Bayonets and Butterflies Film Screenings

Sun 10 Nov 2019Sun 8 Dec 2019

10:00am4:00pm

WA Maritime Museum


Filmmaker Sam Hobbs, great-grandson of Lieutenant General Sir Joseph Talbot Hobbs, in partnership with the Western Australian Museum, has created a documentary film telling a poignant true story. The film reveals how, in 1918, on the eve of the Villers-Bretonneux offensive, under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Joseph Talbot Hobbs and Major General Harold Edward "Pompey" Elliott, Australian troops rescued French Lepidopterist Eugene Boullet's priceless collection of butterflies.

These specimens now form the basis of Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris' butterfly collection.

Session days and times

Day: Sunday 10 November 2019
Time: Screenings on the hour from 1PM to 4PM.
Cost: Admissions free of charge.

Day: Monday 11 November to Wednesday 27 November (Mon, Tues, Wed Only). 
Time: 10AM to 4PM, on the hour.
Cost: Admission free with museum entry.

Day: Saturday 30 November, Sunday 1 December and Saturday 7 December, Sunday 8 December.
Time: 10AM to 4PM, on the hour,
Cost: Admission free with museum entry.

Location for all screenings: WA Maritime Museum, NWS Shipping Theatre
Session runtime: 30 minutes


Caption: Illustration of butterflies - Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.

Credit: Public Domain