The Matyrdom of Nurse Cavell is a 1916 Australian feature-length film directed by Jack Gavin and Charles Post Mason about the execution of Edith Cavell during the First World War.

Nurse Cavell is a 1916 Australian feature-length film directed by WJ Lincoln about the execution of Edith Cavell during the First World War.

This brief clip from around 1914 is one of few surviving film records of Australian beach scenes from this period.

The Great War did not succeed in killing interest in horseracing in Australia. The 1915 Melbourne Cup was filmed and screened less than 24 hours after the race.

While a bitter war raged on the other side of the world, some wealthy Melbourne residents carried on with their lives just as usual.

On 31 July 1915 Darcy defended his world middleweight title against American Eddie McGoorty.  This was filmed and used in the recruitment campaign.

Scenes of surf, sun and swimming at Coogee Beach, Sydney, played upon the sea as a place of recreation in stark contrast to the suffering at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.

When sick and wounded soldiers left the battlefield they were out of immediate danger, but were not entirely safe until they reached their final destination.

Rain poured and cold winds blustered, but that didn’t dampen Tamworth’s annual 8 hour day festivities and patriotic parade on 23 October 1916.

Was Charlie Chaplin at Sydney’s 1916 Royal Easter Show? Yes, but not the real Charlie Chaplin. Just one of thousands of impersonators, as Chaplin’s worldwide fame grew.