Captured in time: favourites from the sixties from the Cinesound / Movietone newsreels.

Australia, 1993

Film
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In the years before television, millions of Australians made the weekly pilgramage to cinemas to catch the latest edition of the Cinesound and Movietone News. This video includes newsreels of the last lamplighter in Australia and the visit of American President, Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Credits

producer

Norm Wilkinson

production company

Film World

Duration

00:46:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1993

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304934

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture journalism - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs

History → Australia - History - 1945-1965

History → Australia - History - 1965-

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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