What's on Visit The Lens
Home
What's on
Cinemas Exhibitions
Visit
Food & drink Shop How to get to ACMI Accessibility Amenities School groups Families More info
Accessibility
Collections & Preservation
Projects & Partnerships
Schools & Teachers
Membership
Support us
About us
Contact us
Shop
Venue hire
Touring exhibitions
ACMI X Residency
Subscribe
The Lens

Works explorer

The Lucky years

Australia, JUN 2009
film

Brian Luscombe enlisted in the Air Force on Australia Day 1942. He was 18 and wanted to be a pilot. Dubbed Lucky Luscombe, Brian talks about his years as a pi..

Read more

Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

An Interview with Jock McAuley

Australia, MAY 2009
Similarity: 75%

An Interview with John Balloch

Australia, SEP 2010
Similarity: 74%

22R&SU

Australia, APR 2011
Similarity: 74%

A Naive country kid

Australia, 2011
Similarity: 74%

The Australian airman: 1939-1945

Australia, 1967
Similarity: 73%

Wings

Australia, NOV 2009
Similarity: 72%

An Interview with Stan Guilfoyle

Australia, SEP 2009
Similarity: 72%

Time to fly

Australia, 2009
Similarity: 71%

[Reginald Relf]

Australia, APR 2010
Similarity: 71%

Battlefield pilot

Australia, 1983
Similarity: 71%

A Turning point

Australia, FEB 2010
Similarity: 70%

A Rookie airman's story

Australia, 2011
Similarity: 70%

An Interview with Alan Clark

Australia, SEP 2010
Similarity: 69%

Air crew

Australia, 1960
Similarity: 69%

The Correspondence

Australia, APR 2010
Similarity: 69%

An Interview with Allan Couper

Australia, MAY 2009
Similarity: 69%

The RAAF aircraft apprentice scheme

Australia, 1957
Similarity: 69%

An Interview with Peter Clemence

Australia, 2015
Similarity: 68%
Back to top

ADDRESS: Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia

OPENING HOURS
Museum

Open daily 10am – 5pm
Plan your visit

Game Worlds extended hours
31 Dec 2025 – 26 Jan 2026: 10am–6pm
Buy tickets

ACMI Cinemas
Check screening times

ACMI Cafe + Bar
Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm*
Sat & Sun 10am – 4.30pm*
*Hours extended to accomodate cinema sessions.

ACMI Shop
Open daily 11am – 5pm
Shop online

School groups (by advance booking only)
Mon–Fri 10am – 2.30pm

Subscribe
Follow ACMI on FacebookSubscribe to ACMI's YouTube channelFollow ACMI on TikTokFollow ACMI on InstagramWeChatRedNote

Terms & Conditions
Reports & Policies
Accessibility
Contact us

ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices, or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.