
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has published a selection of early 20th century films and songs online, to commemorate Anzac Day 2017. Highlights include a ‘mimic warfare’ training exercise in Sydney’s Moore Park, (with children running on the training battlefield); returned soldiers recovering in hospitals and supporting enlistment campaigns, and a 1916 cinema ad asking Australians to 'carve' Anzac Day 'deep-cut in the Calendar of Time'.
Also featured are images of Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, decorating Australian soldiers in France, as well as an Australian Rules football match played by troops in London, 1916. Popular songs of the time, such as What did you do on the Great War , Daddy? and Take me back to dear old Blighty have also been published.
The content is available on Sights and Sounds of World War One (http://anzacsightsound.org), a website developed in partnership between Nga Taonga Sound & Vision (NTSV) in New Zealand. The site commemorates the Centenary of the First World War by showcasing audiovisual material held by both archives. It was launched in 2015, and updates of new content will occur throughout the centenary period up to 2019.
The new content complements hundreds of video/audio clips and still images previously available on Sights and Sounds, documenting recruitment and fundraising efforts, the conscription campaign, and the journey of the Australian troops – from embarkation to training and the campaigns in Egypt, France, and other locations.
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/mimic-warfare
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/carving-anzac-day
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/fill-the-gap
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/anzac-hospitals-at-home
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/with-the-aid-of-the-red-cross
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/royal-decorations
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/anzac-football-in-london
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/the-choice-is-yours
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/learning-to-farm
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/ask-your-tailor-for-anzac-tweed
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/france-s-south-pacific-soldiers-in-sy…
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/the-patriot-spirit
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/lest-we-forget
http://anzacsightsound.org/videos/sydney-marches-to-remember
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/what-did-you-do-in-the-great-war-daddy
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/take-me-back-to-dear-old-blighty
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/the-rose-of-no-man-s-land
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/i-m-going-back-again-to-yarrawonga
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/never-mind-the-food-controller
http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/every-girl-is-a-fisher-girl
For more information, contact NFSA Manager National Media, Miguel Gonzalez: miguel.gonzalez@nfsa.gov.au, or (02) 8202 0114.
Download a PDF version: 100-year-old Anzac footage published by NFSA - media release
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