Titles tagged with ‘1940s’
27 titles - sorted by title / by year
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ALP: Frank Forde, Election 1946 (1946)
In an address to the public designed in newsreel format for cinema release, Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde makes an appeal to his Capricornia electorate for a vote ...
Beautiful Melbourne (1947)
This footage, put together by the Brotherhood of St Lawrence in 1947, illustrates the conditions of inner-city housing in Melbourne, Victoria. It shows inner suburban housing in poor ...
Behind the Big Top (1949)
A documentary about the travelling Wirth’s Circus and Zoo that toured to Melbourne in 1949. The circus train arrives in town and workers (and elephants) help set up ...
Canberra Files, The (2006)
The Canberra Files takes a chronological look at the way moving images of Australia’s political leaders have influenced the nation over 105 years. It features a special on ...
City in the Sun (1946)
This documentary directed by Alasdair Loch, possibly used to promote Australia as a destination for migration, intends to reflect the ‘mood of metropolitan life’ by showing the bustle ...
Come In Spinner (1989)
This is the story of women in wartime – those left behind while the men are away fighting. It’s the story of three very different women who work ...
Couch: Our Women of the VAD, 1943: Home Movies (1943)
This silent amateur documentary with intertitles was made by members of the Couch family. The film begins with three young women knitting, and then reading an issue of ...
Duff, Paul: Home Movies: Papua New Guinea, 1949-early 50s (c1949)
This silent colour 8mm home movie footage was filmed by Paul Duff during his years working for the Australian Petroleum Company in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The footage ...
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Children’s Party and Beach (1941)
In this silent colour home movie, Frederick Simpson Dyer records his daughter Janet’s sixth birthday party and a family holiday by the beach.
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Cinema and its Workings: Home Movie (1941)
An outing to the Saturday matinee screening of Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) at a local cinema is captured in black-and-white and colour by amateur movie maker Frederick ...
Electric Stove Cinema Advertisement: Banish Drudgery (c1940)
This cinema advertisement from the 1940s illustrates the benefits of cooking with electricity and the new electric kooka range.
The Flying Doctor (1941)
Far from medical facilities on an outback station, a station worker is struck down with an attack of acute appendicitis. In a re-enactment of an actual event, the ...
Green Heritage (c1948)
This agricultural documentary sponsored by the Rural Bank of New South Wales presents itself as a story of ‘grassland improvement’. It surveys the various methods for the improvement ...
Holmes, Mr WGA: Home Movies: Locals Cool Off at the Weir, Theodore (c1940)
This home movie filmed by WGA Holmes contains 17 segments filmed between 1940 and 1953 mostly in and around Theodore, Queensland. It includes footage of people bathing at ...
A Home of their Own (1949)
A promotional documentary made for the Housing Commission of Victoria that examines the importance of home and the ‘dignity of daily life’. It shows post-Second World War housing ...
Homes for Crippled Children (c1940)
Produced by Reverend RW Dobbinson, this silent film surveys convalescent homes and caring facilities for children with polio and other crippling diseases. It shows a number of homes ...
Kolynos Dental Cream Advertisement: Kisses (c1945)
A cinema advertisement for Kolynos Dental Cream that claims brushing with Kolynos improves your teeth and gives you a kissable smile.
Kolynos Dental Cream Advertisement: Next Please (c1944)
Mrs Howard and her 12-year–old daughter Nancy sit in a dentist’s waiting room. Nancy has a sore tooth. If Nancy brushes her teeth correctly and uses Kolynos Dental ...
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Food for Thought (c1941)
This black-and-white and colour Kraft Cheddar Cheese advertisement looks at food preparation, food value and how Kraft cheese can make the difference to nutrition.
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Your Daily Diet (c1947)
A colour cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar cheese that focuses on nutrition, food groups and dietary habits.
Land Short of People (1947)
This film is from a monthly documentary series, This Modern Age, and surveys Australian industrial, social and geographical conditions in the 1940s. It emphasises the need for an ...
Persil Washing Powder: Their Day (1946)
This black-and-white cinema advertisement for Persil Washing Powder uses the style of a romantic musical to literally sing the praises of the powder’s effectiveness.
A Place to Live (1950)
This dramatised documentary, made by the Realist Film Unit for the Brotherhood of St Laurence, contrasts the living conditions of the urban poor with the ‘owners of industry’ ...
Rinso Washing Powder: Easy Does It (1946)
The advertisement for Rinso washing powder uses a musical sales pitch to sing the praises of this fantastic product.
Skyway Express (c1948)
This travelogue was one of a series produced for Qantas in the late 1940s under the generic title of Universal Skylogues. Each film in the series uses the ...
These Are Our Children (1948)
This silent dramatised documentary, commissioned by the Brotherhood of St Laurence and made by the Realist Film Unit, centres around the fate of two teenage siblings who live ...
Vegemite Cinema Advertisement: Sister Knows Best (c1948)
A black-and-white cinema advertisement for Kraft Vegemite outlines the benefits it has if added to one’s diet, especially for children and infants.
