Film Record: Ramblings Around Sydney

Identifier:

• 50745 (Source: National Film and Sound Archive)

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

James A. Sherlock

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1934, Honorable Mention

Description:

"Ramblings Around Sydney, by James A. Sherlock, ACL, is a carefully planned and photographed motion picture study of a city, a happy example of what care and cinematic sensitivity can do for this type of subject. Although Mr. Sherlock did not commit himself to any strong continuity theme, the picture yet has a delicate cohesiveness that defied the best efforts of the earlier amateur movie makers. Outstanding are the filter shots, the shots made of city streets in the rain and the night scenes. Throughout there is a careful choice of camera viewpoint which succeeds in revealing many aspects of the city in relatively short footage. The whole is welded into an enjoyable subject that would entertain any audience." Movie Makers, Dec. 1934, 547.

Resources:

This film is a part of the James Sherlock collection held by NFSA. A copy is also available in the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by East Anglian Film Archive.
The film was available in the ACL's Club Film Library.

Locations:

• Sydney, Australia (Filming)
• Circular Quay, Australia (Filming)
• Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia (Subject)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
• Settlements
•      Cities and towns
• Oceania
•      Australia

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Repository:

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Screenings:

• Screened by the Amateur Cinema Club of Norristown in 1935: Norristown, PA
• Screened by the Hartford Cinema Club in 1935: Hartford, CT
• Screened by the Winnipeg Cine Club in 1936: Winnipeg, MB
• Screened by the Cinemat Club of Mt. Kisco in 1936: Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
• Screened by the Cleveland Cinema Club in 1938: Cleveland, OH

Viewing Notes:

"Features Circular Quay, Harbour Bridge (including lift inside pylon), Governor's Residence, Haymarket vegetable markets, early morning shoppers outside D.J.'s, cathedrals, G.P.O. tower, Queen Victoria Building, flower vendors, Central Station, York St, Macquarie Place, Hyde Park (including group playing draughts), Darling Harbour, Sydney Harbour (at night)." Via NFSA.

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