This brief clip from around 1914 is one of few surviving film records of Australian beach scenes from this period.

Rain poured and cold winds blustered, but that didn’t dampen Tamworth’s annual 8 hour day festivities and patriotic parade on 23 October 1916.

When sick and wounded soldiers left the battlefield they were out of immediate danger, but were not entirely safe until they reached their final destination.

On 31 July 1915 Darcy defended his world middleweight title against American Eddie McGoorty.  This was filmed and used in the recruitment campaign.

The Great War did not succeed in killing interest in horseracing in Australia. The 1915 Melbourne Cup was filmed and screened less than 24 hours after the race.

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.

From onboard the biplane, Frank Hurley films two of the crew looking down over Sydney’s harbour.

This is the only known audio recording that contains the voice of an Australian soldier on his way to fight in the First World War.

On a damp Sydney morning, during the First World War, lines of Australian cavalry and infantry march down to the docks while others arrive by tram.

This clip shows the on board activities of some of the troops about to depart Sydney to fight in the First World War. It begins with many of them relaxing on deck.