Australia’s Gift Cake AKA Dame Nellie Melba - Opera Singer (1928)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork. 17th December 1928 Title reads: “London. Australia’s Gift Cake. Dame Nellie Melba lends a hand to make ’all Australian produce’ Xmas cake for Duke & Duchess of York“. London. Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba helps to mix ingredients in a bowl. She is helping to make a Christmas cake for the Duke and Duchess of York which is being made from Australian materials. Shots of the cake with lots of icing and a model kangaroo on the top. FILM ID:532.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1
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