TAGGED: 1950s
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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.

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Tim Bowden describes the popularity of radio dramas and soap operas in the 1950s and 60s, before television took over people's attention in the evenings.

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Liz Jacka describes the initial programming and influences on early television in Australia.

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We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and Home Movie Day with footage of Australia's top overseas travel destinations.

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The NFSA has completed a digital restoration of Celia (1989), the debut feature from Ann Turner.

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Before our feeds were flooded with palm trees and pool-sides, a small band of amateur filmma