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Opal Mining Lightning Ridge (c.1925)

Davidson collected over a million feet of footage over 40 years including the miracle of a man pulled from a mine shaft, never once hindered by the pipe in his mouth.

Length: 6 minutes 12 seconds

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)

Source:

National Film and Sound Archive

NFSA title number: 36817