TAGGED: 1970s
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Take a behind the scenes look at how the popular, award-winning road safety films, Hector The Cat, were produced for TV by Film Australia in the 1970s.

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The city of Brisbane, Queensland as seen through the eyes of European migrants in 1975.

Produced by the Department of Labor and Immigration. Part of the NFSA’s Film Australia Collection.

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Two orange hand-operated cassette players with handles. Kit also contains two red and grey plastic hand-operated record players.

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Combined Akai X-2000SD reel to reel, cassette and 8 track cartridge player with speakers.

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An Adelaide dentist and amateur filmmaker has donated almost 10 hours of footage which helps chronicle the Australian and international Paralympic movement in the 1970s and 80s.

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In 1979 two young Australians invented the first Fairlight sampling synthesizer and changed electronic music forever. We have one in working condition!

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Caddie (1976) was so popular it ran for 54 weeks on one screen alone. The second part of our celebration of the film looks at its success and feminist legacy.

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The first of this two-part series that looks back on the making of Caddie, a breakthrough feature of the Australian film revival of the 1970s.

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A former railway signaller, Film Curatorial Officer Jeff Wray explores the train films of Roger McKenzie.

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Robert Stigwood, one of the most successful and influential Australians involved in the entertainment industry, has died aged 81.