Full Title: Marvellous Melbourne - Queen City of the South An early documentary film about the City of Melbourne, then the interim capital city of Australia. Made in 1910. The director Charles Cozens Spencer was famous for his bushranger films: "Captain Starlight" (Robbery Under Arms), "Captain Midgnight - The Bush King", "The Life and Adventures of John Vane, The Notorious Australian Bushranger", "Dan Morgan, The Terror of the Australian Bush" (Mad Dog Morgan). He also made the 1915 Film "The Shepherd of the Southern Cross." He introduced Australia's greatest silent film-maker, Raymond Longford, to the business. He died in September 1930 (he shot himself after going on a killing spree in Canada). Special contents of this edition copyright 2010 Shane I Sullivan. Permission to use these items is granted under creative commons licence.
"Delightful time travel! "
"In 1988, a close friend painstakingly restored this movie for the National Film and Sound Archives. Here is his original restored movie with the narra..."
"What a fascinating insight into the old world before the World Wars. I noticed a definate lack of automobiles this is 1910, I counted just four at var..."