Centennial in Sound and Film

Sound

Tour of the Exhibition

Introduction (1min 50sec, 1.3mb)
Interview with Charles Hainsworth, manager of the exhibition (3min 20sec, 2.9mb)
Interview with W.T. Trethewey, sculptor (4min 51sec, 2.9mb)]

Speech by Prime Minister M.J. Savage

Savage's Speech (2min 26sec, 2.1mb)

Speech by Governor General Lord Galway

These extracts are taken from a 20 minute speech at the opening. The quality is not great, but it is quite intelligible.
Introduction (47secs, 676k)
'Best of British Stock' (33 secs, 471k)
About the Exhibition (2mins 03secs, 1.7mb)
More on the Exhibition (2mins, 06secs, 1.8mb)

Film

These clips are available in both Windows Media and RealPlayer format. To download Realplayer - click on logo for link.

The clips are taken from an amateur silent colour film taken by the Exhibition architect, Edmund Anscombe. They have been reproduced at a high enough resolution to be viewed in Real Player's full screen mode. They are large files and will take several minutes to download for those relying on dial-up access — but we feel they are well worth the wait! The pictures on this page are stills captured from the film — most link to larger versions. There are text descriptions of each clip. Film is courtesy of Jock Phillips and the Anscombe family. Read a biography of Edmund Anscombe.