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TAGGED: Sydney
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The Commonwealth Games

This collection presents highlights from Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006.

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A Nation is Built - Daybill Poster

Poster for the 1938 NSW Government film A Nation is Built (Frank Hurley) featuring an Aboriginal man with a shield and spear standing with a sailing ship behind him, above is a British sol

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RePlay: Life in Australia: Sydney 1966 - Clip 1

This segment from Life in Australia: Sydney 1966 features swimmers and sunbathers at Bondi Beach on a hot day.

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The Man From Hong Kong Lobby Card - 'Hang-gliding'

This lobby card from The Man From Hong Kong (1975) shows lead actor Jimmy Wang Yu (1943–2022) getting ready to hang-glide from the rooftop of a tall building in Sydney.

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Cinesound's Sydney Harbour Bridge scoop

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932, Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

'The Coathanger', as the bridge is affectionately known, opened on 19 March 1932.

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Vale the Prince Edward

An edition of the nightly 15-minute Network Ten current affairs program Telescope, featuring a story on the last days of the Prince Edward Theatre in Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

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Orpheum Theatre Dog Shows, Sydney

Children with their dogs gather outside the Orpheum Theatre in North Sydney and the nearby Cremorne Orpheum on Military Road, Cremorne in Sydney.

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Inside the New Orpheum, North Sydney

A short film segment with inter-titles highlighting the benefits of the newly rebuilt North Sydney Orpheum Theatre.

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Laurence Olivier at Hamlet film premiere in Sydney

This silent newsreel from 30 July 1948 shows Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh attending a charity matinee of Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, UK, 1948) at the Embassy Theatre in Syd