Titles tagged with ‘swimming pools’
9 titles - sorted by title / by year
Archibald Family: Family Scenes and Outings in Sydney: Home Movie (c1932)
This home movie produced by the Archibald family in approximately 1932, features a variety of scenes illustrating their family life. These include beach scenes, a young girl’s birthday ...
Australasian Gazette – Clive Barass, Australian Champion and Leader of the Troupe (c1926)
This newsreel shows Australian champion diver Clive Barass and his diving troupe performing individual and group dives at Clifton Gardens Baths near Mosman, Sydney. It is black-and-white and ...
Australasian Gazette – Mermaids Swim Well (c1931)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1931 shows highlights of the Bondi Ladies’ Annual Carnival at the local Bondi Baths, now known as the Bondi Icebergs. Edna Davey ...
Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride (1993)
A documentary that intercuts interview material with historical footage, Freedom Ride, written and directed by Rachel Perkins, delves into the political motivations of her father, Dr ‘Kumantjayi’ (Charlie) ...
Dimpel, Konrad: Manuka Swimming Pool: home movie (1961)
Canberra resident and home movie enthusiast, Konrad Dimpel captures his young family on an outing to the Manuka Swimming Pool in 1961.
From Sand to Celluloid – Two Bob Mermaid (1996)
A short drama, set in the 1950s, about an Aboriginal girl Koorin (Carrie Prosser) who is fair skinned and gains access to the local swimming pool where Aboriginal ...
McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Silent Car Trip Australia: Home Movie (c1960)
This travelogue is edited into segments based around the places and sites of interest that they visited on a trip through South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and ...
The New Inventors – Series 1 Episode 8 (2004)
The three featured inventions on this week’s program are: a pool cleaner with a difference, invented by two brothers; a masterly way of turning landfill into compost; and ...
Prahran 3181: Swimming in the Backyard (2001)
The film covers the construction and subsequent use of the suburban public swimming pool in Prahran, Melbourne. Jim has worked there as manager for 37 years. The pool ...
