Babies Invade Government House AKA Baby Show - Sydney (1940-1949)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Titles read: ’BABIES INVADE GOVERNMENT HOUSE’. Sydney, Australia. General view of people milling about at baby show being held at Government House. Shot of huge crowds of people gathered round the judges. A baby is examined by a man. M/S of a man having a snooze in a pushchair; a baby runs up behind him and seems about to push the man along. Women pose with their bonny babies. C/U of babies - one in a beret smoking a cigar (cigar in his mouth). Some of these babies seem to be impersonating Winston Churchill - commentator makes a joke to that affect at the end of the item. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136
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