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Marvellous Melbourne

1910 · 14 min · AU

Directed by Charles Cozens Spencer

Charles Cozens Spencer, Cosens Spencer, Australia, 1910. Marvellous Melbourne: Queen City of the South is a 1910 documentary of Melbourne that takes the audience through the hotspots of its central business district and surrounding features. Published in 1910, the film stands as the oldest surviving documentary of the city. Silent, about 14 minutes. Internet Archive holds an embeddable print. Foreign production; catalogued unverified because source-country term is not cleared.

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1910 · Source: Internet Archive

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

Internet Archive · FM-50; archive MarvellousMelbourne; 14m 18s (858 s)

Cast & Crew

Charles Cozens Spencer · Director

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