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Australasian Gazette – Annual Christmas Treat (c.1925)

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Annual Christmas treat

Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Brief intertitles introduce a Punch and Judy puppet show which plays to a large crowd of children. Another intertitle announces the arrival of Father Christmas in his chariot. He gives out presents by a Christmas tree. The clip ends with two children sitting in long grass with balloons.

Curator’s notes

This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows Christmas celebrations, featuring the popular British Punch and Judy puppets.