The Story of the Southern Cross

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Creator: Pilgrim Productions Ltd

Complete Record: Cartoon depicting an Aboriginal creation myth. Opens with a zoom into cross constellation within animated still of stars. Following the titles, film shows several stills of aboriginal images of animals and star formations. Film pans across sketchy images of the Australian wilderness. Shown are Ayers Rock and several different animals. Humans form out of the mud and hunt the animals. A tree is uprooted and flies through the air much to the astonishment of the humans. Their eyes become the stars of the Southern Cross.