All titles produced in 1941
14 titles
Australia to England via Tobruk and Benghazi: Menzies Wartime Tour (1941)
This home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister the Right Honourable, Sir Robert Menzies, was taken during his 1941 wartime tour of Tobruk, Benghazi, Cairo, Khartoum, Libya and ...
Australia Today – Australia’s 5th Column (1941)
The opening title card to this Australia Today newsreel declares that Australia is at war and threatened by a ruthless enemy whose objective is the ‘downfall of the ...
Bushells Tea Advertisement: The World of the Future (c1941)
This colour animated Bushells tea advertisement from 1941 paints a picture of what it will be like in the future and claims that regardless of the fast-paced lives ...
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 ...
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 ...
From England to the USA: Menzies Wartime Tour (c1941)
This home movie, filmed by the then Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, records his trip from England to the USA via Lisbon and Canada. It begins with ...
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.
Menzies’ Wartime Tour – England (1941)
This home movie filmed by Australia’s longest serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, captures England during the Blitz in 1941. It features footage of the Churchills in their ...
Red Cross Cinema Advertisement: The Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme (c1941)
A community announcement promoting the Red Cross’s Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. The advertisement consists of a three-minute address to camera by the Governor of Queensland, Sir ...
Roberts, John: Anzac Day march Adelaide, South Australia and other segments (c1941)
This compilation of home movie reel segments filmed by John Roberts includes black-and-white and colour footage, shot between 1939 and 1943. It shows a sailor returning home from ...
Roberts, John: Children playing war games in a suburban backyard, Adelaide, South Australia (c1941)
In a suburban backyard in Adelaide, two siblings play war games with toy guns and pose for the camera. This silent, colour, home movie footage was filmed by ...
Tandaco Prepared Stuffing: Don’t Cry Dear Lady (c1941)
This colour cinema advertisement for Tandaco Prepared Stuffing shows a woman cooking a roast chicken for her husband and her husband’s boss. After having trouble finding her herbs ...
Third Liberty Loan: This Is Vital to You (1941)
This black-and-white cinema advertisement produced by the Department of Information in 1941 is a direct appeal from Australia’s Federal Treasurer, JB Chifley, to encourage all Australians to contribute ...
