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No Strings Attached
A bet sees 'Giancarlo' fly to Venezuela to meet a woman he met online, but is he flying into a trap? This clip beautifully captures a range of hopes and fears associated with online dating, as well...
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Aeroplane Jelly for Aliens (1968)
This short and amusing animated Aeroplane Jelly advertisement is also notable for its product name, jingle and reflection of the time when it was made. Bert Appleroth created Aeroplane Jelly in 1927...
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Dingo: 'The best thing I ever heard'
John Anderson (Daniel Scott) listens dumbfounded to Billy Cross (Miles Davis) and band on the tarmac at the remote west Australian town of Poona Flat. It is 1969, and Cross’s Boeing 707 has made an...
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Fashion Show 15,000 Feet Up
The first aerial fashion show held on a TAA flight between Perth and Sydney. Newsreel segments like this one – shown before movies in Australian cinemas – would have been an important way for fashion...
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Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia: The Middle East
At street level in Gaza, the buildings have been reduced to rubble as a result of the First World War. Aerial shots of the snaking Jordan River follow its flow into the Sea of Galilee. The team stops...
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Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia: Approaching Sydney
From onboard the biplane, Frank Hurley films two of the crew looking down over Sydney’s harbour. He captures aerial views of Sydney’s inner harbour suburbs including Watsons Bay, Vaucluse,...
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Gone to the Dogs: Two dopes and a dog
George (George Wallace), Henry (John Dobbie) and their dog Aloysius are trapped in the haunted house, the lair of master criminal Dr Sunderman. They encounter a variety of scary effects designed to...
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Gone to the Dogs: 'The bow-wows now are all the rage'
George (George Wallace) leaps into song in the courtyard of Mrs McAllister’s dog kennel (and boarding house). Jean McAllister (Lois Green) whips off her skirt to join him, dancing in hotpants. Henry...
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Gone to the Dogs: Monkey business
George (George Wallace) has to display the prize new gorilla to the zoo’s best patron, Mr Inchcape (Harold Meade), but the animal is sick, so George’s mate Henry (John Dobbie) dresses in a gorilla...
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: aeroplane set
This production still shows the cast and crew on the set of a crashed aeroplane for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The photo amply illustrates the increased budget that production company Kennedy Miller...
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