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Australian Vintage Cinemas and Theatres
This collection about Australian picture palaces is dedicated to the enduring pleasures of cinemagoing. At the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has recently closed cinemas across Australia but...
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Lyceum Theatre, Sydney: The Overlanders premiere
A Cinesound Review newsreel story about the premiere of UK-Australian film The Overlanders at the Lyceum Theatre in Sydney on 27 September 1946. Seen in this clip are some of the film's stars – John...
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Regent Theatre, Sydney: In Old Chicago Premiere
A Movietone News newsreel story about the premiere of the Oscar-winning In Old Chicago (Henry King, USA, 1937) at the Regent Theatre in Sydney on 21 May 1938. Guests at the premiere include the Lord...
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Footscray 1971: Festivities
Crowds line the footpath of the Grand Cinema in Footscray. A bicycle’s sign advertises a children’s talent quest grand final. Jack Perry (Zig) and Doug McKenzie (Zag) perform their Zig and Zag clown...
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Barclay Theatre, Melbourne: King Rat Preview
A newsreel clip about a special preview of the film King Rat (Bryan Forbes, USA, 1965) at the Barclay Theatre in Melbourne. The film portrays life in the Changi prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore. At...
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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 Sydney. A...
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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. Notable features include a lounge, cloakroom and – more unusually – hat clips on...
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Barclay Theatre, Melbourne: Official Opening
A Cinesound Review newsreel from 1958 showing guests arriving at the official reopening of the Barclay Theatre in Russell Street, Melbourne. Screening is the Melbourne premiere of The Ten...
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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. The dog show was part of a promotion for the short...
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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. Footage includes ...
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