The Sun Worshippers (1922)
Synopsis
This footage is a fragment from a documentary covering a scientific expedition to Wallal, Western Australia for the 1922 Solar Eclipse. The eclipse occurred on 21 September.
Curator’s notes
This fragment may be part of a documentary which was released in England and shown at Royal Albert Hall in 1923. It was directed by New Zealander Ernest Brandon-Cremer who worked as a cinematographer during the First World War and for Cinesound in the 1930s.
The expedition seen here was funded by William H Crocker, a philanthropist, and led by Doctor WW Campbell from the Lick Observatory in California.
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