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Times Cinema 283 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC

Image - Cinesound Newsreel logo - 35mm, Nitrate, 1949

Cinesound Review newsreels, launched in the early 1930s by Ken G. Hall, were essential Australian cinema staples before television, showcasing local news, sports, and culture. As a premier, locally produced, and often, Oscar-nominated, sound newsreel, Cinesound provided a weekly dose of Australian life and international events.

Cinesound Review newsreels dominated newsreel theatrettes alongside rivals like Fox Movietone, operating until the late 1950s when television began.

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