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Title SYDNEY FAREWELL : 150 000 AT FINAL GRAHAM MEETING
Copyright Title SYDNEY FAREWELL : 150 000 AT FINAL GRAHAM MEETING
Released 1959
Comments National Collection of Screen and Sound
Episode no. 214708
Synopsis Newsreel item from 1959 about the final Sydney Crusade meeting of American evangelist Dr. Billy Graham at Sydney Showground and at Sydney cricket Ground. (02:29) Aerial shots of the Sydney Showground and the Sydney Cricket Ground show capacity crowds gathered for the final Crusade meeting of visiting American evangelist Dr. Billy Graham. Thousands shelter under umbrellas from the steady rain. The gates of the Showground are closed when capacity seating is exhausted and several thousand people go to the Sydney Cricket Ground to listen to Dr. Graham's speech broadcast from the Showground. After Dr Graham's inspiring address, six thousand people make their way forward to make a decision for Christ.



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