'Extraordinary' video footage showing life in an Australian city nearly a century ago has been unearthed. 9News
"Extraordinary" video footage showing life in an Australian city nearly a century ago has been unearthed., which were taken by James' father, Roy Paxton, during the 1920s, '30s and '40s.
"It's extraordinary. And one of the things I noticed in a lot of the social shots, is the fashion of the time," Plowman said."There's nothing quite like seeing these images of people actually doing things." The footage shows a family cooling off in the Swan River, having a picnic in the Perth hills and the wedding of Harry and Betty Boan from Boan's department store.There was still a greyhound track around the oval.What is thought to be the earliest recorded film of a cricket match at the WACA is also there.
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