All titles produced in 1954

10 titles

Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies Advertisement: Bertie the Jet (1954)

This animated cinema advertisement for Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies shows Bertie the Jet taking part in a popularity air race around Australia. The secret to his energy and ...

Australia Post – Royal Tour (1954)

This program was produced by the Public Relations Division of the Postmaster-General’s Department (PMG) to celebrate its role in the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Australia. ...

The Back of Beyond (1954)

Battling heat, dust, flood and sand, Royal Mail driver and everyman Tom Kruse completes the fortnightly run in his battered Leyland Badger, delivering mail, stores and supplies to ...

Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains: home movie (c1954)

This mute, colour home movie made by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel shows various scenes in and around Canberra and includes a woodchopping competition at a local country show.

Gerakiteys: Greek Wedding Reception: Canberra Scenes (c1954)

A colour home movie filmed mostly by Emmanuel Gerakiteys of the Greek community in Canberra in the 1950s. Footage includes a Greek bridal party and wedding reception, family ...

Gerakiteys: Scenes of Greece and Canberra (c1954)

In this 16mm silent colour home movie, members of the Gerakiteys family, residents of Canberra, arrive in their town of origin in Greece where they meet relatives, visit ...

Menzies RG: Our Royal Visitors: Home Movie (1954)

This home movie, filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, records the official visit by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of ...

On Stream (1954)

This industrial documentary made between 1951 and 1954 by the Shell Film Unit Australia retraces the development, construction and opening of the Shell Oil Refinery on the outskirts ...

Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial (1954)

This is a Cinesound documentary about the Round Australia 1954 Redex Reliability Trial – a 15,450 kilometre motor endurance rally over rough terrain and unsealed roads. Overland Adventure ...

Snowy Hydro – The Snowy Flows Inland (1954)

Produced in 1954 by the Australian National Film Board, the film presents the aims and objectives of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and looks at the preliminary phase operations.

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