The Queen In Australia
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Republished in 4K on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1954. Directed by Colin Dean. This film is the official record of the 1954 tour of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen in Australia is a landmark in Australian history. It not only records the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia, it was also the first colour, feature-length documentary made in this country. This historic program provides nationwide coverage of the 1954 Royal Tour by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - a two-month journey that took in every facet of Australian life: garden parties at Government House, dancers at the Tivoli, racing at Randwick, tennis at Kooyong with Rosewall and Hoad, cricket with the Don, even a meeting with Papua New Guinean tribal chiefs. The young royals visited every state in the nation, and this film captures it all. The result is a remarkable and revealing insight into our nation in the 1950s.
See a production still from this film here: www.flickr.com/photos/nfsa/870...
Read more about the film on NFSA here: aso.gov.au/titles/documentarie...
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Finally! The full film! Makes me feel extra proud to own one of the fibreglass crowns that was fixed to the cars in the Royal procession. I can watch this and say "I think it's that one you know...."
@NFSAFilms
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Thanks Rusty. That sounds like a nice souvenir. We've had the full film published here on KZread since 2014. But have now uploaded this 4K restored version. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for uploading this excellent well preserved film.
@NFSAFilms
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You're very welcome. Thanks for letting us know enjoyed it.
@jesusislukeskywalker4294
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we would all be lost without you NFSA Films 👍🏻
@danrobinson572
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@@NFSAFilms awesome 👏 video thanks 🙏
@NFSAFilms
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@Jesus is Luke Skywalker And us without you. Thanks for watching and letting us know.
Thank you for posting this interesting film. I really do think Australians were happier back in those days with simpler life’s. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
RIP my Queen, long live the King
What a wonderful achievement by the film crew, I can certainly understand why the Queen was admired for her dedication, it is shown here in abundance.
Thanks NFSA for putting this on. RIP Our Glorious Queen.
Marvellous. Please keep these moments of our late Queen coming along.
Thank you NFSA, what a memorable film. ❤
@NFSAFilms
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You're welcome.
This is quite wonderful! What a time of optimism
Incredible footage. Warmest thanks for posting.
@NFSAFilms
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Our pleasure!
Magnificent. Thank you.
An incredible document, thank you NFSA.
@NFSAFilms
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Our pleasure!
@48:20 I never realised they visited Woomera. Interesting to see the footage of a rocket launch!
Awesome 👏
@NFSAFilms
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Thanks 🤗
Where and how do you get these in really good quality? These are amazing, the queen in Australia. R.I.P. The queen
@NFSAFilms
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Hi Kazashi. The National Film and Sound Archive and the National Archives of Australia hold many 35mm film components for this film. The National Archives of Australia scanned this 4K copy from prints held in their collection. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@HachiroYamadako7364
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@@NFSAFilms ah ok, thanks and no problem
Long live the king
4:10 I read in a biography of QEII that there was quite a bit of controversy about who would greet her first when she set foot in Australia. It was because of the officiousness and jockeying of the Lord Mayor that a floating temporary dock thing was constructed so that when HM stepped off the royal barge, the Governor-General and the PM could be the first to greet her, and then when she stepped onto land, the Lord Mayor got to do his bit.
Better times
This is awesome. Vinaka Australia.
You can so now see the similarity between the new Prince of Wales and his Grandfather!!!
I love my British blood.
Maravilloso todo ❤
Was this film shot on 16mm?
@NFSAFilms
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Hi Viva. This film was shot on 35mm Ferraniacolor. The first feature length documentary shot in colour in Australia. At the end of each day’s shoot, the original negative was flown to England for processing by Denham Laboratories. The material from the first day’s shoot of the Queensland leg of the tour was lost in a plane crash in Singapore. The original negatives and prints are stored at the National Archives of Australia and the NFSA. The NAA scanned this 4K copy from prints held in their collection.
@prudencepineapple9448
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@@NFSAFilms Fascinating footnote!
1:06:52