TAGGED: 1910s
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The NFSA has supplied hundreds of ultra-high definition clips to the Sir John Monash Centre in France, including the restored The Digger Carries On (1919).

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Bettina Loved a Soldier wall advertisement

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Portrait featuring Snowy Baker (r) and Charlie Chaplin (L) at Chaplin Studios, 1919. Snowy Baker visited Charlie Chaplin at Chaplin Studios and was given a personal tour.

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The first trans-Arctic flight took place 90 years ago. It's one of many memorable flying feats chronicled in our new Early Aviators curated collection.

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The feats of the daredevil early aviators pushed the boundaries of flight and brought Australia closer to the world.

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Winners of the London to Australia prize of 1919, Keith and Ross Smith (and their mechanics) were required to fly to Melbourne to collect the cheque for their £10,000 prize from Prime Minister ‘Bil

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This clip shows Ross and Keith Smith taking off from England as well as some in-flight images of the open cockpit and crew on their record-setting flight.

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This sentimental song in which a girl reminisces with her father about her mother, who has passed away, was recorded on the Pathe record label whilst Ella Caspers was in Europe.