Parade In Parramatta (1938)

Item title reads - New South Wales. Parade in Parramatta, New South Wales. Australia. Various shots of a big parade through the streets to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Parramatta, and its new status as a city. A big float drives by with model sheep on it. A man carries a sign saying ’John Macarthur bred the first sheep at Parramatta in 1794’ . M/S of a pretty girl sat in a big chair made of hay. M/S as old stagecoach goes by full of people wearing old fashioned dress. Various shots of the parade with different floats, one advertising a beauty salon. M/S of a jockey sat on a model pig. M/S of a float which features a girl inside a giant material lightbulb. 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