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Titles tagged with ‘laboratories’

5 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

Commonwealth Film Laboratories documentary – c1928

The provenance of this film fragment is unclear, but it could have been promoting the lab’s services.

General Motors Holden – Postgraduate Research Fellowship Plan advertisement – c1962

This advertisement presents General Motors Holden as a company at the forefront of research and development in Australia.

A Matter of Taste advertisement – c1954

This 1950s ad for Schweppes focuses on the drinks in the context of entertaining, socialising and recreation, rather than the science behind the 'Schweppervescent’ bubbles.

Research on Survival in Bushfires documentary – 1963

This specialist documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Bushfire Research section of the CSIRO.

What Makes a Champion documentary – 1959

This Shell Film Unit documentary includes demonstrations by a number of Australian Olympic athletes to analyse championship performance and answer the question ‘What makes a champion?’.