 The film was lost for over half a century. In February 1983, Michael  Cordell of the Australian National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA, now  Screensound Australia) discovered a decaying print in Adelaide,  South Australia. The film was in a collection owned by Murray  Matthews who did not know that the film was a missing film of the  Australian Silent Cinema. Cordell was a Field Officer employed  within the NFSAs "Lost Film Search" Programme.