TAGGED: 1960s
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Johnny holding a broom and smoking a cigarette on the set of ‘Sing Sing Sing’.

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First recorded by Hank Williams in 1952, Be Careful of Stones that You Throw is the only country and western song Johnny O'Keefe ever recorded.

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The Life in Australia series showcased Australian cities in an idyllic light, hoping to attract prospective immigrants with carefully tailored visions of a peaceful, prosperous life in attractive settings.

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Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1962, the lifeline referred to in the title of this film is the seventy-two inch steel pipe line which carries water fifty miles from Mannum on the Murr

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Ethel Lang in The Hidden Truth, a radio series adapted from American scripts starring the inventor of the lie detector who used his own invention to solve crimes.

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An excerpt from a later episode (c1963) of the long-running Grace Gibson Productions radio serial Dr Paul, featuring Brigid Lenihan (Molly), Laurel Mather (Elizabeth) and Amber M

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Col Joye, Australian rock musician, interviewed by Binny Lum, c1962.

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In this clip, Bernard “Doc” Neeson talks about arriving in Australia for the first time in 1960, and the contrast between Adelaide and the home he had left behind.

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Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, interviewed by Binny Lum in Melbourne in 1963.

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Life in Adelaide: Adelaide is a beautifully restored snapshot of South Australian life in the mid-1960s.