Nova Scotia Archives

Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

[Road races, Whitney Pier and Sydney pictures] 

Producing Agency:   [Atlantic Moving Picture Company]

Production Date:   1920

Format:   35 mm, b&w, silent

Synopsis – Victoria Day celebrations. Nearly all the events on the programme were photographed by movie operators. In the morning, the road races at Whitney Pier in Sydney were filmed. Following the road races, the operator proceeded to the top of Harwood Hill and secured a fine birdseye view of the entire city and harbour.

reference in The Sydney Record, May 25, 1920. A further reference to Sydney 20 years ago, a compilation of films which apparently contains this work, is found in the Sydney Post Record, March 19, 1938, p. 10.

Subjects:
[Atlantic Moving Picture Company]

Genre:
Newsreels

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