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Social Doings Of The Week. (1933, March 16). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 53. Retrieved January 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90895435 |
We still have those home movies and I remember being shown them by my grandmother, Kathleen. My brother has had them copied to DVD.
Some stills of scenes that would have been viewed that evening in March 1933:
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HMS Effingham arriving Colombo Harbour |
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Aden from the Salt Works |
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Aden from the Salt Works (another scene) |
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Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem |
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Rhodes |
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Rhodes shipping |
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Constantinople |
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Athens Acropolis |
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Versailles |
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Stratford |
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Trooping the Colour – 1932 |
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Hendon Air Show – 1932 |
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Hendon Air Show |
The film of Hendon Air Show I found particularly fascinating.
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Hendon Air Show – Westland-Hill Pterodactyl flying wing – probably version iv, an experimental tailless aircraft |
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Hendon Air Show – gyrocopter? |
The pictures of Whitmore would seem to be those that were the backdrop for a comedy film called “A Run for his Money”. Unfortunately I am not able to capture any meaningful stills of Whitmore – the village and lake featured in the film as well as the grounds of Whitmore.
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Kathleen played the heroine Elsie Oozegold |
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Rafe Cavenagh-Mainwaring played the heroine’s father Isaac Oozegold, a Steel Magnet (sic 😉 ) |
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