Bourke The Oasis AKA Drought Hits Australian Outback (1966)

Cinesound Review item. New South Wales, Australia. . Ariel view of outback. M.S. People arriving at Bourke Airport. C.U. Sign 'Bourke'. V.S. Around Bourke and the Council Chambers. V.S. The river and oasis in the town where the water is plentiful and horses even drink from it. L.S. Village green type cricket match on. V.S. Outside the town the vast arid outback and bones of cattle lay in the dust of the barren land - serious drought. V.S. The empty cattle trucks and the idle slaughter house. G.V. The outback and travelling shot. Narrator speaks of how the drought has caused death of livestock and unemployment. (Comb. Fine Grain.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the