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Tagged: 1920s

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Songs by Jack O'Hagan
Singer-songwriter Jack O'Hagan wrote over 600 songs, including 'Along the Road to Gundagai' and 'Our Don Bradman'. O'Hagan also composed scores for silent films and stage shows, dance music and...
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Early Aviators
The feats of the daredevil early aviators pushed the boundaries of flight and brought Australia closer to the world. Aviation was seen as a novelty before the First World War opened the world's eyes...
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100 years of Berlei
Delight in this elegant sample of cinema and TV ads from the 1920s to 1960s for Australian underwear brand Berlei. The collection also includes beautiful hand-coloured glass slides used to train...
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Cinema Art posters
This is a collection of posters of international films distributed in Australia between 1927 and 1932. The distributor Cinema Art Films brought many notable foreign productions to Australia,...
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For the Term of His Natural Life
NFSA Historian Graham Shirley recalls the restoration of 'For the Term of His Natural Life' (1927).
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The McDonagh Sisters: Australian filmmaking pioneers
A portrait of the pioneering filmmakers, The McDonagh Sisters - Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis. NFSA Restores: The Cheaters screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2018.
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NFSA Restores: The Cheaters
Restoring 'The Cheaters', a 1929 silent film by the pioneering McDonagh sisters.
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Aelita: Queen of Mars digitised
The NFSA has recently digitised to 4K the groundbreaking 1924 Russian science-fiction feature film 'Aelita: Queen of Mars'.
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NFSA Restores: Snowy Baker
The NFSA restores three silent films starring Snowy Baker - Australian Olympian, filmmaker and trainer of Hollywood stars.
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Famous Australian aviators
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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