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The Commonwealth Games

This collection presents highlights from Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006.

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John Landy on ABC's Stateline

In 1998, at the tail end of a highly successful career in the field of agricultural science, John Landy assisted the NFSA in helping to promote our latest video release, Melbourne: Films of the

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Barclay Theatre, Melbourne: King Rat Preview

A newsreel clip about a special preview of the film King Rat (Bryan Forbes, USA, 1965) at the Barclay Theatre in Melbourne.

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Skyline Drive-in, Melbourne

An excerpt from a silent colour home movie by Ron Newman showing the Skyline Drive-in on Burwood Highway in Burwood, Victoria. 

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The Melbourne Wedding Belle

This tourist promotional film for Melbourne was made as it geared up for the staging of the 1956 Olympic Games.

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'I never took my eyes off you for one moment', 1947

3AW Melbourne radio comperes Peter Ellis and Judy Willing gush over a 'superb' Paris frock worn by Helen Wiseman at The Stork Club in Melbourne in 1947.

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'Galah' Premiere at the Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne

The 'galah premiere' of Buckeye and Pinto (1979) and Terror Lostralis (1980) at the Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne.

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Barclay Theatre, Melbourne: Official Opening

A Cinesound Review newsreel from 1958 showing guests arriving at the official reopening of the Barclay Theatre in Russell Street, Melbourne.

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Melbourne Cup 1896: Crowd near the grandstand

This clip shows the crowd at what is probably the Melbourne Cup during the Spring Carnival of 1896.

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Melbourne train derailment, 1926

Newsreel coverage of an April 1926 train derailment near Elsternwick station. 'Three carriages were derailed, causing disorganisation of the Sandringham service.'