A Year to Remember 1938

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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Credits

producer

Frank Killian

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300960

Language

English

Subject categories

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia

History → Australia - History

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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