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Swagman from 'Click go the Shears'
Image Not Available for Swagman from 'Click go the Shears'

Swagman from 'Click go the Shears'

Artist (Australian, 1927 - 1998)
Datec 1958
Object number00018834
NameAnimation slide
MediumAcrylic, ink, transparent plastic
DimensionsSheet: 302 x 335 mm
Overall: 302 x 335 mm, 0.037 kg
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Ralph Sawyer
DescriptionStill from the animated film 'Click Go the Shears' produced by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit. Cel depicts a long white bearded man with swag and a bag of sugar. Wharf worker and artist Harry Reade designed and drew the foreground figures and Clem Millward, fellow worker and artist, painted the staic background panels. History'Click Go the Shears' was the second animated film in the "Land of Australia" series, this film was produced produced by Jock Levy, Keith Gow, Norma Disher of the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit.