THE SKIN GAME

Rights Information
Year
1937
Reference
F3061
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1937
Reference
F3061
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:16:34
Production company
Jack Welsh

Made by J.K. Mooney and Co., Dunedin, this film traces all stages of the rabbit fur industry.

Shows the rabbits being poisoned, the skins being loaded on a steam train at Fairlie, being sorted at stores in Dunedin and shipped to New York.

0:00:11 “An educational picture demonstrating in a practical manner the rabbit skin industry as carried out in one of the most southern parts of the world; Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.”

0:00:23 “ We will endeavour to show you the industry from the time the rabbit is caught until the skin is made up into the manufactured garment”.

0:03:28 “Fatting, wiring and stretching the skins”.

0:04:10 “Stretching the skins”.

0:04:22 “Stripping and pressing the skins ready for packing”.

0:05:25 “At Lake Pukaki, Mooney’s representative inspecting skins before consigning to Dunedin”.

0:06:23 “500 hares were shot by 82 gunmen in one afternoon at Hare Drive in Mackenzie Country, New Zealand”.

0:11:46 “One of the largest consignments of rabbit skins to ever leave Dunedin on its way to the wharf: 298 bales”.

0:13:58 “The ‘ Canadian Cruiser’ leaving Otago wharf direct to New York”.

0:14:47 “To give an idea of the colossal quantity of furs that New Zealand exports, our firm, J.K. Mooney and Co. Ltd., New Zealand, whoses brand JKM is well and favourably known, has handled in the last six months 4 million skins”.