Made by The National Film Board 1954. Directed by Bern Gandy, Joan Boundy, Hugh Alexander. Adelaide, capital of South Australia, a delightful city set against a background of hills, owes a lot to its original plan by Colonel Light and today displays the beauty of its wide streets and impressive public buildings. Also features landscape painter Hans Heysen.

A short film promoting life in South Australia back in the 1960's...

Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1966. Directed by James Jeffrey. A picture of life in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in the mid 1960s, social, commercial and recreational. The Life In Australia series portrays Australian cities and rural centres as happy, lively places where good homes, abundant jobs, schools, hospitals and amenities provide the foundation for a relaxed lifestyle where sport, shopping, religion and even art combine to create a homogenous and prosperous society. If you have any information about the people or places in this film we would love to hear your comments.

A young couple take in the delights of Adelaide in South Australia in 1973. Includes footage of the Festival Theatre, East End Markets, the Globe Derby trots and Lidums Art Gallery. The focus is particularly on food and wine and the film shows such establishments as the Old Lion Hotel, Lord Kitchener's Indian Kitchen, Ayers House, The Colonial, Hardy's Tintara Winery and the Inn and Old Mill at Hahndorf. Produced by the South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide, 1973. The Don Burrows Quartet features at the start of the film but most of the music is from the KPM library, composed by Jean Bouchéty. State Library catalogue record: http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b1529761~S1 Use for any purpose requires written permission from the South Australian Film Corporation and the State Library of South Australia. The State Library has endeavoured to identify and contact copyright holders of material digitised for this website. The State Library invites persons who believe they are further copyright owners to contact Library staff to discuss usage of material. Contact details are at http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=261

Sharp-edged clouds, an origami box, concrete shells -- just three descriptions of the architecture of the Adelaide Festival Centre. It was a very modern design for what was a conservative Australian city -- but the people of Adelaide embraced the arts venue that changed the face -- and reputation - of their city. Images courtesy of the State Library of South Australia SLSA: PVID 1241 - The Opera House/The Other Opera House; motion picture. Adelaide, S. Aust : South Australian Film Corporation., 1974 SLSA: S Australiana Films ZFILM 89 a - A Taste of Adelaide; motion picture. Adelaide : South Australian Film Corporation for South Australian Tourist Bureau 1973.

Shows the development of the West Lakes residential suburb in the 1970s. Situated along the beach just west of Adelaide in South Australia, the area is described in the film as a wasteland near the sea. Includes footage of the area pre-development, then South Australian Premier Don Dunstan and Deputy Premier Des Corcoran, aerial views of the land and coastal development, creation of the central lake, Football Park and the finished suburb. Note that the audio reflects the quality of the original film. State Library catalogue record: http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b1816736~S6 South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide, 1974. Use for any purpose requires written permission from the S.A. Film Corporation and the State Library of South Australia. The State Library has endeavoured to identify and contact copyright holders of material digitised for this website. The State Library invites persons who believe they are further copyright owners to contact Library staff to discuss usage of material. Contact details are at http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=261

Opening of the South Australian Education Department's central office at 31 Flinders Street, Adelaide by Deputy Premier Des Corcoran MP in February 1977 (on the site of the first education building built in 1915).

Promotional film highlighting the city of Adelaide in South Australia as a recreational centre and attractive venue for conferences/conventions. The film shows locations such as Rundle Mall, the River Torrens, Downtown and Hindley Street and the River Murray. There are interviews with people in the street, aerial views of Adelaide and scenes of festivals, wine tasting, buskers, the Popeye boat, koalas, kangaroos and emus and a paddle steamer on the Murray. South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide, 1982. State Library catalogue record: http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b1188832~S1 Use for any purpose requires written permission from the S.A. Film Corporation and the State Library of South Australia. The State Library has endeavoured to identify and contact copyright holders of material digitised for this website. The State Library invites persons who believe they are further copyright owners to contact Library staff to discuss usage of material. Contact details are at http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/