Australian film - Federation of Australian Movie Makers
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Newcastle & Hunter Valley Cine Society, Newcastle New South Wales.<br />
NHVCS have had a most enjoyable year to date with many members participating in our<br />
Club Competitions. The Members Half Hour has become a very informative section which<br />
Club members eagerly look forward to each meeting.<br />
Our trip to the IMAX theatre at Darling Harbour, Sydney proved a great success for those<br />
members who participated. With a two & a half hour trip by double decked interurban train<br />
from Newcastle to Sydney, then by Tram from Central to Darling Harbour. On the huge screen we viewed<br />
Antarctica followed by the latest Star Trek movie production which was a fantastic experience for Trekkies.<br />
Although it did emphasise “unsteady-cam’, but ignoring that small distraction it was a great outing to<br />
IMAX.<br />
Protea Video Club, Cape Town South Africa.<br />
Mike Reynolds <strong>of</strong> the Protea Video Club, Cape Town South Africa is shooting a <strong>film</strong> on the<br />
story <strong>of</strong> the “Noon Gun”, I’m just helping out. The cannon has been sounding <strong>of</strong>f over Cape<br />
Town at precisely 12 noon every day for the past two hundred years. It started in the late<br />
18th, early 19th century so that ships visiting the Cape could set their chronometers to the<br />
exact time for their journey back to the UK. The gun was originally fired from the Imh<strong>of</strong>f battery stationed<br />
just out side the Castle. The problem was that unsuspecting riders would be unceremoniously thrown from<br />
their mounts as the gun went <strong>of</strong>f, this led to the gun being moved to Signal Hill by Table mountain where it<br />
has operated ever since.<br />
Not many people realize, the modern day practice <strong>of</strong> observing the two minute silence in respect to those<br />
fallen in battle originated with the Noon Gun.<br />
The following are three photographs showing Mike <strong>film</strong>ing on the bridge <strong>of</strong> the Navigator watching for the<br />
cloud <strong>of</strong> smoke from the gun so as to get the correct time, a lady on a horse in 19th century costume again<br />
being <strong>film</strong>ed by Mike, and the Noon Gun firing on Signal Hill.<br />
Peter Smith. PVC<br />
Noon Gun firing on Signal Hill<br />
Lady being <strong>film</strong>ed in 19th Century costume<br />
Mike Reynolds <strong>film</strong>ing on the bridge <strong>of</strong> the Navigator<br />
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<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>film</strong> & video
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