podcast two
Banned Books and Lost Tapes
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| Image: National Archives of Australia |
From the 1930s to the 1970s, American true crime was often confiscated by the censors when it arrived in Australia.
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| Photo: Library of Congress |
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JD Salinger's classic coming-of-age tale The Catcher in the Rye was banned in Australia - at least until someone realised it was in the Australian Parliamentary Library!
Footage: NASA
Digitally re-mastered copies of the famous Apollo 11 moonwalk were made possible thanks to footage from the CSIRO Parkes Radio Observatory and the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station.
The Australian Connection's Miranda Borman as an adorable six-year-old in the "Dragonfire" episode of Doctor Who in 1987. Fortunately not a lost episode. And yes, she is the real Miranda Borman.
Photo: From the Archive
Nooooo! Priceless early episodes of TV classics such as the BBC's Doctor Who were wiped so the tapes could be re-used. Fortunately some of the footage has been found in places as remote as... Australia.
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Newspaper articles
The Adelaide Advertiser 7 January 1939
The West Australian 12 October 1942
TV's buried treasure: Classics saved
The Independent 11 December 2008
BBC erased classic Cook and Moore archives in favour of local news
The Independent 21 August 1997
Links
Banned - The Catcher in the Rye
National Archives of Australia
One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes
CSIRO media release
Apollo 11 moon landing: celebrating 40 years
CSIRO media release
Doctor Who's underwater menace: exterminated?
National Archives of Australia
Missing you! My experience with the missing episodes of Doctor Who
From the Archive: A British Television Blog
National Archives of Australia
One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes
CSIRO media release
Apollo 11 moon landing: celebrating 40 years
CSIRO media release
Doctor Who's underwater menace: exterminated?
National Archives of Australia
Missing you! My experience with the missing episodes of Doctor Who
From the Archive: A British Television Blog
6 degrees of Australian Connection
Russia's October 1917 Revolution - degree rating = 1
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Russian Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917. He fled Russia and later married Australian journalist Lydia "Nell" Tritton. In 1945 his wife became very ill and they moved to Brisbane, Australia so she could spend time with her family before she died. Kerensky then moved to New York where he became well known as a Russian historian and commentator until his death in 1970. Kerensky's son Oleg from his first marriage was an engineer who worked on the design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Argus 24 August 1939
Sarasota Herald-Tribune 27 June 1984
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