All titles produced in 1931
11 titles
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 ...
Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge (1931)
A comprehensive pictorial record that chronicles the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 1925 and 1931, filmed by the Paramount Film Service, Sydney.
Diggers (1931)
At a battalion reunion after the First World War, Chic Williams (Pat Hanna) and his ‘cobber’ Joe Mulga (George Moon) recall their exploits on the Western Front in ...
Efftee Studio Opening in Melbourne: Speech by Frank Forde (1931)
This short promotional film, made by Frank Thring Senior’s production company Efftee Film Productions, records a speech made by Frank M Forde, then Minister for Trade and Customs, ...
FW Thring Introduces the Stars (1931)
This cinema announcement made by filmmaker Frank W Thring Snr promotes Australian talking pictures, the Efftee Studio production Diggers (1931) and some of the upcoming stars of his ...
George Wallace: Australia’s Premier Comedian (1931)
A comedy musical and dance routine by George Wallace, directed by Frank Thring as part of his Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts.
Melbourne Chinese Orchestra Selections (1931)
This is from the Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts and shows eight members of Melbourne’s Chinese Orchestra performing in a film studio.
Melbourne Today (1931)
The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s architectural highlights and public buildings along ...
Rinso Soap Powder: Then Came Happiness (1931)
This cinema advertisement for Rinso soap powder from 1931 is a short drama about a woman, worn out by the drudge of washing day, who is introduced to ...
Siege of the South (1931)
Between 1929 and 1931, Sir Douglas Mawson led two summer expeditions to Antarctica in the ship Discovery as part of a British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research ...
That’s Cricket (c1931)
This featurette was directed by Ken G Hall for Australasian Films and made with the cooperation of seven members of the successful Australian XI cricket team, including Sir ...
