A Year to Remember 1934

Collection of newsreel footage which made up Australia’s history in 1934 - King George, Queen Mary and Prince of Wales visit Australia - Locust plague and hunting the ‘pest’ kangaroo - Tasmanian wolf close to extinction - Camels in Adelaide - Louis Bleriot’s first crossing of the English Channel - Charles Ulm disappears between California and Australia - England to Australia air race - Australia wins the Ashes - Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup … and much more. Rated: G

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Credits

producer

Frank Killian

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300956

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Camels - Australia

Animals & Wildlife → Thylacine

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Hot air balloons

Documentary

History → Australia - History

History → History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Hot air balloons

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Melbourne Cup (Horse race)

People → Ulm, C.T.P. (Charles Thomas Phillippe), 1897-1934

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1965

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