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Titles tagged with ‘home movies’

18 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

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Australia to England via Tobruk and Benghazi: Menzies Wartime Tour home movie – 1941

Most footage of the Second World War is in black-and-white, making this 16mm colour home movie by former Prime Minister Robert Menzies even more extraordinary.

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Browne, George: Blue Mountains home movie – c1930

This family holiday footage shows landmarks such as Katoomba Falls, the Sublime Point Lookout, Orphan Rock and the Three Sisters rock formation.

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Clarke, Robin JH: Sydney Diary home movie – 1950

This home movie footage was taken by professional cameraman Robin Clarke, one of Australia’s first television cameramen.

The Comedy Company – Series 1 Episode 11 television program – 1988

The Comedy Company, with its array of familiar, daggy suburban characters, was a popular sensation.

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Dimpel, Konrad: Burned Out Fields Around My Walking Ways home movie – 2003

This home movie by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel documents the bushfires that swept through the ACT in January 2003 and their destructive aftermath.

Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains home movie – 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.

Dimpel, Konrad: Jennings Germans home movie – c1960

Some of the first houses built by the ‘Jennings Germans’ are still standing in O’Connor, Ainslie and Yarralumla.

Dimpel, Konrad: Manuka Swimming Pool home movie – 1961

This silent 8mm colour footage provides a snapshot of Canberra social life in the 1960s.

Dimpel, Konrad: On the Voyage to Germany home movie – c1966

Konrad Dimpel has recorded his family’s history through home movies since his arrival in Australia from Germany in 1954.

Dimpel, Konrad: Red Hill home movie – 1964

This colour home movie, captured by Konrad Dimpel, shows his children quietly entertaining themselves over Christmas in 1964.

Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Children’s Party and Beach home movie – 1941

Amateur home movie maker Frederick Simpson Dyer made a number of movies covering family events such as outings, holidays and birthdays.

Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Cinema and its Workings home movie – 1941

This footage reveals the excitement of going to the cinema at a time when the moving image was not all pervasive, as it is today.

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Henshall, Mr: Australian Cricketers Visit Ceylon, Naples, Switzerland and Practise at Lords home movie – 1930

This rare home movie captures informal scenes of Don Bradman and Australia’s 1930 touring cricket team, as filmed by the manager.

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Maitland Floods home movie – 1955

This home movie captures the devastation of the 1955 Maitland floods. The reaction of the residents make this footage surprisingly affecting.

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Roberts, John: Anzac Day march Adelaide, South Australia and other segments home movie – c1941

This is a compilation of film segments from the John Roberts Home Movie Collection that have been spliced together.

Roberts, John: Children playing war games in a suburban backyard home movie – c1941

John Roberts filmed various scenes in and around his home city of Adelaide from 1939 to 1941, including Anzac Day and war bonds marches.

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The SBF Story documentary – 2007

The amateur production company SBF made travelogues, animations and short dramas in the 1950s and ’60s.

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Vivien Straford 1927–1937 home movie – 1927

The father of amateur filmmakers the Straford Brothers was an avid maker of home movies himself, despite losing an arm during the First World War.