Marvellous Melbourne (1910)

Directed by

Charles Cozens Spencer

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is an early silent documentary that shows scenes of Melbourne as it looked in 1910. It takes viewers through the city's business district and other landmarks from that time.

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What happens

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. It is currently housed at the National Film & Sound Archive in Pyrmont, Sydney. At the time of filming, Melbourne was the federal capital of Australia, until the development of Canberra in 1927. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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