British Parliamentary Delegation

Short account of a journey taken by United Kingdom and Canadian members of the Empire Parliamentary Association. Map of Australia. WS ocean liner passing under Sydney Harbour bridge and liner at wharf. MS well dressed delegates down gangplank and being welcomed by minister John Rosevear and Sir Ronald Cross, High Commissioner for the UK. MS delegates shaking hands as they file past.

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Circular Quay water. City buildings, city street scene with pedestrians crossing busy intersection in front of tram. Cityscape . Delegates from the Empire Parliamentary Association at Taronga Zoo. Dr Edith Summerskill holding koala. Two delegates feeding fairy penguins fish, delegation inspecting ships being built shipyard and welders at work.

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Delegates from the Empire Parliamentary Association boarding naval utility ship at Jervis Bay. VS to warships in harbour including destroyers, cruisers, corvettes. Good CUs of sailors. GS DC3 taxiing past hangar at Mascot Airport and taking off towards and over camera. WS map of Australia.

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WS Newcastle steel works with VS of buildings and workers in smelter and men working on steel for a ship's crankshaft. Ws map with graphic tracing route from Newcastle to Canberra. Aerial over Canberra POV plane through clouds. WS of Canberra and good shots of Parliament House, Prime Minister's Lodge and National War Memorial. VS delegates from the Empire Parliamentary Association at the War Memorial. WS delegates tossing coins into Pool of Reflection.

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Dame Enid Lyons with babies, mothers and nurses. Kangaroos bounding across paddock. Map of Australia Aerials over Snowy Mountains and Kosciuszko covered in snow. DC3 landing at Essendon Airport, Melbourne. Melbourne skyline and buildings around Melbourne. Delegates from the Empire Parliamentary Association posing for group photograph on steps. Main street and of Flinders Street station with crowds of pedestrians. Soldiers on R&R walking down street.

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Delegates inspect testing range near Melbourne and shown Australian made weapons. MS soldier firing gun. VS weaponry and soldiers assembling howitzer. VS delegates inspecting aircraft engineers assembling aircraft and placing engines. CU on man hammering large bolt into place in aircraft. Tilt to Mosquito plane on test flight over camera. VS merino sheep and CU on hands parting fleece on merino. Pan across paddock of sheep grazing and man on horseback herding them.

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Map of Australia tracing journey across to Hobart. Aerials of Hobart and Derwent River POV plane. High angle shot of man standing on rock with LS to city below. WS across water to Hobart with Mount Wellington behind. Delegates walking across Tasman Bridge with snow-capped Mount Wellington in background. WS map continuing journey to Launceston and Mildura. Aerials over suburban Mildura and rural patchwork of orchards. MS delegates amongst trees in orchard tasting oranges.

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Delegates from the Empire Parliamentary Association watching demonstration of pruning grape vines in Mildura. Brief aerial pan over vineyards and CU of grapes and sultanas being hand sorted and packaged into boxes. WS track of delegates on boat trip on the Murray River. VS delegates watching Catalina seaplane inspection and servicing. Map of Australia with graphic tracing progress to Adelaide. Aerial of main street in Adelaide and track along North Terrace, pans of official buildings and River Torrens. Good WS looking down Rundle Street with early cars, cyclists, pedestrians and shops.

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VS horseracing at Victoria Park Race Course, Adelaide. VS track, punters, bookies, track of race and jockey shaking woman's hand after race. Aerials over Iron Knob with much evidence of mining for iron ore. Low aerial track POV plane along railway line through desert leading to high aerial over steelworks at Whyalla. WS map of Australia showing progress to Forrest, SA. WS Empire Parliamentary Association delegates having makeshift morning tea in front of plane during desert pit stop.

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WS steam train on Trans Continental Railway towards and past camera then track along railway tracks running straight through desert to horizon POV train. Aerial over railway track, houses and desert of the Nullarbor Plain. WS map of Australia marking progress to Kalgoorlie, WA. Aerials over mines. VS Empire Parliamentary Association delegates mixing with miners. Aerial over small dotted clouds over mined landscape.

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WS map of Australia marking progress to Perth, WA. Aerials over Swan River and surrounding parklands. High shot over main street and WS wheat harvesting. CU farmers and farmer letting grain run through his fingers. High shot over Perth. WS map proceeding on to Alice Springs. WS steam train past camera with towering bluff behind. WS Alice Springs terminus and VS people emerging from Post and Telegraph Office reading mail. VS of cars along dirt streets.

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VS Empire Parliamentary Association delegates on cattle station. High shots over tightly packed steers being herded across river. WS map of Australia tracing paths to Darwin, NT and Cloncurry then Cairns Qld and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Army farmers displaying hand of bananas and a large cauliflower to camera. VS in Darwin of heavy machinery levelling land to build air fields for war defense.

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VS Empire Parliamentary Association delegates talking to airforce personnel from allied forces. MS units from various nations. Aerial display of spitfires. WS map showing convergence of routes in Brisbane then back to Sydney. WS delegates being ferried out to flying boat to continue trip to New Zealand. Various tracks of flying boat taking off.

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