THE Kilmore Historical Society, KHS, is contributing to the National Trust of Australia’s celebration of Heritage Month, which runs until May 18, with a special all-day showing of films taken by Father James McHugh in the late 1930s.
Father McHugh was a devotee of early movie making and documented scenes of Kilmore from about 1937 until 1939.
The hidden treasure was found by the KHS years ago and has been copied to CDs and DVD formats.
The society’s most recent project was to add a soundtrack, the included names of some of those in the film.
The original films are now in the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, where they are preserved in ideal conditions.
Father McHugh’s film will be shown this Saturday, April 29, from 10am to 3pm at the Old Kilmore Post Office, corner of Powlett Street and Skehan Place.
The film will screen on a continuing basis throughout the day and everyone is welcome to view it free of charge.
KHS thanked the Bendigo Bank, Assumption College and other sponsors for enabling the project to go ahead.
