Collection of newsreel footage which made up Australia’s history in 1935 - Joseph Lyons leaves for Imperial Conference in London - Lord Baden Powell at Jamboree in Frankston, Victoria - Search for oil at Roma, SE Queensland - General Motors plant at Woodville, SA - Three people killed by sharks - Aircraft building industry - First aerial film ever taken of Central Australia - Smithy lost over the Bay of Bengal - 200 foot python goes on strike at Taronga Park Zoo…and much more. Rated: G
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300957
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Aerial photography
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Aircraft factories - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → General Motors-Holden's Limited
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oil fields
Animals & Wildlife → Taronga Zoo (Sydney, N.S.W.))
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia, Central
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Oil fields
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aircraft factories - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - Design and construction
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → General Motors-Holden's Limited
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aerial photography
History → Baden-Powell, George, 1847-1898
History → Lyons, Joseph, Prime Minister, 1931-1939
People → Baden-Powell, George, 1847-1898
People → Kingsford Smith, Charles, 1897-1935
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)