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Tagged: 1930s
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This clip shows dog owners and their canine pets on proud display at the Centenary Dog Club at Melbourne Showgrounds. Each dog is identified by name and breed, along with their owners, in the...
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Only a few Efftee newsreels have survived and this one is a vivid record of Melbourne society at play in the 1930s, complete with a society party in South Yarra.
This clip shows a sherry party held...
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A film from 1937 about an expedition led by Sydney businessman, H. V. Foy to Central Australia to trace the story of Harry Lasseter and his lost gold reef. Combines documentary and docu-drama,...
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A film from 1937 about an expedition led by Sydney businessman, H. V. Foy to Central Australia to trace the story of Harry Lasseter and his lost gold reef. Combines documentary and docu-drama,...
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Darley (Frank Harvey) has just shot dead Charles Blake (Campbell Copelin), in Jim Thornton’s cabin. Blake had made Claire Darley pregnant, then refused to marry her. Thornton (Frank Leighton) and...
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A union agitator urges Burbridge’s timber workers to strike for better pay, or join the opposition firm, run by Charles Blake. Jim Thornton (Frank Leighton) knocks him down and wins the respect of...
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Darley (Frank Harvey) and Charles Blake (Campbell Copelin) plot the sabotage of Stephen Burbridge’s timber-cutting operations. Blake denies he’s engaged to Burbridge’s daughter Joan (Shirley Ann...
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George (George Wallace) leaps into song in the courtyard of Mrs McAllister’s dog kennel (and boarding house). Jean McAllister (Lois Green) whips off her skirt to join him, dancing in hotpants. Henry...
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George (George Wallace) has to display the prize new gorilla to the zoo’s best patron, Mr Inchcape (Harold Meade), but the animal is sick, so George’s mate Henry (John Dobbie) dresses in a gorilla...
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Sam Harris (Harry Abdy) and his girlfriend Bella (Rita Pauncefort) are parked by the harbour, talking wedding rings and marriage, when they hear beautiful violin music. They follow the sound to the...