personal record. Little, brian. [cutting and stacking oats, dipping sheep, hand shearing]

Hui Hui Farm house. Cutting oats with horse power in hill country. Interestingly shaped haystacks. Stacking oats onto truck. Trailer and three horses wandering over farmland. Men drinking tea in field at smoko. Stacking hay. Weeding. Smoko. Sheep drenching in stocks. Sheep dipping. Draught horses. Crawler tractor and discs cutting up land. Shearing with hand shears.

Note: Brian Little was the grandson of James Little, the originator of the Corriedale sheep breed. Shot with a camera bought in London in 1935, Brian’s films firstly date pre-war, then move forward to troops embarking at Lyttelton. Finally, the films depict country and farm life on the family sheep station Hui Hui in Hawarden, North Canterbury, during the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Brian’s principle leisure hobbies were boat building, and a love of automobiles. Both interests are reflected in his films.