TAGGED: 1950s
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It may be dull and dreary in London right now but here in Australia it's all sunshine and fruit.

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A quick tour of a biscuit factory making all the old Australian favourites like SAO, Iced VoVo and Monte Carlo - by the millions. From Australian Diary 46.

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In this scene, Jedda (Rosalie Kunoth-Monks) sits and begins to play the piano in a European style.

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A brief portrait of Melbourne as the venue of the 1956 Olympic Games.

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This excerpt from a Cinesound Review newsreel from 1954 is a great example of the perennial upbeat Christmas story.

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This is a behind-the-scenes documentary from 1955 revealing the kind of organisation that went into making a daily radio program at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (later, Corporation).

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This recording includes highlights from the ABC Radio broadcast of the closing ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian

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This recording includes highlights from the ABC Radio broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian

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Tim Bowden talks about how the introduction of TV in Australia in 1956 affected radio.