01918cgm a2200373 i 4500 2550369262 TxAuBib 20240906120000.0 r 160825|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 1236230 Kanopy (OCoLC)956907610 VDU eng VDU TxAuBib rda Diggers [Kanopy]. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1931. [San Francisco, California, USA : Kanopy Streaming, 2016. 1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound. tdi rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier In Process Record. Title from title frames. Film. Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1931. Attending a reunion, two Australian ex-servicemen reminisce about their exploits in France during WW1. These include lying in a field hospital where they feigned deafness to extend their recuperation, stealing jars of rum from the Quartermaster and inventing an elaborate ruse to hide them and finally, the night before returning to the front relaxing in a French cafe where romance blossoms between the soldier and waitress as told through the song Mademoiselle from Armentieres.. Vaudeville performer Pat Hanna brings his well-established stage and radio “Diggers” comedy routine to the screen. One of the very first Australian “talkies”.. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Australian Studies. Motion pictures. Australian Studies. Feature films. lcgft National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Firm). Kanopy (Firm). https://USERNAME.kanopy.com/node/236231 https://www.kanopy.com/node/236231/external-image