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Cinesound Review 0409: Women Play Soccer

When women’s club soccer (as it was known then) began to make a comeback in the late 1920s, the matches and players were not always taken seriously – as seen (and heard) in this <

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Cinesound's Sydney Harbour Bridge scoop

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932, Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

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Newsreels: Tim Bowden

In this clip, Tim Bowden explains that newsreels were how people received their visual 'current affairs fix' before television.

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Australian Costume Designer Mavis Ripper

NFSA curator Jenny Gall shines a spotlight on Mavis Ripper, a pioneer of Australian costume design for film and theatre.

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Fifty Thousand See Great NSW Police Carnival

The 1936 NSW Police Carnival, featuring a parade with the 'boys in blue' and stunts involving dogs, horses and a motorcycle chariot race, Ben-Hur style, which needs to be seen to be believed!

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Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits Exhibition – Online Highlights

After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Bathurst and Geraldton between 2017 and 2019, you can now find highlights from the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition online.

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Model of Cinesound Newsreels Holden FJ Panel Van

Part of the NFSA collection is a die-cast model of a Cinesound Film Unit FJ Holden panel van, similar to that featured in the classic Australian film Newsfront.

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Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial

Excerpt from Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial.

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Trax die cast model of Cinesound News van
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Trax die cast model of Cinesound News van