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Tagged: 1920s

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Marie Lorraine Screen Test, 1926
This short silent footage captures a screen test of film actress Isabel McDonagh (who acted under her stage name, Marie Lorraine), circa 1926. Isabel was the eldest of the three McDonagh sisters who...
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The Cheaters: 'I want you to be my wife!'
A scene from the Australian silent film The Cheaters (1929) featuring the flapper-style 1920s sequined evening dress worn by Paula Marsh (played by Isabel McDonagh, credited as Marie Lorraine). Paula...
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Travelogue of Eastern States
This clip documents the spectacle of a large surf carnival on Bondi Beach in approximately 1929. The surf clubs march on the sand and lifesavers give a resuscitation demonstration. Summary by...
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Snippy is an Artful Dodger
A young boy, Snooks, chases the animated figure of Snippy up a ladder in his back garden. Snippy teases Snooks before springing over his head and up a tree, then onto a children’s roundabout. Snooks...
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Pearls and Savages
A shot of Hurley’s boat and his seaplane being unloaded off a ship from Sydney at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby. The people in their canoes help Hurley with his plane. Summary by Liz McNiven
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Heidelberg Golf Club: Arbor Day
Arbor Day at the Heidelberg Golf Club, a day where individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. A procession of vintage cars follows and the high society of the day are in attendance wearing...
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Heidelberg Golf Club: assessing the site
Inspection of the land being purchased as the site for the new Heidelberg Golf Club. It shows the sparse geography of the Heidelberg area during the 1920s and it could even be argued that the...
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Heidelberg Golf Club: practice swings
This clip shows a group of club members assembled on the steps of the main building and then showing their skills at teeing off (some merely performing practice swings). Curiously the main gate...
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The Cheaters: NFSA Restores
An NFSA digital restoration of the silent version of The Cheaters (Paulette McDonagh, Australia, 1929). Completed in 2017.
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J.O. Fairfax: A Picnic and Swimming (home movie)
Women in bathers standing by a pond or pool. Approx. 6 people enjoying a day outside by the pool, a picnic and swimming.
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