“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;  Hobart Anzac Day
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” – ‘The Ode’ by Laurence Binyon.

This short compilation of silent footage depicts a Hobart ANZAC Day parade in the mid-1950’s.

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