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A SNAPSHOT IN TIME
Before television, the only place to actually SEE what was happening in Australia and the
world was at the pictures. Dedicated Newsreel Theatres started in the early 1930s, but the
newsreel was also an important part of the program at all theatres. For big events, often
related to sport or royalty, this was an added inducement in the cinema's advertising.
Whether the audience for a Bing Crosby – Shirley Temple double feature would really be
excited to see the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia is uncertain!
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