Killer whale (Old Tom) and whalers - original
Summary
Still from early documentary film, first shown publicly in 1912.
In the foreground is a killer whale (Orcinus orca) named Old Tom, swimming alongside a whaling boat that is being towed by a harpooned whale (out of frame to the right). A whale calf can be seen between Old Tom and the boat. The whalers were based in Eden, New South Wales, Australia.
Sources for description: [1], [2]
Tags
Date
1912
Source
[3]. The NLA id bar has been cropped off the uploaded file. This is a still from an early documentary film, produced in 1910 and first shown to the public in Sydney in 1912.[4]
Copyright info
Public Domain
