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Countdown sign

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When those glowing, yellow bulbs flashed on to spell out the word ‘Countdown’ it heralded the beginning of an Australian institution. The weekly m..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by image:

Countdown

AU
Similarity: 89%

Countdown

United States, 1968
Similarity: 63%

Gone in 60 seconds = Gone in sixty seconds

United States, 1974
Similarity: 42%

Country town

Australia, 1971
Similarity: 39%

Our town

United States, 1940
Similarity: 39%

The Hour

GB, 2011
Similarity: 39%

Boys Town

United States, 1938
Similarity: 39%

Chinatown [DVD]

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Similarity: 38%

Down and out in Beverly Hills

United States, 1986
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The Show Must Go On

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Similarity: 37%

The Bounty

United States, 1984
Similarity: 36%

Going Down

Australia, 1982
Similarity: 36%

Sweet and lowdown

United States, 1999
Similarity: 36%

You can count on me

United States, 2000
Similarity: 36%

Snowtown

Australia, 2011
Similarity: 36%

25th Hour

United States of America, 2002
Similarity: 36%

Watership down

United States, 1978
Similarity: 35%

Eat a bowl of tea

United States, 1989
Similarity: 35%
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