All home movies
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1940s (continued)
Sprod, John: Pioneer Tours Bus Trip to Flinder’s Ranges, Building Brick Houses c1946
John Sprod was influenced by his father, an amateur photographer who taught him how to develop film.
Sydney Harbour and Anzac Day c1946
This colour home movie shows the official Anzac Day parade through central Sydney in 1946, one year after the end of the Second World War.
Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 1 1948
This 16mm colour home movie filmed and edited by Sir Robert Menzies is an extraordinary record for not only Australians but the British too.
Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 2 1948
A truly mesmerising piece of footage taken through the eyes of Australian prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, during a family journey through Europe.
Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 3 1948
This home movie is the third reel of a four-part travelogue filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1948.
Duff, Paul: Papua New Guinea c1949
This is a unique record of Australia’s interests in the natural resources of our Asia-Pacific neighbours.
1950s
Clarke, Robin JH: Sydney Diary 1950
This home movie footage was taken by professional cameraman Robin Clarke, one of Australia’s first television cameramen.
Gerakiteys: Greek Community Picnics 1950
This beautiful colour footage captures how the Greek community in Canberra lived at the time, and the ways they contributed to community life.
A Hero’s Reward 1950
This delightful ‘family farce’ home movie production was filmed over a weekend around the Lindfield area in Sydney.
McIlwraith, Peter: Brisbane Show and Moonbi Park c1950
The experience of the Brisbane Exhibition (now officially called the Royal Queensland Show) is captured beautifully in this amateur footage.
Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour 1953
This home movie filmed by Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, captures the official ceremonies for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains c1954
Most of this home movie footage captures scenes of sporting and leisure activities around Canberra, such as the woodchopping competition at a local show.
Gerakiteys: Greek Wedding Reception: Canberra Scenes c1954
This is a rare example of home movie footage of migrant communities living in Australia in the 1950s.
Gerakiteys: Scenes of Greece and Canberra c1954
This clip from a home movie by Emmanuel Gerakiteys beautifully captures a wedding in a small Greek town, soaked in afternoon sunlight.
Menzies RG: Our Royal Visitors 1954
Sir Robert Menzies recorded the royal visit of 1954 and the pomp, ceremony and excitement that surrounded it.
Roamin’ Holiday 1954
This amateur travelogue made by John and Frank Straford records their trip to north-east Victoria in the 1950s.
Western Wonderland 1954
This 1954 travelogue of the Grampians National Park in Victoria features a poetically nostalgic voice-over recorded 50 years later.
Elapsed Time Test Studies: Australian Wildflowers, Tahiti, Travel Scenes c1955
FE Winton was apparently the only person in Australia in the 1950s doing elapsed time photography using electric flashes.
Gerakiteys: Greek Scenes c1955
The Gerakiteys home movies represent a detailed example of multicultural life in Australia during the 1950s.
Maitland Floods 1955
This home movie captures the devastation of the 1955 Maitland floods. The reaction of the residents make this footage surprisingly affecting.
Syme, Ken: Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
This silent, colour home movie, shot by Ken Syme, provides a snapshot of both the 1956 Olympic Games, and the city that hosted it.
Minter, R: South-East Asia, India and Rome 1958
This home movie from Robert Minter follows his travels to Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, India, Turkey, Greece and Italy.
1960s
Dimpel, Konrad: Jennings Germans c1960
Some of the first houses built by the ‘Jennings Germans’ are still standing in O’Connor, Ainslie and Yarralumla.
McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Silent Car Trip Australia c1960
This travelogue is from a trip around Australia made by Bernard Kent and Roger McKenzie, enthusiastic film collectors and amateur filmmakers.
Dimpel, Konrad: Manuka Swimming Pool 1961
This silent 8mm colour footage provides a snapshot of Canberra social life in the 1960s.
McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Around Sydney with a Camera 1962
Bernard Kent met Roger McKenzie in 1947. Aside from collecting films, they made their own amateur movies such as this travelogue of Sydney’s harbour suburbs.
Dimpel, Konrad: Red Hill 1964
This colour home movie, captured by Konrad Dimpel, shows his children quietly entertaining themselves over Christmas in 1964.
Dimpel, Konrad: German Christmas celebrations, Lutheran Sunday School picnic c1966
In this 1960s home movie, a curious baby kangaroo joins a Lutheran Sunday School picnic at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve outside Canberra.
Dimpel, Konrad: On the Voyage to Germany c1966
Konrad Dimpel has recorded his family’s history through home movies since his arrival in Australia from Germany in 1954.
1970s
Nott, D: A Trip With the RAAF c1970
The footage of this May, 1969 trip includes aerial shots of the landscape, airfields, and members of the Works Committee visiting villages.
Bali Hi c1971
Bali has always been a popular destination with Australians and this film was made at a time when cheaper air travel meant that more Australians travelled overseas.
Historic Beechworth 1971
This colour home movie gives us a glimpse into Beechworth, showing us the local scenery and architecture and people panning for gold.
Singapore Synopsis 1971
As a competent and creative amateur filmmaker, Alan Bresnahan’s shots are well chosen, mixing architectural and colonial history with tourist attractions.
Kokoda Trail, Cadets from Scots College 1972
The challenging terrain of the Kokoda Trail is constantly evident as the boys climb over rocks, through jungle, across rivers and up mountains.
Bushnell, K: Cyclone Tracy Aftermath 1974
This unedited footage was shot by freelance cameraman Keith Bushnell in the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Tracy which hit Darwin on Christmas Day 1974.
Cine Safari c1977
Cine Safari was made during a month-long trip by approximately 30 members of the Cine Society in the spring of 1977.
2000s
Dimpel, Konrad: Burned Out Fields Around My Walking Ways 2003
This home movie by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel documents the bushfires that swept through the ACT in January 2003 and their destructive aftermath.
