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Annette Kellerman's underwater ballet

1939

Annette Kellerman's underwater ballet

1939

  • NFSA IDZVZEK7Z2
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormActuality
  • GenresBallet, Silent film
  • Year1939

Kellerman was 52 years old when her husband and manager Jimmie Sullivan filmed this rare footage of her performing the underwater adagio - a slow ballet dance.

It was filmed in the crystal clear waters of Silver Springs, Florida, US.

This is a compilation of the longer piece of actuality footage, which was deposited at the National Film Archive (now the NFSA) in 1977. The film was one of the first items in the national collection.

The compilation includes a close-up shot of Annette from a Cinesound Movietone newsreel Annette Kellerman's Musical Marine Fantasy (1940).

Courtesy of
Cinesound Movietone Productions

Kellerman was 52 years old when her husband and manager Jimmie Sullivan filmed this rare footage of her performing the underwater adagio - a slow ballet dance.

It was filmed in the crystal clear waters of Silver Springs, Florida, US.

This is a compilation of the longer piece of actuality footage, which was deposited at the National Film Archive (now the NFSA) in 1977. The film was one of the first items in the national collection.

The compilation includes a close-up shot of Annette from a Cinesound Movietone newsreel Annette Kellerman's Musical Marine Fantasy (1940).

Courtesy of
Cinesound Movietone Productions
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