Australia Calls (1923)

Directed by

Raymond Longford

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Runtime

45 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A semi-documentary from 1923 follows Ernest Idiens, a British labourer who moved to Australia in 1912 with very little money and gained significant wealth by 1923. The film was made to promote Australian opportunities at a London exhibition.

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What happens

Australia Calls is a 1923 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford commissioned by the Australian government to be shown at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, in 1924. It was a semi-documentary about the adventures of Ernest Idiens, a labourer from Longnor Staffordshire who moved to New South Wales with his brother in 1912 with only £30 between them and by 1923 had assets worth £14,000. In 1923 Idiens toured England talking about his success. The movie is not to be confused with Longford's 1913 picture Australia Calls and is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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