Joan Sutherland performing ‘Devotion (Widmung)', composed in 1840 by Robert Schumann, at the 1950 Mobil Quest singing contest.

Harold Blair sings 'Maranoa Lullaby’ on an unreleased recording from 1950.

Summary by Brenda Gifford

In this mostly black-and-white cinema advertisement for Nestlé's packaged soups, entertainer Bobby Limb is a singing chef, impressing a table of guests for dinner.

This animated cinema advertisement for Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies shows Bertie the Jet taking part in a popularity air race around Australia.

This colour cinema advertisement by Litchfield Film Productions launches the new model Holden sedan, the 1956 FE. This clip shows the whole advertisement minus the opening and closing titles.

This television advertisement for General Motors Holden emphasises the Holden sedan’s suitability to the needs of the family.

This is a 30-second black-and-white television advertisement from 1959 for Cadbury’s Crunchie chocolate bar.

This advertisement for Schweppes carbonated drinks and fruit cordials features a series of social occasions in which people enjoy the beverages.

A glass slide promoting Robert Menzies for election as prime minister with caption `Which leader for Australia?' and the name of his political opponent, Labor Party leader HV Evatt, crossed ou

A cinema advertisement for Sennitt’s Ice Cream with the popular Melbourne radio announcers Nicky (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Graham (Kennedy).