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As the world turns its attention to London, host city of the 2012 Olympic Games, Simon Smith explores an endearing travelogue of the city.
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Go behind-the-scenes at the circus with rare home movie footage of Australia's Con Colleano, the world-famous 'Wizard of the Wire'.
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David Donaldson, the inaugural Director of the Sydney Film Festival, shines a light on the career of South Australian-born Hollywood pioneer JP McGowan.
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Assistant Curator Jenny Gall spoke with CJ Dennis biographer Phil Butters, ahead of this week's centenary anniversary of the publication of The Sentimental Bloke.
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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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An article for the publication Wireless Weekly written by Lynn Foster, circa 1938, about writing for radio. Reproduced by arrangement with Silicon Chip Publications Pty Ltd.
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The 1939 play There is No Armour, written by Lynn Foster and performed at the Independent Theatre in Sydney, was also adapted for radio, NFSA title no. 195608
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Following the laying of the foundation stone in 1913, about 400 guests attended a banquet in a marquee that had been erected on Kurrajong Hill, now Capital Hill. Speeches were made by Prime Minister...
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This song, written by Jack O'Hagan and sung by Clement Q Williams, was recorded in 1934 to celebrate the centenary of Melbourne the following year.
The record topped the hit parade in 1935.
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A 1930s song about female aviator Amy Johnson, written by Jack O'Hagan and sung by Bob Molyneux.
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Cover image: Fairfax Corporation 1930, 'Amy Johnson with her aeroplane Jason, New South...