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The Golden leaf

Australia, 1955
film

Documentary on the process of tobacco leaf production in Victoria from the intial planting to the manufacture of the end product, cigarettes.

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My lady nicotine

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First Australian anti-tobacco advertisements, made by Cancer Council Victoria (then Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria)

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Peaches, pears and people

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A Toast to Melbourne

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The Moving Record

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