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Tagged: newsreels
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This 1930s newsreel recounts the coronial inquest into the Pyjama Girl mystery, one of the most baffling unsolved murder cases in Australian criminal history.
It reconstructs courtroom scenes and the...
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This iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien Parer contains some of the most recognised images of Australian troops in the Second World War.
Australian troops from the 39th Battalion...
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The 'galah premiere' of Buckeye and Pinto (1979) and Terror Lostralis (1980) at the Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne.
Footage of the ‘Galah’ Valhalla premiere was inserted into an original newsreel that...
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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!
From...
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'Movietone recalls news highlights of an eventful year ... 1963', reads the opening title of this newsreel which provides a wonderfully edited snapshot of key local and international events in 1963,...
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This clip is taken from the Fox Movietone newsreel Annette Kellerman Returns to Australia.
After living and working abroad since 1905, swimmer, vaudeville performer, silent movie star, author and...
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Cinesound announces that its newsreel film Kokoda Front Line! has received an Honourable Mention and Special Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. Tribute is paid...
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This newsreel segment from 1933 profiles Australian Jack Crawford, the world No. 1 men’s tennis player that year.
He won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon but fell short of being the...
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This newsreel clip shows Junior Hardcourt Champion Tony Roche in a practice game with professional champion Lew Hoad.
Roche went on to make the Wimbledon final once, in 1968, where he was defeated by...
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This Cinesound Review newsreel details the competition for the architectural design of the Sydney Opera House in 1957.
The winning design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon created both controversy and...