On 1 July 1974, Australia embarked on a grand tour of the metric system, leaving behind the old imperial road markers.

This audio clip contains three 30-second radio advertisements from a campaign to educate motorists about the change from imperial to metric speed limits on Australian roads which began on 1 July 19

Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest-running comic strip character, has chalked up a century. The NFSA marks the milestone with newly digitised footage of Ginger and his creator James Charles Bancks.

This 1947 film features the character Ginger Meggs, who spreads a message, via his comics, of vehicle safety and traffic safety.

The Australian Commonwealth Film Unit made several short public service films using sporting stars to promote road safety.

These road safety films from the 1950s to 1980s offer a full tank of vintage car delight.

'The victims of motor car accidents are very often pedestrians. Sometimes they can be unpredictable but often they are innocent victims'. 

Controlled driver experiments where subjects with a blood alcohol reading of 0.08 drive cars and they measure their reaction times, feature in this educational film.

'Freeways are designed for fast and safe motoring.

Don't drink and drive! A jazz band gives extra appeal to this road safety trailer on the dangers of mixing drinking and driving.