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Clip description
The reef’s vibrant and abundant marine life is shown including coral, fish, seahorses and a stingray. Tourists walk amongst the rock pools in the shallows.
Curator’s notes
This clip combines footage of the coral reef (possibly shot from a glass bottom boat) and segments that look like they’re filmed inside an aquarium. Hurley was not shy of staging actuality footage if he was unable to get the pictures he wanted. In his 1919 film Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia, he combined actuality footage with photographs, staged scenes and excerpts from his earlier war footage to complete the final film.
