[KenRa Films Present: the Kenneth Rankine Home Movie Collection: Reel 35]

Kenneth Carruthers Rankine (1890 - 1968) was a keen amateur cinematographer and filmmaker. This collection of his home movies has been donated to ACMI by Kenneth’s granddaughter. The collection represents a wonderful slice of life in Australia; with contents including scenes of everyday life, major family occasions, holidays around Victoria and views of Melbourne.

This film follows the club meetings of the ‘Victorian Sporting Car Cub’, in 1956 to Fisherman’s Bend and Albert Park in Melbourne, Templestowe in outer Melbourne and Hepburn Springs in regional Victoria. Cars are are regular feature in Kenneth’s films and this film certainly shows viewers many wonderful models from the era. The film inlcudes Reg Hunt who would become one of Australia’s best racing car drivers.

Among the racing audiences we see Mrs Rankine, daughter Bettye Rankine and her husband Bob Wootton, with their young son watching the races and having a car-side picnic.

This film was originally made using 16mm film.

Selected highlights list:
00:00:10:00 title card ‘For Some Real “Hurry Up” Join the Vic. Sporting Car Club’
00:00:22:00 program brochure for ‘Fisherman’s Bend Classic Airstrip Races’ followed by cars rounding a bank of hay bales
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00:04:17:00 onlookers in grass at Fishermen’s Bend.
00:00:47:00 brochure for the Hepburn Hill Climb 1956.
00:08:15:00 brochure for Moomba Motor Races.