The Queen In Australia - Hobart
1954
The Queen In Australia - Hobart
1954
- NFSA IDBGD9P0PW
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration57 mins, 32 secs
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1954
The Queen In Australia includes the Queen's 1954 visit to Hobart.
Made by The National Film Board and directed by Colin Dean this film is the official record of her trip. The Queen in Australia is a landmark in Australian history. It not only records the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia, it was also the first colour, feature-length film made in this country.
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, and this film captures it all. The result is a remarkable and revealing insight into our nation in the 1950s.
The Queen In Australia includes the Queen's 1954 visit to Hobart.
Made by The National Film Board and directed by Colin Dean this film is the official record of her trip. The Queen in Australia is a landmark in Australian history. It not only records the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia, it was also the first colour, feature-length film made in this country.
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, and this film captures it all. The result is a remarkable and revealing insight into our nation in the 1950s.
- NFSA IDBGD9P0PW
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration57 mins, 32 secs
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1954
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