Australasian Gazette – Dame Nellie Melba (c1920)
Synopsis
This black-and-white silent story from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba accompanied by John Lemmone, Lady Pamela Vestey as a child and others, walking along the deck of the passenger liner RMS Niagara, which has arrived in Sydney from Vancouver after a world tour.
Curator’s notes
Newsreels were an integral part of cinema programming in Australia before the advent of television in 1956. Issued on a weekly basis, the newsreels enabled people to further engage with local and national political stories and events.
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)
| Production company | Australasian Films |
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Acknowledgements
Cinesound–Movietone Productions owns all copyright which may subsist in this footage.
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