7th Division march in Melbourne

Accession Number F07113
Collection type Film
Measurement 6 min 24 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Pentreath, Albert Stanley
Rintel, David Leslie
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 22 April 1944
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Troops resting on lawns in Alexander Gardens before march. Two Military Medal winners speaking to camera. Patients in hospital beds being lifted from motor truck in city street. Patients in hospital beds at side of city street. Troops march right to left along Swanston Street and across Collins Street corner. The first part of the march moving right to left past the Saluting Base at the Town Hall. VX9 General George Alan Vasey CB CBE DSO, leaves march and proceeds to position on dais. The Governor of Victoria, Sir Winston Dugan KCMG CB DSO takes salute on dais outside Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC.

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