TAGGED: 1950s
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Excerpt from Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial.

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The very first TV Week Awards for the year 1958 were announced in the magazine January 1959.

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The Albert family of Villawood, in Sydney's west, are visited at their home by the Queen Mother who is eager to see how the average Australian family lives.

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An excerpt from Welcome Your Majesty (1958) showing the Queen Mother as she greets crowds in Sydney and Canberra and enjoys a cuddle with a cute baby koala, during her royal

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This clip from Australian Diary No.

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Queensland Playground is a comprehensive look at the Gold Coast during the late 1950s.

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This lighthearted newsreel story tells of a police raid on a Gold Coast pyjama party in 1959.

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This silent newsreel clip shows people sunbaking on the Gold Coast.

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From 1958, the Top 40 pop chart helped bring the golden age of radio to a close and kickstarted a new era.

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John Laws concludes the broadcast of his 2SM radio program Sound in 1958.

It is also the opening night at 2SM's new studios in Clarence Street, Sydney.