This film is a vignette of suburban family life and recreation.
Some sections of this film are underexposed and a hair in the gate appears throughout.
The film opens with scenes of a rugby Union football match which could possibly be an inter-school sports match.
On a suburban street we see a group of teenage boys riding bicycles past parked cars which include a Buick, a Toyota Corolla and a Datsun 180B hitched up to a trailer.
The cyclists accompany the Datsun as it is driven along a Melbourne street past traffic lights, a Clearway sign and a Mobil petrol station.
Inside a weatherboard house, a white cat resides. The human incumbents mug for the camera. Marty (Maurie and Val’s son) pulls faces and tumbles about in slapstick prattfalls. He performs a Fireman carry on a damsel in distress. Playfully, he perches Val Jellay on his lap.
Originally made on 8mm film.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003917
Language
No spoken word
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Australian football
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour