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Budding filmmakers at the 1956 Olympics

There were several future film and TV makers shooting home movies at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

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Good Evening and Welcome to Television - Bruce Gyngell

Bruce Gyngell's famous words, 'Good evening... and welcome to television', launched the new medium in Australia on 16 September 1956.

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B&T journal - Camera at Debut of TV

The 21 September 1956 edition of the Broadcasting and Television Journal (now B&T magazine) included a special devoted to TCN9’s launch, titled ‘The Camera at Debut of TV’.

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Louis Armstrong Sydney welcome 1956

Louis Armstrong arriving at Sydney Airport to a welcome from the Sydney Jazz Club, 1956. There is a crowd of people holding a large banner of welcome while they watch Armstrong play.

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Welcome to television, 1956

In September 1956, one sentence – ‘Good evening and welcome to television' – marked the commencement of regular television transmission in Australia.