Historical information

Colour film that is 10 min 29 sec in duration, 16 mm sound.
28th Melbourne Legacy Children's commemoration ceremony on the eve of Anzac Day at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne 1959, attended by the Governor, Sir Dallas Brooks, who gave an address. The President of Melbourne Legacy, Legatee McKeddie, conducted the wreath laying in the Inner Shrine. 2,500 children from 254 Melbourne Schools attended the ceremony, which was simultaneously broadcast by the ABC throughout Victoria, and over 200,000 children participated.
Filmed by The Melbourne Repertory Film Unit, cameras Eric Aitken, David Corke, Ian Hanna and Jack Semmens, musical recording by Leo Fowler, music by Felix Werder, directed by Ian Hanna.
This film has been digitised to preserve its content. Melbourne Legacy gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this possible.

Significance

Film shows the public reverence and respect for those who died serving Australia in times of war. Displaying the Shrine environs and Melbourne skyline at that time adds further interest.

Physical description

Metal canister and spool with celluloid film labelled Our Children Remember.

Inscriptions & markings

Circumference of spool MASPRO SYDNEY AUST.
Spoke of spool calibrated in 50 feet units from 50 to 400 feet.
Label x 2. Label 1 - Please note this film is the property of Melbourne Legacy.
Label 2 - Victorian Film Laborities PTY. LTD., Cambridge Buildings, Station Street, Box Hill, Victoria. Our Children Remember. A film of the Anzac Eve ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance. Melbourne 1959. Magnetic Stripe.