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

Years before television bought the news into our loungeroom, the Cinesound and Movietone news delighted and informed the cinema goers of Australia. This video contains news stories from the 1950’s including Australia at war with Korea, the Redex Trial in 1955 and the filming of Neville Shute’s “On the beach” in Melbourne.

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Credits

producer

Norm Wilkinson

production company

Bluestone Productions

Film World

Duration

00:49:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1993

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304923

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

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia

Historical films

History → Australia - History - 1945-1965

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1993

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