Crowds of people line the footpath and cross the street outside the State Theatre in Sydney for a nighttime screening of A Town Like Alice, circa 1956.

This excerpt from the film is the pivotal moment when Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna) discovers that Joe Harman (Peter Finch) didn’t die when he was crucified by the Japanese.

A Town Like Alice premiered in Australia on 24 July 1956 and celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2016.