TAGGED: 1954
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Sir Robert Menzies' home movie collection includes this footage of the Royal tour in 1954.

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HM Queen Elizabeth II delivers the 1952 Christmas message.

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Still image from The Queen in Australia (1954), the first colour feature made in Australia.

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The 1956 Melbourne Olympics generated several recordings of Waltzing Matilda, including this one from the Massed Bands of the Australian Regular Army, conducted by Maj. RA Newman.

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Home movie footage by Sir Robert Menzies of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their arrival at Flemington horse races.

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Sir Robert Menzies' home movie footage of Queen Elizabeth II arriving with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.

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This home movie clip by Sir Robert Menzies, begins with an excited crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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The first feature documentary made in colour in Australia, documenting the very first visit of a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1954.

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Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Tour in 1954 was the occasion for this recording of the Thomas Wood arrangement performed by the South Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Singers for a Royal Gal

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Made by The National Film Board 1954, this film captures the delightful city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia.