This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1922 shows the New Zealand Maori rugby league team on the field of a stadium performing the haka ceremonial war dance be

The opening of the Columbia Graphophone Company record factory in Homebush, Sydney on 14 October 1926 marks the beginning of the record industry in Australia.

A Glen Iris tram causes chaos when electric tram wires fuse, with the wire cutting into the road and tramlines. Passers-by stop to look.

This clip contains shots of children playing in a garden for the fifth birthday of Wally Albion. It begins with a fixed shot of five-year-old Wally sitting on a table playing with a train set.

A crowd of 20,000 people welcoming Santa as he arrives by horse-drawn carriage at the Anthony Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.

This clip is an excerpt from a promotional 1929 Victorian Football League film, featuring players from St. Kilda, South Melbourne, Footscray and Melbourne teams.

Leni Riefenstahl in Der Heilige Berg (Germany, Arnold Fanck, 1926). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Vilma Banky, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1924). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Lil Dagover, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1925). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Fritz Lang directing Gustav Fröhlich (centre) in Metropolis (Germany, 1927). From the Taussig film stills collection.