Fishing Off Rocks (1948)

Unissued / Unused material. Title reads - '200 ft. drop: One slip and no fish'. Dangerous fishing conditions in Sydney, Australia. L/S general view of a section of rugged coastline in Australia. M/S men with fishing tackle on their backs making the dangerous climb down the cliff face. M/S men in silhouette against a sea, gleaming in the sunlight, as they crawl through a tunnel in the rock. C/U a man's hands clinging onto a rocky ledge. C/U a man's feet rounding an overhanging projection of rock. C/U more silhouettes in the tunnel. A man walks past cameraman filming on cliff. Various shots men lowering themselves and their tackle with ropes down the cliff face. L/S men on the flat rocks from which they fish. C/U hands baiting a line. L/S a man throwing a line. Various shots fishermen on the edge of the rocks with breakers swirling below. C/U's two fishermen. C/U pan hands of one of them winding in his line. C/U a man extracts a hook from the mouth of a fish. L/S men wading in the sea. FILM