TAGGED: 1920s
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The NFSA has completed a digital restoration of The Sword of Valor (Duke Worne, USA, 1924), starring Snowy Baker as an American sailor who falls in love with the daughter (D

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Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller became the first woman to fly from England to Australia on 19 March 1928.

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An earlier cinematic interpretation of Banjo Paterson's poem was filmed in 1920, directed by Beaumont Smith.

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Louise Lovely (r) disguised as a man, sits by a stream with a pan in a scene from Jewelled Nights.

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Cinema advertisement for Jewelled Nights (1925).

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Camera crew filming Jewelled Nights with Louise Lovely.

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The NFSA has restored three silent films starring Snowy Baker - Australian Olympian, filmmaker and trainer of Hollywood stars.

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Excerpt from The Man from Kangaroo starring Snowy Baker.

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Excerpt from The Man from Kangaroo starring Snowy Baker.

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Advertisement for The Man from Kangaroo.