All titles produced in 1939

13 titles

Australia Today – Fort Denison: [Pinchgut]: A Relic of Early Sydney (1939)

Fort Denison is a fortified island in Sydney Harbour built between 1841 and 1857 as a defence against a feared invasion. This newsreel narrates the history of the ...

Australia Today – Man-Eater (1939)

This Australia Today newsreel looks at the ‘silent terrors of the deep’ – sharks. It begins on the beautiful beaches of Sydney, makes its way through the murky ...

Australia Today – Men of Tomorrow (1939)

Men of Tomorrow looks at the ‘city of shadows’ – life as it is for young people living in slum conditions in Sydney in the late 1930s. It ...

Australia Today – The ‘Pyjama Girl’ Murder Case (1939)

This Australia Today newsreel, produced in the 1930s by Rupert Kathner, investigates the famous ‘Pyjama Girl’ murder case, which remained unsolved in Australia for over ten years. On ...

A Brief Survey of the Activities of the Brisbane City Mission (c1939)

This promotional documentary made by the Brisbane City Mission surveys the Mission’s activities and services during the late 1930s and the relief they provide for thousands of the ...

Cockatoo Island: Newsreel Film of Dockyard Activities (c1939)

This film is a compilation of 11 segments showing activities at Cockatoo Island dockyard, in Sydney Harbour, during the years 1936 to 1942.

Colleano on Tightwire Rehearsing at Home (c1939)

This colour home movie footage, probably filmed by Winnie Colleano around 1939, shows tightwire performer Con Colleano rehearsing part of his routine in the backyard of his farm ...

Colleano on Tightwire, Rehearses in Arena (c1939)

Colour home movie footage, probably filmed by Winnie Colleano around 1939, which shows Aboriginal tightwire performer Con Colleano rehearsing in a circus arena in the USA.

Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)

In this Eric Porter animation of ‘the grasshopper and the ant’ fable, Willie Wombat lazes and plays all summer. He laughs at his animal mates devoting time to ...

Isle of Many Waters (1939)

Made for the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, this travelogue filmed and narrated by Frank Hurley promotes Tasmania as an idyllic holiday destination.

Murray-Will, Ewan: Ballet Russes in Australia: Home Movie (c1939)

On the sand and rocks of Bungan Beach, dancers from the Ballets Russes enact a drama for the camera and perform excerpts from their repertoire. Friend and balletomane ...

Murray-Will, Ewan: Ballets Russes: Home Movie (c1939)

Members from the Ballets Russes relax at the beach house of Ewan Murary-Will. Murray-Will films them dancing, picnicking on the grass, swimming and sunbathing at the beach.