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| Jan - | Australia gets its own version of Movietone News called Australian Movietone News which includes an additional reel of international stories for the Australian market. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Sep - | The Herald Newsreel, a co-production between Herschells Films and the Melbourne Herald is shown for the first time. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 7/11 - | Cinesound Review newsreel is screened for the first time. Produced by Greater Unions Cinesound Studios, it features coverage of the Melbourne Cup. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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Cinesound Review absorbs its rival The Herald Newsreel. [MORE] |
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The General Theatres Corporation is created by the merger of Greater Union Theatres-Australasian Films-Cinesound and Hoyts Theatres-Fox-Gaumont British. The new organisation raises concern about monopolistic conditions. [MORE] [ADD] |
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On Our Selection, the first sound film to feature Steele Rudds Dad and Dave characters, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Fox Film Corporation becomes a major shareholder in Hoyts Australian cinema chain. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1933 | ||||
| Jan - | The General Theatres Corporation is formed from the merger of the film-buying and exhibition units of Greater Union and Hoyts. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| Jun - | An investigation by the New South Wales Inquiry into the Film Industry into the vertical integration of the domestic film industry. Relations between distributors and exhibitors are also investigated, following concerns over the practices of block and blind booking. The Inquiry recommends a quota for the distribution and exhibition of Australian films. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1935 | ||||
| Sep - | The NSW Cinematographic Films (Australian Quota) Act is enforced, requiring that 4% of all films screened (and 5% of those offered by distributors) should be Australian. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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The Flying Doctor (Miles Mander) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The NSW government guarantees bank overdrafts for four feature films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Cinesound production company ceases producing films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Filmmakers suffer a shortage of stock as resources are directed toward the war effort in the form of newsreels and propaganda films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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John Grierson visits to advise on the establishment of an organisation equivalent to the National Film Board of Canada, but his report is not acted upon until 1945. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The federal government establishes the Department of Information Film Division to record the countrys activities in WWII. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Government war cameraman Damien Parker goes to Palestine. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Australian National Film Board is created as a department of the federal government. It is modeled after the National Film Board of Canada on the recommendation of a report by John Grierson. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Cinema attendance reaches a peak of 151 miilion admissions. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The British Rank Organisation acquires a 50% stake in Greater Union. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1947 | ||||
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Greater Union ceases all film production at Cinesound studios. A co-production deal with Ealing Studios in Britain is cancelled when the British government imposes a 75% tax on all film imports. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Following the abolition of the Department of Information, the Film Division is transferred to the Department of the Interiors News and Information Bureau. [MORE] [ADD] |