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Tell us how one of the 80 Days on the website touched your life, and go in the running to WIN a digital SLR camera. http://j.mp/80DaysABC1
When the clock on the GPO in Sydney struck 8pm on Friday 1 July 1932, it was heard in every state. The chimes were the first sounds to emanate from the newly constituted Australian Broadcasting Commission, transmitting from twelve radio stations across the Federation.
This Is The ABC was a film produced by the Department of the Interior in 1955, the year before the advent of television. The magic of wireless is celebrated and demystified, and the early operations of the ABC are revealed in all their analogue glory
To celebrate its 80th birthday, the ABC created 80 Days That Changed Our Lives to showcase audio visual treasures from the ABC's 80-year-old archives.