In this year of 1961 Conde’s vision for Festival entailed a distinct shift away from the rock ’n’ roll of the 50’s, to smoother Jazz and lounge vocalists that filled the 60’s.

This Cinesound newsreel from 1960 includes footage taken at the Man from Snowy River Hotel in Perisher Valley, where a small crowd has gathered to watch a spring fashion parade.

Migrants from over 30 nations arrived to construct the Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric Scheme.

Episode 129 of Australian Diary by the Australian National Film Board effectively promotes Thredbo Alpine Village ski resort.

A 17-year-old Prince Charles arrives in Sydney in 1966, greeted by the governor-general and Prime Minister Holt, ahead of a two-term stint at Timbertop, a remote school in central Victoria.

We look back at highlights from Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006.

This newsreel shows highlights of boxing, fencing, weightlifting and swimming competitions where Australia won gold at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

This newsreel item from 1961 shows Prime Minister Robert Menzies touring the construction site for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. 

The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games introduced a new feature: a purpose-built village for the athletes, as seen in the newsreel excerpt.

'Ma’ Bendall tells us how she was one of the first women to take up surfing when she was over 50 years old. She tells her story over wonderful 1960s black-and-white footage of her surfing.