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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...
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In this newsreel excerpt, Annette Kellerman is training her troupe of performers in Sydney for a 'musical marine fantasy' hospital benefit – complete with piano accordion accompaniment.
Almost 20...
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This Movietone News special edition newsreel marks the nationwide celebrations at the end of the Second World War.
This clip is from the opening sequence for the Australian edition of Fox Movietone...
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This Movietone News special edition newsreel marks the nationwide celebrations at the end of the Second World War.
This clip shows joyous celebrations erupting in Sydney streets at the declaration of...
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Depicting the family life of a young boy in the poorer suburbs of Sydney, this newsreel touches on society’s responsibility to offer its youth a better future.
This clip shows the conditions of those...