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Travelogue of Eastern States (c.1929)

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Clip description

A tour group visits Jenolan Caves, New South Wales in 1929, and observes the extraordinary stalactite and stalagmite rock formations.

Curator’s notes

by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers

Newsreels and documentaries produced during the 1920s and 30s tried to give a personal sense of what it would be like to be there. In this newsreel, a tour group is shown entering Jenolan Caves and we are then shown good views of the rock formations inside the Jenolan Caves.