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Produced in 2003.

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03:01:30 | Title
03:01:34 | Jim Creffield walking toward termite mounds. Shots of feet walking through long grass.Various shots of termite mounds.
03:01:56 | CU of termites on side of mound.
03:02:02 | CU of Inspecting termite damage in timber.
03:02:05 | 4WD driving along flooded track with researchers,
03:02:09 | Montage of laboratory work.
03:02:34 | CU - termites
03:02:40 | Interview - Jim Creffield
03:02:55 | Termite field collection of a 44 gallon drum wrapped in silver insulation then unloaded and viewed.
03:03:41 | Title: Mastotermes darwiniensis CU -termites
03:03:49 | Jim Creffield arriving on location in 4 WD. Termite (mastotermes) field collection of a 44 gallon drum wrapped in silver insulation then unloaded and viewed.Jim inspects termite nest by hand and separates uninjured insects.
03:05:02 | CU - termites on crushed nest material
03:05:06 | Title: Coptotermes acinaciformisCU - termites and hands pulling nest apart
03:05:14 | CU - termites and eggs
03:05:18 | Two researchers breaking up above ground termite mound.
03:05:34 | Sitting men breaking up pieces of termite mound and sieving in field.
03:05:42 | Lab work in caravan. (separating termites, placingin jars, weighing and packing for transport)
03:06:02 | Plywood manufacturer. Cutting pieces of plywood. Placing plywood in humidity room
03:06:27 | Interview - Jim Creffield
03:06:30 | Plywood manufacturer shots using additives, glue mixing, pouring mixture onto rollers, placing plywood sheets through rollers, placing in cold press and hot press.
03:06:50 | Interview - Jim Creffield
03:06:54 | Lab work. Artificial weathering. Soaking jars of plywood cubes.
03:07:08 | Jim Creffield comparing treated ply with non treated ply exposed to termites.
03:07:30 | CU - comparison of treated ply and non treated ply exposed to termites
03:07:36 | Interview - Jim Creffield
03:07:44 | CU - comparison of treated ply and non treated ply exposed to termites
03:07:49 | Cargo containers on trucks and stacked on docks.
03:08:17 | Interview - Jim Creffield
03:08:24 | Interview - Grant Ryan, AQISGrant conducting quarantine inspection of timber components of cargo container.
03:08:56 | Studies of environment ally-friendly preservatives for wood. Loading timber samples into vacuum pressure treatment cylinder.
03:09:22 | Jim Creffield conducting lab work with termites, Sieving termites form nest material, sorting and collecting. hands on , close ups.
03:09:59 | Montage of shots showing whole process.
03:10:33 | End