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Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 449308
OLC: 449308
Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 449320
OLC: 449320
Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 449351
OLC: 449351

 

Soldiers of the Cross premiered at the Melbourne Town Hall on 13 September 1900 to a crowd of approximately 2,000 people. Reviews were salutary but brief [Cinema Papers 99. Long, Chris and Sowry, Clive, p.66]. The lecture was presented once more in Victoria before Commondant Booth's deteriorating health led to the cancellation of further presentations until January 1901.

Extra films and slides were added to the lecture in April 1901. This extra material was probably funded by the proceeds that Limelight received for filming The Inauguration of the Commonwealth for the New South Wales government.

Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 450544
OLC : 450544

Commondant Booth toured the lecture around Australia and New Zealand before resigning from the Salvation Army in February 1902. Booth then toured the USA, Europe, South Africa, and Canada presenting variations of the Soldiers of the Cross lecture. By the time the final lecture was presented at the Melbourne Town Hall on 22 November 1920, all of the moving image film material had been replaced with extra slides.

Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 449323
OLC: 449323
Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 450543
OLC: 450543
Soldiers of the Cross - Title No. 449327
OLC: 449327

 

Information relating to the Archive's complete holdings for Soldiers of the Cross can be found by searching the Archive's Online Catalogue. Simply click on the following link and search for Soldiers of the Cross in the simple search screen.

National Film and Sound Archive - Online Catalogue

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