[KenRa Films Present: the Kenneth Rankine Home Movie Collection: Reel 33]

Kenneth Carruthers Rankine (1890 - 1968) was a keen amateur cinematographer and filmmaker. This collection of his home movies has been donated to ACMI by Kenneth’s granddaughter. The collection represents a wonderful slice of life in Australia; with contents including scenes of everyday life, major family occasions, holidays around Victoria and views of Melbourne.

This film introduces the third Wootton child. Of particular note are the examples of hand made and hand knitted clothing worn by the children.

Selected highlights list:
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00:00:00:00 to 00:14:00:00 introduction of a third child to the Wootton family, with the three children sitting in the garden on the outdoor cane chairs very typical of the era; the older two children are showing their growing confidence in front of the camera.

00:02:11:00 we see a shot of the family in formal clothes , typical of the ‘Sunday best’ way of dressing and posing for photographs at the time.

00:02:40:00 to 00:02:59:00 shows the now toddler’s first steps to confident running around the lawn.