Collection of newsreel footage which made up Australia’s history in 1947 - Strike by Sydney waterside workers - Students demonstrate against Dutch policy in Indonesia - Factories introduce incentives to attract female staff - Dutch liner arrives in Sydney carrying Jewish migrants - Expedition seen in Antarctica - Jack Davey’s story about two monkeys at Taronga Park Zoo - Plague of Grasshoppers Moree, NSW - George Formby and wife arrive - Billy Cook wins Jockey’s Premiership … and much more. Rated: G
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300970
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Davey, Jack
Animals & Wildlife → Grasshoppers
Animals & Wildlife → Horse sports
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Moree (N.S.W.)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)