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Cadbury Crunchie: Exciting Biting (1959)
This is a 30-second black-and-white television advertisement from 1959 for Cadbury’s Crunchie chocolate bar. It features a group of performers, each holding a Crunchie bar, in a studio with a large...
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Melbourne Christmas karaoke
The people of Melbourne take on a karaoke challenge, singing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' in Bourke Street as the sign-off for this National Nine News, Melbourne bulletin. News presenter Peter...
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The Broken Melody: 'There is no joy for us'
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has returned to the theatre after seeing his father in hospital. He conducts the final act of his new opera, unaware that the young singer playing the understudy is his...
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Children's games
Adults and children hold hands and form a large circle in the back garden to play the children’s games 'ring-a-ring-a-rosie’ and ‘oranges and lemons’ as children pass underneath the arms of the two...
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The Broken Melody: 'Downs and outs'
Sam Harris (Harry Abdy) and his girlfriend Bella (Rita Pauncefort) are parked by the harbour, talking wedding rings and marriage, when they hear beautiful violin music. They follow the sound to the...
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The Broken Melody: 'Optimism wears out with your boots'
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has been out of work for months when he runs into two old university acquaintances. They take a drink at a city bar, where a man selling shoelaces approaches. Joe Larkin...
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