News Scene: About the Best Known Country Town in Australia is Gundagai. Certainly the Man Who Knows It Best is Bruce Dennis, the Postman with His Faithful Horse, Lollie, He’s Been Delivering the Mail Round Gundagai for Nearly Twenty Years.

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2111A
Date Released
20 Nov 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
News Scene
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Scene. DESCRIPTION: Lollie may be the best known horse in Gundagai, but Rain Lover achieves fame on a nation-wide scale. Only the second horse to win the Melbourne Cup two years running. SHOTLIST: GV Gundagai. GV post office. MLS PO pan to horseback postman. MS postman. LS postman down street. MS mail put in box. LAS pan postman. Medium shots sign Bongongalong. Barking dog. Postman rides away. Postman riding. HAS small boy leaning on gate. MLS postman gives mail to boy. MELBOURNE CUP GV crowd. LAS riders. 10 shots various fashionable clothes being modelled. TS race meeting. HAS No 2 Rain Lover. MS ditto. TS meeting. GV pan start of Melbourne Cup. MS spectators. GV pan horses round bend, Rain Lover leading. MLS pan horses on final straight. LAS horses past post, Rain Lover wins. TS crowd. TS Rain Lover. NB - Melbourne Cup horse race originally shot in colour.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Buildings and structures; Postal services; Fashion and costume; Animals
Locations
Melbourne; Australia; Gundagai
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
95337
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
224
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Scene: About the Best Known Country Town in Australia is Gundagai. Certainly the Man Who Knows It Best is Bruce Dennis, the Postman with His Faithful Horse, Lollie, He’s Been Delivering the Mail Round Gundagai for Nearly Twenty Years.', British Movietone News Issue No. 2111A, 20 Nov 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28088 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)