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Tagged: celebrations

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Kids' party time capsule
We take a peek at the sugar-laden world of children's parties, with films dating from the 1920s to 1950s. The films, many of them family home movies, feature ingredients we all recognise: cakes, ...
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Home movie: Sydney Opera House Opening
Amateur cinematographer George Browne shot this silent home movie at the opening of the Sydney Opera House on 20 October 1973. The NFSA collects home movies to show a broader range of lived...
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Queen at the Opera House: opening ceremony
Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point on 20 October 1973. This excerpt from the documentary Queen at the Opera House shows the one-million strong crowd, a...
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Party bubbles
This clip begins with a family of four – Mrs and Mr Albion with their two children Douglas and Wally – posing for a family portrait and is followed by a close-up of the youngest child, Douglas. The...
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Wrestling, ballet and outdoor performances
Children perform dances at a garden party while adults look on. This includes children performing ballet and three children dressed in Japanese kimonos. The camera pans across the garden to film...
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Birthday party for two
The Gerakiteys family celebrate their daughters’ birthday in their family garden. Their younger son watches on as the girls sit with their birthday cakes. Other family members are shown and the whole...
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Santa on a see-saw
This clip includes five-year-old Wally being picked up and hugged by his parents; an older man dressed as Santa Claus; children on a seesaw and playing ring-a-rosie; Wally being pushed on a swing by...
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Children's games
Adults and children hold hands and form a large circle in the back garden to play the children’s games 'ring-a-ring-a-rosie’ and ‘oranges and lemons’ as children pass underneath the arms of the two...
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Marvellous Melbourne: Recreational activities
This clip shows the Henley-on-Yarra regatta and celebrations; the agricultural showgrounds and ‘fair barrackers at a football match’. Each segment is introduced with an intertitle. Summary by Poppy...
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Gerakiteys: Annual Greek picnic
This clip shows members of the Canberra Greek community on their annual picnic at Good Hope just outside of Canberra on 26 December 1949. Friends and relatives sitting in the shade lift their glasses...
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