Crocodile Hunters
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1949. Directed by Lee Robinson. In the estuaries and lagoons of the Northern Territory, freshwater and saltwater crocodile are hunted for their hides by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous hunters. This film shows Aboriginal people using age-old hunting techniques to land crocs either for food or for skins. The methods employed by the professional hunters, who earn as much as 3000 pounds during the season, are also depicted, followed by a brief look at how the hides are skinned and prepared before being transported to the leather factories of Sydney and Melbourne.
The aborigines are without a doubt some of the gutsiest toughest people I’ve ever seen. Living in one of the most dangerous countrysides in the world. Generations and generations of surviving off the land and still existing today. You cannot help but admire their customs and traditions. Very great video
I doubt the men in the water were in too much danger then. The "gators" ( Salties) as you can see, were hunted to the point of almost oblivion and were very shy. I was born in the Northern Territory and went back in 1968 for six weeks. We swam and fished in the Katherine River in many places, without the slightest fear, as well as other creeks etc.. The Salties were as far from man as they could get, way back in the remote areas. Then they became protected and on another visit in 2008 , I wasn't game to go near the water , as the "Snapping Handbags" as my brother calls them, are just everywhere! Loved the film, and the dug out canoe , and watching the Aboriginal men , with their tribal scars, go about things. Saltwater Crocs are now right down the east coast of Australia, and about 100 miles north of Brisbane. It will be exciting to watch when they finally make the northern surf beaches. It'll be "Save the women and kids, follow me"!!!
Same thing in the United States with alligators. There is a point where back in the 60s in the State of Florida there's only estimated to be a thousand individual alligators, now in the State of Florida alone there are over 1 million!!; But honestly every year at least a few people get eaten. Usually women walking their dogs
My grandfather was a croc shooter and taxidermist. I still have a 6 foot and a 3 foot crock he did after their last trip in 1974. I've got a "kuyu", a type of harpoon head he made.
Nowadays there are crocks everywhere, the days when we could swim pretty much anywhere are well and truely over.
Since the population has made a full recovery, why aren't they hunted again? I guess it would come in quite handy of some areas were to become croc free.
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We were still doing that in the late 70's in the Kimberley, (unofficially of course). The skins were sold to the Chinese crewmen of the Bakke ships who came to pickup processed beef from the Wyndham meat works. They apparently sold them in Hong Kong.
"...the third man has nothing to do..." really? Most badass move I've ever seen !
At 5:52 the man just lost his eardrums 😂😂😂
Wow! That was one of the bravest acts I've ever seen. Those guys are really tough.
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Legend of our past world
Indeed..
this is the best Australia movie about cro
Thanks! Big praise.
Nice sporterized Lee Enfields.
Just the run of the mill, about five thousand more kicking about.
Those crocodiles felt the power of a Lee Enfield .303 British.
And the winner is ...... That bloke Lee Enfield.... Again! 🙌👏
Bet that old Chevy blitz is still going! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺😜🐊
I was gonna ask what that truck was,I could see the Chevy bowtie on front, never heard of them before. Looks like a hell of a rig.
@@dcrog69 Those trucks were both Fords and Chevs, all were 4 x 4, and were built in the USA for the Allied militaries during WWII, and were commonly referred to as 'puddle-jumpers". In 1970, I went halves with a mate in a used one in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was a faultless Chev, with only 43,000 miles on it. I recall we paid $600 for it. We used it for wild venison recovery, as the truck was ideal for fording deep NZ glacial rivers where the deer live and you could load about 30 deer carcasses onto it. Ours still had the machine-gun mount on its roof and a trap door on the cab so the passenger could pop open the trap door and man the machine gun in a hurry if they came under attack. After the war ended you could buy one of these trucks for a song, some as new, and many went to Australia and New Zealand to work on remote sheep stations. They can carry quite a few tons, much much more than a Landrover can haul. They are low-geared, and top speed of ours on the open road was around 40mph. And very thirsty on gas. During the war, something like 1.5 miilion Jeeps were built for the Allied military, and you could pick one of those up after the war for next to nothing, in new condition.
I'm gonna tell you something... When that guy jumped out of that boat after that crocodile I nearly crapped me pants.
Australian Tarzan
Bul-bul was one of the finest Trackers, and this would have been almost mundane for him.
If the person shown is the same, some record of him being preserved like this is historic.
I love these old films.
