians have things in common with both England and the United States like Americans they are easy going and Democratic and have a Pioneer history in a new land so let's remember our basic idea Australians are English-speaking people with a Heritage of British culture we've touched only three important Concepts about Australia Australia is the land down under with Seasons the reverse of ours Australia is an entire continent with a small population and Australians are English-speaking people with a Heritage of British culture but this is only the beginning you can read and learn much more about Australia who is buying Australia's wheat and other farm products today what are some of the problems of raising sheep in Australia what about the vast arid lands of Australia what is being done to reclaim land what about rainfall and its effect on the way the land is used how does trade and shipping relate Australia to the other nations of the world what about Australia's population how fast is it increasing Australia is a Young Nation and its people believe in a tremendous future for their great land the big land down under [Music] um yeah that that was pretty great um I have some other films about Australia that are more contemporary I have this uh it looks like it's a safety film about uh for Meat Packers uh and it's based in Australia um thanks for tuning in today uh we have lots of films that were 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