Australia's First Newsreel Commentator Charles… 1965

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Australia.

Title reads 'Spring Racing Thrills'.

GV. Exterior of St. Luke's Hospital in Sydney. Various shots of Australia's first newsreel commentator Charles Lawrence in the hospital with a couple of nurses around him. He is also a columnist and an entertainer. Several good close...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
88416
Sort Number:
UN 4071 E
Time in/Out:
01:31:13:00 / 01:36:00:00
Canister:
UN 4071 E
Film ID:
3140.16
Issue Date:
1965

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