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1899 documentary film by Frederick Wills of the Queensland Department of Agriculture

North Shore Steam Ferry
Photograph of PS Cammeray
Based ondocumentary
CinematographyFrederick Wills
Distributed byQueensland Department of Agriculture
Release date
  • 1899 (1899)
Running time17 seconds
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent
External videos
video icon North Shore Steam Ferry (NFSA)

North Shore Steam Ferry was a trial film using Lumière Cinematographe equipment purchased for the Queensland Department of Agriculture.

Frederick Wills filmed the steam ferry PS Cammeray docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. It also shows a worker preparing to receive the ferry as passengers on board ready for disembarkation.

Frederick Wills and Henry Mobsby produced several films using the Lumière Cinematographe that they had purchased for the Queensland Department of Agriculture.

References

  1. ^ Laughren, Pat. "Wills, Frederick Charles (1870–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "North Shore Steam Ferry". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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