Metal advertising sign with black and red text on a white background.

Text reads: 'Terry Dear comperes Australian Amateur Hour Thursdays at 8! 3AW Melbourne'. 

Glass slide advertisement for radio talent show Australia's Amateur Hour.

Australia's Amateur Hour was a 1940s and 1950s radio talent show that Australians took to their hearts.

The NFSA collects tens of thousands of items every year. What were some of the highlights for 2016?

This advertisement and competition by Duracell uses the upcoming Apollo moon landing in it's promotion.

In this episode of the 1958 radio series Phantom Time, husband and wife Lewis and Thelma Waring receive a visit from a mysterious stranger while on their Christmas holidays in a remote cottage in t

Brian Epstein, English music entrepreneur, interviewed by Binny Lum in London, England in 1964.

Binny Lum reports from Annabel's Nightclub in London in 1964 and talks to dinner guests including John Siddeley, 3rd Baron Kenilworth, his wife Jacqueline, Commander Michael Parker and his wife Car

Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer, interviewed by Binny Lum in 1965.

Published courtesy of Sharon Terry and Geoff Charter.

Stirling Moss, English Formula One racing driver, interviewed by Binny Lum in 1958.

Published courtesy of Sharon Terry and Geoff Charter.