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Whitlam Dismissal: Scanned frame grab
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Title:
Whitlam Dismissal: Scanned frame grab
NFSA ID
554993
Year
1975
Courtesy
Seven Network
Camera operator Bob Wilesmith shot the only surviving original film at Parliament House on 11 November 1975, when Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his government from office.
This frame grab of Gough Whitlam comes from the scanned surviving film footage.
Read more about The 1975 Whitlam Dismissal: Preserving the Footage
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