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Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder

1899

Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder

1899

    This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. It shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop while labourers stack the wheat sheaves.

    Summary by Elizabeth Taggert - Speers

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    By arrangement with the Queensland Museum

    This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. It shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop while labourers stack the wheat sheaves.

    Summary by Elizabeth Taggert - Speers

    Courtesy of
    By arrangement with the Queensland Museum
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    • A static Lumière Cinematographe has been used to capture the wheat harvest on a property in Queensland. Wills and Mobsby carried out what is believed to be the world’s first government-funded film project, commissioned in October 1898.

      Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder Synopsis

      This actuality footage shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop while labourers stack the wheat sheaves.

      Curator's notes

      This footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. A static Lumière Cinematographe has been used to capture the wheat harvest on a property in Queensland.

      Notes by Elizabeth Taggert - Speers

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