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The Golden West (1940)

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Perth education content clip 2

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Clip description

Shots of Perth’s main streets capture the people, transport and architecture of the city in the 1940s. Solid brick homes are shown in leafy residential suburbs. The camera then focuses on a variety of Western Australian flora, concluding with the distinctive kangaroo-paw flower.

Intertitles are used throughout the clip.