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With the Melbourne Police Patrol

1930

With the Melbourne Police Patrol

1930

  • NFSA ID3GZH5ZR3
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormNewsreel, Series
  • Year1930

Shows the work of the Melbourne Motor Police Patrol. Opens with a pan shot of a number of men in plain clothes, presumably detectives, outside a police station and sitting in stationary cars. Shows a staged police car chase and the arrest of two men followed by shots of detectives removing stolen goods, weapons and contraband from a car. A motorcade of uniformed police riding motorcycles with sidecars and shots of policemen on parade. Concludes with shots of a traffic policeman at work.

Shows the work of the Melbourne Motor Police Patrol. Opens with a pan shot of a number of men in plain clothes, presumably detectives, outside a police station and sitting in stationary cars. Shows a staged police car chase and the arrest of two men followed by shots of detectives removing stolen goods, weapons and contraband from a car. A motorcade of uniformed police riding motorcycles with sidecars and shots of policemen on parade. Concludes with shots of a traffic policeman at work.

  • Production company
    Australasian Films
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