Collection of newsreel footage which made up Australia’s history in 1938 - Re-enactment of Governor Phillips landing at Farm Cove - Garden party at Government House - German tenor Richard Tauber in Australia - Birth of ball-by-ball cricket broadcast in Australia - Television pioneer John Logie Baird in Australia - First mailbag flown to England - Rumblings of war, Hitler talks with Britain’s Chamberlain - Belgium. Mussolini’s troops mobilised for war - Empire Games held in Sydney … and much more. Rated: G
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300960
Language
English
Subject categories
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)