Suck'em then
.303 Brit. Much used and loved up here in Canada 🇨🇦 Everybody has one around my corner of the world Greatly interesting video.
Here the call it "three nought three", and the Ishapore Lee Enfield is simply called "Three nought three rifle" (not seen much now)
I was just thinking, "A sporterized .303 might be a great rifle for this", and then it was shown that it's what the hunter was using. 👍
I hope Aussies are still allowed to own these.
P.S.: He nearly blew that poor aboriginal guy's eardrums out!
. 303 is good enough to do the job..
The were cheap surplus rifles all over the commonwealth.
I initially thought they were crazy for going out in that canoe...and then the guy jumped in the water
Ahh...Yep, just keeps getting crazier.
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@ fresh water is harmless? Are you kidding me? You must say they are less agressive than Salt water
@ REally, then you do it. Make a video. Remember they are harmless.
I love old videos like this... they are just interesting to me.
Thanks for the feedback. You've definitely come to the right place then, we've got a lot of them.
I like the film about Australia.Thank you
Brilliant Ive been through the Tørres Straits wonderful people and culture.
Thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!
Watching from New Zealand.
The most dangerous critter we've got roaming lives in Wellington in a beehive.
bees actually kill more people in Australia than crocodiles do
Do. They sting? 😜 😎
Maurice Upton- ba-ha ha. Nice one.
most dangerous critter living in Wellington is St Jacinda
i remember these shows on tv when i was a kid this was a dream for me to be living just like these guys my first heros haha how quickly that free neasy lifestyle disappeared is a shame but had to be oh well was cool just being on the edge of those times
Enjoyed the high quality movie made almost 70 years ago, dangerous work sometimes going after the crocks.
1949
Good movie from a less hysterical age.
I am offended! I'm going to talk to my lawyer about this comment.
Thanks for sharing NFSA Films. Reminds me of the late, great Tom Cole who from memory used a .303/270? Sadly this was from a different era that is well worth reading up on.
Tom coles books are amazing.
303/270 is correct
I swam with crocodiles in Australia's Top End... in the Kimberlies of West Australia!
Not to mention Cape York
..nice modified Enfield no. 1 MK3 rifle...
These guys are fearless
Awesome video
1949
Интересный фильм. Жаль, от России до Австралии очень далеко, а у нас крокодилы не водятся, было бы интересно на них поохотиться.
I would like to try croc meat but if i don't like it i am happy there is one less .
Love the "Aussue salute".
Aussie salute.
When the crocs weren't protected up until the early 70's a sheila looked a bit like Jane from Tarzan, used 2 hunt crocs for a living up in the Territory.
Wow, at first I expected crocodile Harry showing up, must have been his active time there in the swamps... pretty cool vid showing there was a time men got more guts than nowadays.
Yes more guts with a big gun..................cowards indeed.
This was just after WW2 many a demobed soldier did this after getting out, it helped them reajust, and culled the crocs, now we have beta cucks who defend sharks and crocs while caring little for the locals whos kids get LITTERALLY EATEN ALIVE by these monsters.....the crocs, not the greenies.
Jump in with a wounded croc you can’t see, now that’s guts...!
Man I was surprised to see a chevy emblem on that truck 👍👍🇺🇸
Beautiful old video love to much more some of them
Excuse me mate , could I trouble you to hold my beer while I sort this bugger out?
Some fine belts, hat bands and boots there 🐊
Always fancied a pair of real crocodile shoes, but when I caught one it wasn't wearing any...Doh!
I love this channel. Never saw this one before. This guy was crazy when he jumped in the river after that crocodile 🐊. What happened if the 🐊 was a lot bigger.
Never heard a BBC Australian accent before! lol
Wow those men had balls the size the size of 🎃 back then. You wouldn't catch me in a boat that size in a river full of monsters.
Rifle is a sporterized Lee-Enfield.
303-25's were very popular in the old days..
5.53 in to the filming blowed the mans ear drums out,
Very cool, greetings from Indonesia my brother
so this is why my crocs have holes all over them
I think the crocs were more distressed by some of the sounds and sights in this video.
brilliant upload thanks NFSA
This video tells you more about this stuff that anything else from this day and age
Heroes!
crocs more like you're gonna be my new pair of docs lol
The man dives into murky water after a crock, talk about skill, or, bravery!!!
It was a fresh water croc. He wouldn't have done it with a saltie.
Man the crocs were already dead
they do know there environment very well..
