Black and white early footage, tape 1
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00:00: Steam train arrives; passengers alight and climb steps. (Melbourne) -- 02:38: Trams and people in Brisbane city, late 1800s; Kanakas handing over bananas. -- 03:34: Cane cutters at work, slashing cane. -- 04:28: "Coonawarra" Murray River cruiser. (Movietone News) -- 05:31: Australian Cavalcade - A series of historical scenes and events covering the inauguration of the Commonwealth through to the 1940s, including: WWI: Gallipoli, Europe, Flanders; W.M. Hughes; soldier settlers; industry, science, and prickly pear eradication; aviation; first Federal Parliament sitting in Canberra; Papua / New Guinea; Antarctica; the 1920s; cricket (Bradman); PM Scullin and the Depression; Sydney Harbour Bridge (de Groot incident); QANTAS; PM Lyons; Mussolini/Italy; R.G. Menzies; WWII: Tobruk, Coral Sea battle; PM Curtin; PM Chifley; post-war migration; ANZAC Pact; aerial pan of Canberra. -- 36:09: W.M. Hughes referendum advertisements for cinema. -- 43:07: Melbourne Herald newsreel: gold mining. -- 45:12: 1913 naming of the Federal Capital.
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