Victoria Park Cinemas
Victoria Park is the eastern gateway to the City of Perth where three arterial roads: Albany Highway, Canning Highway, Great Eastern Highway, and the Causeway Bridge meet. Settlement started in
01/06/2021
Early History of the Moving Image presented April 2001
As part of Museum Week, the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (AMMPT) conducted a public presentation with demonstrations of very early equipment. Featured wase a shadow puppet theatre,
14/03/2021
Richard Ashton’s Story Part One
While I was in Melbourne, the filming of the feature movie On the Beach was being shot. If you look carefully at the Elizabeth Street scene where Ava Gardener gets out of
18/01/2021
ABC’s heritage listed Basil Kirke Studio
The redevelopers had proposed to enhance both the public access and use of the ‘Basil Kirke’ studios by creating a separate lot upon which the studios are sited, and transfer
17/02/2019
Bauer Projectors
Ravindra Bhalerao writes “I have just been on the museum site of the AMMPT and was delighted to find a society devoted to the history and technology of the motion
15/10/2018
Western Australian Film Preservation
Western Australian Film Preservation The Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television Film Library has donated 24 Titles on 29 reels of 16mm film from its collection to the State
29/09/2018
Patricia Mc Intosh (nee Stephenson)
Patricia Mc Intosh (nee Stephenson) of Mount Claremont Patricia Stephenson (24 Sept 1955 – 14 Jun 2018) former cast member of Stars of The Future has passed away aged 62 years. A Service
14/09/2018
Anthony (Tony) G Evans
ANTHONY G EVANS (1931-2018) Born 6 July 1931 died 3 January 2018 aged 86, journalist and author Anthony (Tony) Evans worked as a writer, reporter, presenter and producer for ABC
12/03/2018
Roy Mudge and his own Princess Theatre
Retired projectionist Roy Mudge, has worked for 50 years in Perth, Fremantle, suburban and drive-in Cinemas… including the Piccadilly, The Grand, Theatre Royal and The Ambassadors, after beginning as a
06/01/2018
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1959-1975 Channel Seven by John Quicke former Chief Engineer Channel 7 Perth Part Two- covering the British Commonwealth and Empire Games 1962
Paul Rigby(1924-2006) was an Australian cartoonist who started work at the Perth Daily News in 1952. These cartoons show the coverage of the commotion on the track at September 1962
1959-1975 Channel Seven by John Quicke former Chief Engineer Channel 7 Perth Part One- Building the first Outside Broadcast van for Channel 7.
This is possibly the first Christmas card from Channel 7 sent to staff with the photograph of the building when it opened in 1959. Invitation to an Hawaiian Luau 1972
Members of PIM moving and packing 12 pallets of film into a new storage place
There is a small group of volunteers who are currently moving our 16mm Film Library and some projectors out of the home of one of our long time Members Graeme
Darcy Farrell
Tribute to Darcy Farrell (Thank you to Ken McKay) Perth’s first television News Director Darcy Farrell explains the origins of the TV News Room in Perth, following it through the