FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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South Australia, Wealth of the State on Show in Adelaide

A look at the attractions of the 1963 Royal Adelaide Show.
Series : Australian Colour Diary | Episode : 24 | Year : 1963 | Total Duration : 4 Minutes |
Director : Jack S Allan |
Marching girls on parade ground at Royal Adelaide Show. Crowd watching. Wood cutting competition, showjumping, Bunting and flags fluttering in wind. Inside industrial and agricultural pavillion, displays of mopeds, CU young women with short hair and glasses, cheeses, light fittings, mosaics, Venetian glass, high heeled shoes, flowers, good CUs of flowers. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 44010 | 1 min 7 secs | 1960s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Children's apple packing competition at Royal Adelaide Show. Good CU's children's faces. Winner Michael Armstrong winning, smiles, crowd clapping. Merino sheep inspected for choice of Grand Champion Merino Ram, fleece pulled apart to inspect wool, sashes presented. Sign to sextuplet lambs, born at Mr G Butler's property at Penola, children looking at lambs with mother sheep. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 130868 | 1 min 27 secs | 1960s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Men on stage at Royal Adelaide Show giving shearing exhibition including international shearing demonstrator Ron Bennier (phonetic) and Australian champion Kevin Starr (phonetic). Children in crowd watching. CU's shearing, fleece removed and trimmed by man in white coat. Horses and cattle in grand parade. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 130869 | 56 secs | 1960s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |