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Boer War: Transvaal Contingent, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1899 1899

Using a hand-cranked Lumiere Cinematographe, photographer Frederick Charles Wills captured the Queensland contingents departing for the Boer War.

Length: 40 seconds

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

Education Resources:

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Source:

National Film and Sound Archive