A Year to Remember 1937

Collection of newsreel footage which made up Australia’s history in 1937 - Coronation of George VI at Westminster Abbey - Japan looking for steel to feed her furnaces - Rise of General Franco and the outbreak of the Civil War - Lyons re-elected - Sydney’s last steam train - Stinson monoplane disappears over Lamington National park - Zeppelin ‘Hindenberg’ goes up in flames - Hubert Opperman cycles from Perth to Melbourne … and much more. Rated: G

Credits

producer

Frank Killian

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300959

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Westminster Abbey

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939

Documentary

History → Australia - History

History → Coronations

History → History

History → Lyons, Joseph, Prime Minister, 1931-1939

History → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939

History → Westminster Abbey

People → Lyons, Joseph, Prime Minister, 1931-1939

Places → Westminster Abbey

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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