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Tagged: 1940s

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Best of Australian fashion in the 1940s and 1950s
Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion. Fashion communicates who we are, and who we want to be. Designer Christian Dior...
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Australia's Amateur Hour
Before The Voice, before The X-Factor, there was... Australia's Amateur Hour! Australia's Amateur Hour was a radio talent show that Australians took to their hearts. It ran from 1940-1958, and...
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Welcome to Santaland, 1946
It's 1946 and three-year-old Robin Voigt is meeting Santa Claus for the first time.
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Mildura time capsule
See how Mildura has changed in these films and recorded sound items from the NFSA's collection.
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Australia's first Oscar
The first Academy Award ever won by an Australian is in the NFSA collection.
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Exploring Gender Roles in Vintage Advertising
A look back at the portrayal of women and men as homemakers and breadwinners in cinema advertising from the 1940s.
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Anzac Day Marches: Home Movies
As public gatherings to commemorate Anzac Day in 2020 are not going ahead because of COVID-19, we're sharing home movies of marches from Anzac Day in 1933, 1946 and 1980.
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Sir Donald Bradman Playing Cricket – in Colour
A recently donated film reveals the only known colour footage of Sir Donald Bradman playing cricket.
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Beautiful vintage European fashion at Mark Foy's
Mark Foy's fashion parades from the 1940s and '50s, featuring designers Pierre Balmain and Schiaparelli, captured in gorgeous colour footage.
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Betty Bryant: 1940s film ingénue features in Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition
A look at Betty Bryant, once Australia’s most famed film ingénue, who features in the exhibition Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, now open on the Gold Coast.
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