This clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built especially for the occasion in Hyde Park, Sydney.
Watch the official Inauguration of the Commonwealth 1901 trailer in HD below.
Australia 25 April 1901
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1901:
01 August 1901
Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.
13 December 1901
A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.
27 April 1901
This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal.
11 November 1901
A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.
24 November 1901
This is an extraordinary window on to the heart of cosmopolitan Shanghai, over a hundred years ago, featuring a Nanjing Road bustling with crowds of Chinese, Sikhs and Europeans.
01 April 1901
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade.
25 July 1901
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
23 March 1901
It shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground.
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