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Filmmaker Alexander Nicoll made a range of home movies in Australia from the 1930s to the 1960s. The family film collection was donated to ACMI by Alexandar’s son Mac.
This reel features scenes of the family in the countryside, walking, driving and a visit to the ‘Sea Winds Cafe’.
Selected highlights list:
00:00:45:00 after views of a large waterway and the countryside, people standing by a 1940s car and a ‘Bonds Greyhound Line’ bus
00:01:33:00 road footage taken from inside the car
00:02:00:00 women and dog wandering along through grassland
00:02:30:00 woman knitting in a deckchair
00:03:05:00 a cafe for which we see a glimpse of the sign before the footage ends, ‘Sea Winds Cafe’
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003502
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Social life and customs
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Country life - Australia
History → Women's clothing - History
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy
16mm film; Master
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation