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Tagged: 1930s

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Phar Lap
Discover many of the incredible moments in the life of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap. The Red Terror, also called Bobby by his strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock, was a red chestnut...
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The McDonagh Sisters: Early Australian Female Filmmakers
This collection celebrates the work of the McDonagh sisters. In the 1920s, they became the first women to own and operate a film production company in Australia. Paulette (1901–1978) wrote and...
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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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Ballet Russes
Amateur filmmaker Ewan Murray-Will captured unique and candid images of one of the world’s greatest dance companies.  These films are from the Chesterman Collection at the NFSA, which includes 25...
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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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The Commonwealth Games
In 2018 the 21st Commonwealth Games took place on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It was the fifth Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia...
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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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NFSA Stories: Explorer Jack Hides in Papua New Guinea
The NFSA's Teilo Nicholls discovered a recording in the collection featuring the voice of his great uncle – a well-known explorer in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s.
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Leslie Waterhouse in 1930s New Guinea
Michael Waterhouse is sharing rare 1930s film shot by his grandfather on the Papua New Guinea goldfields. He talks about tracking down and reconstructing his grandfather’s films.
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