Australia Today billed itself as a 'digest of current events’.

This 'year in review’ edition is not a typical example of the newsreel’s format. It presents some of the significant events of 1971 and includes a range of story types.

This clip features the opening title sequence for the Australian Movie Magazine theatrical newsreel.

Bill Trerise with a camera on a tripod and one other man on top of Movietone Sound camera car 56, with three other men on the ground.

A Fox Movietone cameraman stands on top of a car, filming a fighter aircraft as it flies overhead.

This clip shows the opening title sequence from the Cinesound Review newsreel.

This clip begins with footage of Salvation Army headquarters where food and drink are provided to Australian troops.

Shark attacks on populated beaches are statistically not that common in Australia, but they attract sensational media coverage of the type seen in this newsreel.

Western Australia, 1932. Two gold prospectors – Jimmy Eastwood and Jack Hogan – along with their dog, Spot, strike gold at Larkinville.

This clip shows a foreman and his worker ending work early for the day.