Australian Town Of Bathurst Remembers AKA Bathurst Remembers (1965)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Australian newsreel item. Title reads: “150th Birthday: Bathurst Back To The Good Old Days“. Bathurst, Australia Various shots, 150th anniversary parade through the main street of Bathurst with people dressed in period costume and with old forms of transport from the early bullock carts, stage coaches, steam engine to present day cars etc. MS Two criminals in old day garb with two accompanying guards, walk towards old prison gates. Various shots, looking around historic building called Macquarie House, built in 1817 for the Commandant, now a museum and preserved by the Bathurst Historical Society. MS A couple of the society’s members dressed in period costume in a drawing room. LS Small church on hill. Note: Date on original record: 04/04/1965. Commentary. FILM ID:3106.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
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