[Alexander Sinclair Home Movies: Reel 4]

Alexander Sinclair (21 October 1918 – 3 May 1998) was an amateur filmmaker who lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Evelyn Sinclair for approximately 20 years from 1959 onwards. They lived in Port Moresby for three years, followed by Goroka. He made home movies of life in Papua New Guinea and travels with Evelyn and their friends to the UK, the Netherlands, USA, Melbourne and Sydney throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

The collection of home movies, originally made on Super 8mm film, was donated to ACMI by their daughter Elizabeth Robbins.

This film shows a trip to the USA and Australia. It includes footage of the World Trade Centre twin towers and the Statue of Liberty in NYC, Disneyland, Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, Puffing Billy in Melbourne, views of Sydney Harbour, and a snippet back in New Guinea.

Selected Highlights List (time codes from Access Overscan)
00:00:15:00 group of friends of filmmaker gather at a pier
00:02:00:00 view of Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty from a ferry
00:05:00:00 Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado
00:11:28:00 a visit to Disneyland and a zoo
00:15:53:00 a visit to Pearl Harbour, USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, with views from a ferry and of local resort
00:18:45:00 friends with a baby in the Dandenong Ranges, featuring Puffing Billy in Emerald
00:19:54:00 views of Sydney Harbour, Opera House, Harbour Bridge from a high level of a hotel
00:20:14:00 long lost children’s playground featuring UFO style fizzy dizzy’s and sides and seesaws
00:20:22:00 back to New Guinea, a celebration or demonstration