From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:25 AM

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:25 AM

Tamara Toumanova, wearing a light coloured headpiece, lifts her head to camera. She and a male dancer together perform a brief routine on the grass outside of Murray-Will’s beach house. In a slow motion sequence, the pair continues their routine. The camera then frames the couple from the torso u...

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:24 AM

Men work on various parts of planes inside an open hanger at an airfield. Men file and chip away at pieces of timber. Another man inspects a plane propeller which is then shown being attached to the front of a plane.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:24 AM

This colour home movie clip shows the official Anzac Day parade through central Sydney one year after the end of the Second World War in 1946.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:24 AM

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:24 AM

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:24 AM

In a series of moving portraits, Ewan Murray-Will films Hélène Kirsova with friends and family at her wedding reception. In the first shot, Kirsova stands with her newly-wed husband, Danish Vice-Consul Erik Fischer, and a flower girl. In the following shots, Kirsova appears with various guests, m...

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:23 AM

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1948 shows Sir Winston Churchill feeding swans, smoking a cigar and walking up to, and looking inside, a brick farmhouse.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:23 AM

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:23 AM

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:23 AM

In this brief colour sequence from the ballet Thamar, Thamar seduces a man whom she is going to lure to her castle before killing him.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:23 AM

Filmed in slow motion, Tamara Toumanova, wearing a green and black swimsuit, performs a series of leaps and poses on the sand at Bungan Beach.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay features participants in the Queen of the Murray beauty contest 1952 including Miss Red Cliffs, Miss Murray Bridge, Miss Renmark, Miss Wentworth and Miss Mildura. Three young men dress-up in women’s clothing and smile at the camera. The ...

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1941 shows Hyde Park, filled with rubble from the Blitz, then cuts to some close-ups of British Home Secretary, Lloyd George.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This clip begins with a wide shot of the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne and ex-servicemen and children arriving for the dedication of the shrine forecourt. The Australian flag is shown hanging next to the Union Jack. Queen Elizabeth II arrives with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and they ...

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, features a close-up of Lord Birdwood looking at the camera and presenting Hampton Court.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, during a trip through Europe in 1948 shows the destruction that followed the Second World War in Berlin. Piles of rubble stand tall in front of half-destroyed buildings. The sun sets over the Brandenburg Gates.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

It is Spring 1941. An intertitle introduces this segment as ‘our first days at the beach’. Three children, the two eldest with model boats, come out of the backyard and walk down to the beach. On the beach, a woman is seated on a director’s chair under a large beach umbrella while the children pl...

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:22 AM

This silent, colour home movie shows the Dimpel family enjoying a sunny afternoon at the local public swimming pool. They are swimming in the wading pool, surrounded by lush lawns.

From: australian screen on Sun, Nov 25 2007 7:21 AM

A Surfers Paradise title card opens this segment which includes shots of typical Queensland holiday units, hotels and motels, and swimming pools. The main streets are filled with billboards and signs, motels, cafes and pubs. The ‘Beachcomber’ nightclub is shown and a ‘60s style brick holiday apar...