Excellent footage !
So that put that one guy in the middle of the boat because he has the biggest, heaviest balls on the boat diving in the water like that.
Some young crocs in this would be around 5 plus metres long by now.
Dude, this video was shot in 1949. This is 2019. Do u think there will be some crocs of that time still alive?
5:52 r.i.p eardrum
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Hahahah this is my old account and made myself laugh
Give war a chance.
Lamao, his rextn is so funny
Did dude just JUUMP IN THE WATER WITH A VERY ANGRY CROC? Nope...nope. I'm out.
I swear I have heard the background music in old westerns
Good Hunter.
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Awesome!
I just realized one of my 80's local movie inspired by this movie
most dangerous animal on earth shows who´s boss.
Paper scissors rock who's jumping in lol..
The black guy, lol.
Thanks for sharing a great older video of how it used to be done.
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback. Probably best to NOT try any of these methods at home!
how could u fokin catch and kill a CROCODILE AT HOME?
Zdenko Pekar, How could u ask such a stupid fokin QUESTION? (Heavy\Sarcasm)
"I do feel a fear and hatred of these brutes and a desire to kill them." ~ Winston Churchill
Those where not the only ones he wanted to kill
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you sure he was talking about crocodiles or indians ?
Probably talking about Indians that racist prick.
That racist prick saves you from nazis
@@shawne02 Can't a man be morally wrong on one issue and right about another? Of course they can.
Beauteful
Lee Enfield strikes again!
These hunters are no joke land or water the men and the crocodiles.
The good old SANE days when people's safety took priority over crocs, people used to be able to safely swim in rivers and sea up until the insane Greenies decided human lives were worth less than a croc.
usually greenies lives in places without saltyes otherwise their minds would quickly change lol
Best Crocodile Dundee movie
About a $13.00 rifle there killing those critters. The mighty .303 has killed a millions of bad men and critters all over the world.
Jim Bob13 yup thats for sure and filled a huge nomber of tags. When l was a boy they were a common sight in the back window of pickup trucks 😂
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Every nations used military rifles become a cheap surplus option for civilians. And the Lee Enfeild was a great rifle.
ITS so genially AND fabulous story
These people eat crocodile & crocodile eating them back. Recycling concept was there from ancient
Australian accents have changed a lot since then.
they were a lot better then in media
That croc wrestling looked so fake.
I'm more interested in that old Chevy swamp truck
No kidding , looked a bit like a unimog / deuce cross
Its called a chev blitz , military truck
There's a documentary about an Outback postman , from recollection it called ' Back of beyond ' . The route was Adelaide to Birdsville . Basically a story of the struggles en route , features similar vehicles . There was a book published as well . I'm sure you would enjoy both .
There's a video on RUclips ' Bush Tuckerman in his Chevy Blitz . You may enjoy it .
He is braVest man I saw on RUclips. With increase in technology man has become fearful
Crazy man. So brave and good skil 🙈
6:03 Fetch!
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Esses crocodilos....
Let's have some sanity and common sense. Put people before crocodiles. Cull the crocodiles humanely and let's get back to enjoying our waterways without the risks resulting from the senseless "conservation-at-any-cost" attitude of the bleeding-hearts who are happy to see the country be overrun by dangerous reptiles. It was once safe to go for a swim in our beautiful rivers, but not anymore, and crocodiles were never at risk of extinction.
There were less than 3000 crocs in Australia in 74, 4 more years of hunting they’d be eradicated Same as the Saltie is in Vietnam Cambodia laos Thailand & Burma, from a population of 200,000 before the country started commercial hunting in the 30s, the Northern rivers of Australia are home of the crocodile and not for people to be prancing around in you’ve got swimming baths for that & water world , nothing stopping you from having a dip in the Mary river though ….
He doesn't even clean his own rifle.
Does a resturant owner do the dishes ?
going to need a bigger boat
I thought the Arabian pearl hunters were tough, after this guy dives in after the croc, I want another term for hard as rock or tough as nails.
Need to bring these guys back and get rid of crocs in the north. They are taking over.
The good old .303 British cartridge get's a croc.
@silver fox They didn't have the .600 Nitro Express at the time.
@@henerymag600 NE was invented long before this film was made.
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5:52 LOL and then 10:25 I guess he is saying only his right ear is working.
on 5:52 is that you
the good old days
nice video
Well, they actually jumped into the crocodile territory like nothing under there
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