Whips Aka A Fair Crack (1940)

A fair crack. Australia. Various shots of a man plaiting kangaroo hide into stock whips. M/S as Ian Westbrook from New South Wales rides his carriage into a field. He selects a series of whips and performs some tricks, he whips a girl and spins her around then whips a cork out of a bottle. M/S as he whips a flower from the girl’s mouth. He takes a two handed whip and cracks it. Various shots of him with long whips including a 52 foot one which he manages to crack. End titles. 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 news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnew