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| Keywords: world war 2 worldwar2 peace time celebrations peacetimecelebrations city hall cityhall queen street queenstreet brisbane peace vp day vpday celebration african american soldier africanamericansoldier soldier military school boy schoolboy state library of queensland statelibraryofqueensland slq queensland Title: Doug Perrins Motion Pictures Creator: Doug Perrins Location: Queensland Description: Enjoyable colour footage of VP Day in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1945. The film shows City Hall and the clock tower, a lady holding up a newspaper with the headline 'Peace' and hundreds of people celebrating in the streets. This film is also remarkable as it shows two African American soldiers which was very rare due to segregation laws at the time. Reference code: 3031 More about this collection at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/eadarc/6594 Title: Doug Perrins Motion Pictures Creator: Doug Perrins Location: Queensland Description: Enjoyable colour footage of VP Day in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1945. The film shows City Hall and the clock tower, a lady holding up a newspaper with the headline 'Peace' and hundreds of people celebrating in the streets. This film is also remarkable as it shows two African American soldiers which was very rare due to segregation laws at the time. Reference code: 3031 More about this collection at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/eadarc/6594 | ||||
