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Australia Today – The ‘Pyjama Girl’ Murder Case 1939

This newsreel reconstructs the coronial inquest into the Pyjama Girl mystery, one of the most baffling unsolved murder cases in Australian criminal history.

Length: 10 minutes 22 seconds

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)

Featured in the Australia Today collection

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National Film and Sound Archive

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