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Clip description
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1917 shows the first shipment of Red Cross supplies leaving Federal Government House, Melbourne for soldiers in Egypt. Men form a chain to transport boxes of supplies down stairs and load them onto a vehicle. The horse-drawn vehicles then leave the depot.
Curator’s notes
This newsreel was shot on black-and-white 16 mm film. As the newsreel is silent, a title card introduces the newsreel and describes the footage that follows it.
