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Keepin' Silent: a Selection of Australian Silent Films, 1896-1930

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National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
Magner, Betty
Dooley, Marilyn
Withers, Eve
Davies, Matthew

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A selection of rare and entertaining films made in Australia's silent era, including newsreels, home movies, animation, documentary, actuality, advertisements, narrative shorts and features from the national collection of motion picture. -- Actuality : Melbourne Cup 1896 -- Ethnographic : Torres Strait Island (1898) --Feature fragments : The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) -- Newsreel : Ballarat Kennel Club (1912) -- Advertisement : Lasker & Lasker Surf Outfitters (c1925) -- Newsreel : Cartoons of the moment : the war zoo (c1915) -- Advertisement : The charmed cup (1929) --Feature scene : The Sentimental Bloke (1919) --Advertisement : Beautiful lines of the woman triumphant (1920s) -- Featurette : The Adventures of Dot (1927) -- Advertisement : Beautiful Middle Harbour (1928) --Newsreel : Bert Hinkler arrives in Melbourne (1928) -- Home movie : Country life (1920s) -- Industrial : Sheep to shop (1920s)

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This video recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Australian National University

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