Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts IX - XII

Clip 1: Train at Coogee Carnival

0 min 56 sec

Taken from the home movie Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts IX - XII (c1928)

Original title classification not rated – this clip chosen to be G

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Please note: this clip is silent

Curator’s clip description

An intertitle introduces this segment as the Coogee Carnival in December 1928. A mini-steam train on a circular track takes children for a ride. Crowds watch on from outside the track. The driver sits on the front engine. He is also shown taking tickets from the passengers.

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