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Australasian Gazette – A Seaplane Circles a Continent (1924)

Australian clips, reproduced for educational porpouses https://aso.gov.au/titles/newsreels/austra... Clip description This silent newsreel shows the triumphant arrival of aviators Wing Commander SJ Goble and Officer IE McIntyre at St Kilda, Melbourne, in their RAAF Fairey 111D seaplane after completing the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia in 1924. The clip opens with an animated map of Australia with the main European countries fitted around its perimeter to illustrate the distance covered and ends with shots of the seaplane in flight. Curator’s notes by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers The triumphant pilots are carried aloft a swarming mass of people on the pier. Numerous police officers in bobby helmets control the large crowd. Teacher’s notes provided by The Le@rning FederationEducation Services Australia This clip shows the arrival of Australian aviators Stanley Goble and Ivor McIntyre at St Kilda beach, Melbourne, in their RAAF Fairey 111D seaplane after completing the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia in 1924. It opens with an animated map of Australia, captioned ‘AUSTRALIA COMPARED WITH THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES’. The map shows the main countries of Europe fitted around Australia’s perimeter, indicating the vast distance covered by the aviators. The clip then cuts to Goble and McIntyre arriving at St Kilda pier, where a huge crowd meets them. The clip concludes with aerial shots taken from the rear of the plane and footage of the plane itself in the air. The clip is taken from a silent newsreel and is in black and white.