The Queen in Australia
(2019, original release: 1954)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1954
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6024827
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

A landmark in Australian history THE QUEEN IN AUSTRALIA not only records the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia, it was also the first colour, feature-length documentary made in Australia. This historic program provides nationwide coverage of the 1954 Royal Tour by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh—a two-month journey that took in every facet of Australian life: garden parties at Government House, dancers at the Tivoli, racing at Randwick, tennis at Kooyong with Rosewall and Hoad, cricket with the Don, even a meeting with Papua New Guinean tribal chiefs. The young royals visited every state in the nation. They toured the Newcastle steel mills and Mildura vineyards, saw woodchopping at Wagga and the Flying Doctor Service at Broken Hill. This film captures it all

Film

In Process Record

Don Bradman, Duke of Edinburgh, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Queen Elizabeth II, Robert Menzies, William Slim

Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1954

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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