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.

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

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.

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

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

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

The Queen Mother arrives at Melbourne airport during her 1958 tour of Australia. She is greeted with a guard of honour before heading to the Town Hall where she is welcomed by the Lord Mayor.

A look at how science is involved in the commercial cultivation of mushrooms. Made by The National Film Board and directed by Jack S Allan.

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.

The infant Jedda, snuggled in a coolomon, is carried into the squatters’ kitchen.