Wheat Harvesting c1925

Clip 4: Street scenes in rainy Melbourne

1 min 14 sec

Taken from the historical footage Wheat Harvesting c1925 (c1925)

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 clip shows traffic and pedestrians in central Melbourne during the 1920s.

Curator’s notes

This observational clip shows the bustle of city life. The clip is silent and does not have intertitles.

People are fascinated by the camera – they stop to watch.

Elizabeth Taggart-Speers, curator

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