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Cricket is as much a part of the Australian summer as backyard barbecues and sunburn.
The earliest test cricket footage held by the NFSA dates back to 1910. The 'Golden Age of Cricket' is often...
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The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.
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Sir Donald Bradman is recognised internationally as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, but did you know he also briefly acted in a movie?
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Simon Smith sheds light on The Australians in Toronto, a rare film of Sir Donald Bradman in action in Canada 80 years ago.
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Jack O’Hagan discusses his hit song 'Our Don Bradman', released at the height of Bradman’s popularity.
It was first sung by O'Hagan on 3DB Radio, the evening before Bradman scored three centuries at...
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Donald Bradman’s status as an Australian icon is without question. But can just one of the bats he used to enter the record books sum up his unparalleled cricketing career?
Warren Brown pulls on the...
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Don Bradman demonstrates his batting technique, executing a 'pull shot’, an 'off drive’ and a 'leg glance’. He is filmed from a number of different angles both in front of and behind the wicket, in...
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Don Bradman is interviewed in 1930 while on tour in England. It is an informal interview, with Bradman talking casually as he puts on his cricket jumper and jacket.
Bradman discusses the dull light...
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As a contribution to the cause of road safety Sir Donald Bradman world famous cricketer, played the lead in this film for children. The theme is cricket played in casual suburban small boy fashion,...
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In 1932, The Australians In Toronto, a forgotten 13-minute black and white silent documentary featuring Australia's most famous cricketer of all time, Sir Donald Bradman, in action, was quietly...
