Henry William Endres home movies

Henry William (Bill) Endres (1910-1982) was born in the Queensland town of Eidsvold and grew up in Mundubbera. He trained as a motor mechanic and eventually ran a garage, service station and car dealership on Stanley Street, South Brisbane. Bill was a keen photographer and film-maker and played a number of instruments. In the 1940s he built a theatrette, complete with projection box, under the family home in Wooloowin, and also showed films at the Holy Cross Convent theatre. Also in the 1940s he converted a Douglas DC3 aeroplane into a three room caravan for the family. It features in a number of his home movies. Bill was also a flying enthusiast, building his own glider, then becoming a member of the Royal Queensland Aero Club where he flew Tiger Moth and Gypsy Moth aeroplanes. Other interests included fossicking, go-carting and animals. The family later moved to a 19 acre property at Stafford which features in some of his films.