[Raymond Penington Home Movies: Reel 5]

The Raymond Penington Home Movie Collection is a collection of 16mm colour and black-and-white films made between 1938 and 1965. Dr. Raymond Penington (born 1903) was a medical doctor from Melbourne, Victoria. He and his wife Edith lived in Papua New Guinea in the late 1920s before returning to Melbourne in 1931 and settling in Canterbury. They had three children, Margaret, Vivienne and Jocelyn. His home movies focus on family life in Melbourne and holidays in regional Victoria.

This film follows four different trips made by the Penington family around Victoria.

Much of the film is scenic though there are moments throughout featuring the Penington children.

It begins briefly in the Yarra Valley with the William Barak memorial and journeys through Marysville to Lake Eildon where the Eildon Dam can be seen.

The second trip is around Melbourne and includes scenes of Como Park, the Shrine of Remembrance, the Fitzroy Gardens and the Botanical Gardens. Also seen is the Church Street Bridge, MacRobertson Bridge and a few street views with old cars, buses and Melbourne trams.

The third trip is a brief trip to the town of Colac with the soldier’s memorial. Unlike the rest of the film this portion is in colour.

The last trip travels through Gisborne to Mount Macedon with many scenic views from the mountain.

The film finishes with a snow fight and a scene of Cameron Lodge Gardens covered in snow.

Selected highlights list:
00:00:12:00 memorial to William Barak
00:01:16:00 picnic table in forest with Dr Raymond Penington and friends, Maryville
00:02:00:00 Eildon Lake
00:02:12:00 Warburton Dam
00:04:10:00 Jocelyn Penington and older sister on small boat
00:04:49:00 MacRobertson Bridge to Church Street Bridge, Melbourne
00:06:01:00 St Kilda Road with trams and vintage cars
00:16:18:00 the Shrine of Remembrance
00:06:40:00 the Conservatory and Captain Cook’s cottage, Fitzroy Gardens
00:07:15:00 street view with vintage cars and buses
00:07:27:00 Ornamental Lake, Botanical Gardens
00:09.05:00 street in Colac, showing many old vintage cars and the soldier’s memorial
00:10:57:00 Mount Macedon Memorial cross
00:13:01:00 snow covered mountains and snow fight
00:14:00:00 Cameron Lodge Gardens covered in snow, Mount Macedon