Dunera Boys 50-year reunion event, Sydney

VT 5777

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6 September 1990

9680878

1 videocassette (2 hr., 54 min.) - VHS

Surviving internees gathered in Sydney to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Dunera at Wharf 13, Pyrmont in 1940. The recording shows the official ceremony along with informal discussions between Dunera Boys before and after the event. The recording concludes with videotaped television segments about the event.

Synopsis of the recording, with highlights listed at approximate hour:minute mark:

0:00. Guests arriving
0:19. Friedrich Schonbach, Peter Herbst and teachers from Sydney Technical College
0:32. Commencement of official ceremony
0:33. Klaus Loewald
0:35. Governor General Bill Hayden
0:44. Henry Lippmann
0:47. Professor Parkinson
0:54. Ernest Green
0:59. Keynote address by Professor Fred Gruen
1:25. End of official ceremony
1:28. Governor General Bill Hayden and Friedrich Schonbach
1:31. Dr Konig
1:37. Peter Herbst
1:51. Friedrich Schonbach and Herbert Baer
2:11. Exhibition, etc.
2:39. News bulletin
2:48. KF
2:52. Recording ends

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Synopsis of recording adapted from handwritten listing enclosed in VHS tape cover. The original list is with Charles Ehrlich papers at MLMSS 12164.