Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Kid Stakes is now available to stream in full and on demand on NFSA Player.
In this silent film based on the popular Fatty Finn comic strips, Fatty Finn is the scruffy leader of a gang of kids in the dockside suburb of Woolloomooloo in Sydney. He enters his pet goat Hector in the Kid Stakes, the annual goat races, but his rival Bruiser Murphy tries to stop him from winning by getting Hector locked up. Finn and his gang must find a way to free Hector and get to the track in time for the races. Beautifully shot on the inner-city streets of Sydney in the 1920s, the goat race was filmed in Rockhampton, Queensland because goat racing was illegal in New South Wales. THE KID STAKES is an entertaining children’s film and one of the great Australian comedies of the silent era.
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The Kid Stakes is now available to stream in full and on demand on NFSA Player.
In this silent film based on the popular Fatty Finn comic strips, Fatty Finn is the scruffy leader of a gang of kids in the dockside suburb of Woolloomooloo in Sydney. He enters his pet goat Hector in the Kid Stakes, the annual goat races, but his rival Bruiser Murphy tries to stop him from winning by getting Hector locked up. Finn and his gang must find a way to free Hector and get to the track in time for the races. Beautifully shot on the inner-city streets of Sydney in the 1920s, the goat race was filmed in Rockhampton, Queensland because goat racing was illegal in New South Wales. THE KID STAKES is an entertaining children’s film and one of the great Australian comedies of the silent era.
NFSA Player is the one-stop shop for streaming over 60 titles from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's collection. Visit to unlock explosive documentaries, gripping real-life dramas, fascinating historical experiments, and uplifting stories from our collection – all available to stream on-demand.
No subscription needed – just pay for what you want and enjoy!
Start streaming now on
NFSA Player: https://player.nfsa.gov.au/film/the-kid-stakes/
Facebook: facebook.com/nfsaa
Instagram: instagram.com/nfsaonline
Threads: threads.net/@nfsaonline
