TAGGED: 1950s
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This clip is from a series of ads that persuasively argue that Milk Tray chocolates can transform the everyday into a special occasion, satisfy desires and mend rocky relationships.

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This clip is from a series of ads that persuasively argue that Milk Tray chocolates can transform the everyday into a special occasion, satisfy desires and mend rocky relationships.

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This clip is part of a series of three short advertisements, all with the jingle 'sing toora-lay it’s a Milk Tray day today’. The first is set in a fairground with a couple riding on a carousel.

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These rare examples of Aboriginal songs were recorded by John Hutchinson, one of Australia's foremost field recordists, in 1959 along the north-west coastline of Australia.

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Film editor Geoff (Bryan Brown) makes a political joke, and a statement, by tampering with a newsreel to make fun of the newly-elected Prime Minister, Mr Menzies.

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Cameraman Len Maguire (Bill Hunter) and assistant Chris (Chris Haywood) rush ahead of the entrants in the round Australia Redex Trials to capture footage.

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Cameraman Len Maguire and assistant Chris Hewitt (Chris Haywood) have battled rising waters to reach Maitland – then got drunk with their competitors, while waiting for the daylight.

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Binny Lum head and shoulders portrait by Broothorn Studios in Melbourne, 1955.

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Australia's Amateur Hour was a pioneering radio talent show that became a pop-culture phenomenon.

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Australia's Amateur Hour was a 1940s and 1950s radio talent show that Australians took to their hearts.