Whaling

An account of a modern whaling fleet at work; departure of the whale catcher from the Saldanha bay Whaling Station in South Africa; preparations for the hunt; a whale is sighted; aiming and firing the harpoon gun; harpooning the whale; return to the whaling station; treatment of the whale; rendering of meat and blubber.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Pathé Frères

British Instructional Films

Duration

00:08:15:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1949

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011802

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Great Britain

Animals & Wildlife → Whales

Animals & Wildlife → Whaling

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/74605--whaling/ |title=Whaling |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=5 December 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United Kingdom, 1949

Please note