
Short film showing the opening ceremony for University House, at the Australian National University in Canberra, on 16 February 1954.
This excerpt shows the the arrival of dignitaries and the official opening speech by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. His Highness was then given a tour of the building and surrounds.
This film was made by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit and produced by the Australian National Film Board.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.