Western Australian Museum

The Distant lens : Western Australia's moving memories [videorecording] / [Director: Glenda Hambly ; Producer: Paul Barron]

Author: Hambly, Glenda; Barron, Paul; Perth Institute of Film and Television; Film and Television Institute (W.A.); National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)

Call no: 994.1 DIS

Year: 1997

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Made up from rare archival material from Western Australian sources and from the National Film and Sound Archive, this video includes newsreels, documentaries and actuality footage from 1902 to 1952 showing how people lived in isolated

urban, rural and frontier communities.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	994.1 DIS	Available
Discovery Centre (Reference)	Western Australian Museum	994.1 DIS	Available

Great Australian disasters of the 20th century [videorecording] / written and directed by Bruce Leonard ; [narrator: Phil Haldeman]

Author: Leonard, Bruce; Haldeman, Phil; National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)

Call no: 994.04 GRE

Year: 1997

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Mastered from the 35mm and 16mm film originals available, this video features graphic footage of accidents which have occurred as a result of human error and mechanical failure, as well as natural disasters that struck us swiftly

and without warning.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	994.04 GRE	Not Available

Fashions in the newsreel [videorecording].

Author: National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)

Call no: 391.09 FAS

Year: 1994

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Segments from fashion shows in Australia captured on newsreels from 1896-1971.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	391.09 FAS	Available

The conquest of distance graphically illustrates how Australia's 'tyranny of distance' has been gradually overcome, from the early days of settlement on the shores of Port Jackson to the various forms of public transport available

to travellers in the 1990's. Mastered from the 35mm and 16mm film originals available.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	388.0994 CON	Available

Australian aviation traces the development of aviation in Australia and its effects on everyday life, using surviving Cinesound review and Movietone news newsreels and actual footage from the 1920s to the 1970s. Included are the

exploits of Ross Smith, Jean Batten, Amy Johnson, And Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	629.130994 AUS	Available

Rare archival footage of people, places, and memorable events of the Murray region's past. It includes original footage of many vessels which have been restored or earmarked for recommissioning such as the famous paddlesteamers

Adelaide, Gem, Oscar W, Marion and Pevensey, and others which have long since disappeared.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	386.3099423 RIV	Available

Mount Gambier and district : moving memories 1920s-1980s [videorecording] / produced by the National Film and Sound Archive

Author: National Film and Sound Archive (Australia); Hill, Ruth

Call no: 994.234 MOU

Year: 1997

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The historic footage in this compilation dates from a time when film was silent through to the 1980s. It shows the growth and development of southern South Australia and south east Victoria, commonly known as the Greater Green Triangle.

The images have been selected from the National Collection and include documentaries, home movies and newsreels.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	994.234 MOU	Available

Shows rarely seen images of the Great Southern district of Western Australia. Featuring towns of Albany, Kendenup, Bunbury, Busselton, Manjimup, Pemberton and Margaret River. Highlights include how the hardwood forests were harvested

by expert axemen and bullock teams in the 1930s, the whaling industry as it was in the 1950s and how the area was promoted to the tourist in the 1960s.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	994.12 ALB	Available

The rarely seen moving images in Kalgoorlie-Boulder moving memories show, through the eyes of newsreel and documentary cameramen, the history, growth and lifestyles of the Golden Mile over a 90 year period.

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Albany	Western Australian Museum	994.16 KAL	Available

Australia in World War I [videorecording] / National Film & Sound Archive Australia ; Australian War Memorial

Author: National Film and Sound Archive (Australia); Australian War Memorial

Call no: 940.3 AUS

Year: 1997

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Silent films which are some of the most significant surviving filmed records of World War I, showing the battlefields, including Gallipoli, France and Belgium, and the home front in Australia. Large print captions and text included.

Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
Albany	Western Australian Museum	940.3 AUS	Available

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