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• TLF-IDM002241

This is a black-and-white image from a negative depicting a small crowd of teenagers and children watching a rock band perform at the opening of an Amoco service station. The band has five members and is performing on a temporary stage on which the name of radio station 3AK is clearly emblazoned. A sign 'AMOCO' is visible ...

• TLF-IDM017554

Imagine life before mobile phones. In this 1973 clip from a Four Corners program, discover the lengths that many determined Australians were prepared to go to in order to communicate through the air waves from their cars and other locations. This was long before the invention of mobiles, video conferencing, social media ...

• TLF-IDR10754

This is a cablegram from Australian prime minister, John Curtin to his British counterpart, Winston Churchill, on 29 October 1942. Marked 'Most Immediate. Most Secret.', Curtin tells Churchill it is of 'vital importance' that the 9th Division of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which has been fighting in North Africa, ...

• TLF-IDR1397

This is a broadcast made by the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, at 9.30 pm Eastern Standard Time on 3 September 1939, in which he announces that Great Britain has declared war on Germany and so Australia is also at war. This announcement was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War.

• TLF-IDR3947

This is an autograph card on which is recorded the signatures of those who played a role in, and attended, the first Empire broadcast by radio station 2FC, Sydney, New South Wales on 5 September 1927. A handwritten caption at the bottom of the card indicates that the program was broadcast from Sydney to the BBC in London ...

• TLF-IDR5261

This is an excerpt from an item in a 1971 black-and-white newsreel Australian Movie Magazine produced by Fox Movietone (Australia) and Cinesound Productions. The item is titled 'Army dogs sniff out mines'. The footage shows a German shepherd walking along a bush track, and sitting down when it has located a hidden device. ...

• TLF-IDR7028

This clip shows Gary Doyle (Emil Minty), a young radio quiz champion, asking his headmaster (Rhys McConnochie) and Brother Kennedy (Joss McWilliam) about whether it is wrong to 'collude' in a rigged quiz show. The two men advise Gary, who comes from a poor family, to take advantage of the opportunity. Gary arrives home ...

• TLF-IDR7478

This silent black-and-white clip shows returned Australian First World War soldiers parading through the streets of Melbourne. The placards indicate that the march was an appeal for more recruits to join the Army and it may been in support of the 1916 referendum campaign. The parade comprises marching bands, soldiers in ...

• TLF-IDR8834

This is an edited sound recording of a former Australian soldier, Graeme Burgess, speaking about the School of Military Engineering (SME) in Casula in western Sydney where he trained in 1967 before being sent to fight in the Vietnam War. Burgess gives details of the type of engineer training provided at the SME. He also ...

• TLF-IDM002369

This is a black-and-white photograph showing sisters Jean (on the left) and Florence 'Dot' Cheers listening to a crystal set radio in the backyard of their family home, in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. The photograph was taken on Christmas Day, 1923. The image is a digital scan of the original photograph.