Old Silent movie footage of Adelaide to Darwin in 1926. The State Library of SA has recently posted an extract of a film taken by Clarence Judd in 1926. It gives an amazing insight to the route and the early South Australian towns along the way including Spalding, Jamestown, Marree and Oodnadatta. Judd was a passenger on the inaugural journey of Captain E.D.A. Bagots motor service between Adelaide to Darwin, 18 May - 25 June 1926. The convoy comprised two Studebaker cars and two trucks, a Thornycroft and a Graham. Captain Bagots assistants were S.R. Wallage, the driver of the second car; E.I. Webster and J. Bristowe, the drivers of the trucks; H. Reade, who acted as road engineer; and D. Stoneman, the cook. In addition to Clarence Judd, the passengers were C. Cawthorne, E.H. Hannaford, Hon. H. Homburg, R. Homburg, W.W. Killen, M.H.R. (Sydney), Misses G. and N. Cumming, Mrs. E. McKellar, N. Stevens, and Mr. and Mrs. T.R Canning (England). There are descriptive titles in the film, including a map of Australia used to indicate the progress of the trip and location of places shown. Clarence Judd was the son of Thomas Judd, founder of T. Judd & Son, The Star Boot Manufactury, Rundle Street. (Words; SALibrary) youtube/watch?v=5svINQtYXXQ
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 05:08:34 +0000