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Alan Bresnahan filmed a Singapore in transition, with skyscrapers and cars mingling with smaller buildings, building sites – often with bamboo scaffolding – and rickshaws.
The majority of this...
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The opening sequence and intertitles suggest this film was intended for family and friends to enjoy at a home movie night.
Max Afford and his wife Thelma travel along Queens Road and end up in...
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Before Paul Hogan (affectionately known as Hoges) became Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (Peter Faiman, Australia, 1986) he starred in a series of tourism ads designed by the Australian Tourism...
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In the early 1990s, Tourism Australia launched a new tourism campaign aimed at the New Zealand market. This 60-second commercial from the campaign used the Jimmy Barnes hit 'Lay Down Your Guns'...
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Paul Hogan and the Sydney Harbour Bridge star in this cheeky ad produced for the Australian Tourism Commission promoting Australia as a tourist destination for Americans. It's part of the same series...
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This film was made in 1940 by William George Alma, a member of the Victorian Amateur Cine Society who was predominantly a magician and collector of material about magic.
Shots of Perth’s main streets...
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This clip uses old paintings and engravings to trace the early history of the Rocks area from its inception.
Summary by Damien Parer
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This clip begins with a panoramic view from the Morehouse Tower of St Paul’s Cathedral looking south over the Yarra River to the Botanical Gardens and the War Memorial. It is followed by a tracking...
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This clip begins along the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne followed by a view of the Princes Bridge. The next tracking shot enters Melbourne’s Botanical Gardens and shows people enjoying the...
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At Echo Point in the Blue Mountains, lovers Jack (Harry Cantor) and Jill (Margaret Jackson) begin their quest to find a £500 cheque hidden in the area. They proceed along the Prince Henry Cliff Walk...