All titles produced in 1920

15 titles

Australasian Gazette – A Unique Audience (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre.

Australasian Gazette – All for a Good Cause (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel footage from approximately 1920 shows a surf carnival at Bondi Beach, Sydney in aid of the St John’s Ambulance Brigade.

Australasian Gazette – Conversion (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the commencement of work at Victoria Parade for the electrification of the cable tram system of Collins Street, Melbourne, and ...

Australasian Gazette – Dame Nellie Melba (c1920)

This black-and-white silent story from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba accompanied by John Lemmone, Lady Pamela Vestey as a child and others, walking ...

Australasian Gazette – In and around Hamilton District (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the orchard districts of Hamilton, Queensland. Fruit pickers pick peaches off trees and empty their bags into a trough. They ...

Australasian Gazette – Returned Anzacs (1920)

This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from around 1920 shows returned Anzac soldiers marching through Melbourne as part of the ‘Fill-the-Gap’ recruitment drive.

Australasian Gazette – Some Sunday Morning (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from the 1920s shows a scene from ‘some Sunday morning’ at St Kilda Beach, Melbourne.

The Australian Steel Works (c1920)

This promotional documentary presented by the Made in Australia Council looks at the workings of an Australian steel works factory in Newcastle.

Berlei Corsets: Beautiful Lines of Woman Triumphant (c1920)

This silent black-and-white cinema advertisement shows women modelling Berlei ladies foundation garments.

City Traffic in Variable Moods (c1920)

This whimsical item is probably from an Australasian Gazette newsreel. It shows the road and pedestrian traffic around the Flinders and Swanston St intersection in Melbourne in 1920, ...

From the Bush to the Bungalow (1920)

This industrial documentary presents the timber production process in the 1920s and briefly describes the living conditions of its workers.

Kiddies of Queensland Enjoy Outings in their Billy Carts: Rockhampton (c1920)

This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel item shows a group of boys riding on the back of goats and children riding in billycarts down a street in ...

On Our Selection (1920)

Murtagh Joseph Rudd (Percy Walshe), known as Dad, and his son Dave (Tal Ordell) finish a bark hut on their newly established ‘selection’ of virgin bush. The rest ...

Produced by Herschells films for the Made in Australia Council, this is a promotional documentary that highlights Australia’s capacity to produce the ‘highest grade’ electroplate silverware. The film ...

Steamboat Holidays on the Murray River (c1920)

This silent documentary with intertitles shows the landscape and townships along the Murray River between Mildura in Victoria and Mount Lofty in South Australia.