This is an episode from an early Australian documentary series produced by the Cinesound Movietone News Company in the late fifties. About 20 episodes were made covering the early 30s until the early 50s. In this episode, you will see The King, The Prime Minister, The Queen of Tonga, Aboriginals demonstrating boomerangs, Mexicans demonstrating precision knive throughing, A massive Boy Scout meeting, The winner of the Archibald prize, a man who lost both arms, some babies, German Sheperds, Sharks, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (aviation pioneer) and a fat man riding a hippo.
"Well... not really. 1935 in America was during the height of the Great Depression. I don't know how well Australia made it through the decade but I kn..."
"These travelogues were very popular in movie theaters for many years. This is how we used to get our introductions to the peoples of the world. Thes..."
"yes thanks, appreciated. More if you have them would also be appreciated. Not much of a show - a disjointed stringing together of newsreel footage - ..."
"This is a good show, post some more if you have them."