TAGGED: Australian politics
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Historical footage of a plaster cast being made of an Aboriginal man’s face by anthropologists.

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Historical news footage of Aboriginal girls removed from their families and being adopted by a white family as a result of the assimilation policies.

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This is a segment from the Parliamentary debate in 1965 concerning Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.

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The NFSA collection contains over 100 political glass slide advertisements from 1917 to 1976.

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Glass slide featuring an advertisement for 'The Liberals'. Text: 'Give these Liberal men a chance to put Australia back on the road to sanity'

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Glass slide. Orange and white background with colour portrait of Ray Thorburn. Full caption reads: ''Right the wrong.

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Yellow background with an image of Barbara Joy Guyatt. Text at top of slide: 'Brisbane City Council for Toowong'.

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Black and white glass slide. Text reads: Vote for the Country Party Team. And lists the candidates names.

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Glass slide. Text reads: 'Hon. Harold Holt M.P. Minister for Labour, National Service & Immigration will speak at Cnr. Guthrie St. & Given Terrace Paddington 8 p.m Wed.

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Glass slide: Full caption reads: 'Patrons! Any political slides appearing in this theatre are screened as, advertising matter only.