St Kilda Esplanade c1912

Clip 1: St Kilda Esplanade

1 min 38 sec

Taken from the historical footage St Kilda Esplanade c1912 (c1912)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Please note: this clip is silent

Curator’s clip description

This short piece of actuality footage shows people at St Kilda including at the entrance to Luna Park, Daylight Pictures Cinema and a jetty at the beach.

Curator’s notes

In this clip, the camera remains mostly static, like some of the subjects in the film. At this time, people were not familiar with moving image and often posed for the camera like they were posing for a photograph or portrait. The last shot looks similar to that of a Seurat painting with its geometric form and structure.

Elizabeth Taggart-Speers, curator

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