Many Football Codes Find Favour in Australia. Australian Diary 12

4,233 views · Published 27 September 2013 · 4:58 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: NFSA Film Australia · 2013 · Film & Animation

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Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Jack S. Allan. A look at the various codes of football played by Australians in the 1940s - rugby league, soccer, rugby union and Australian rules. It also includes an exhibition game of American gridiron by visiting American servicemen during World War II.  If you can identify any of the locations, teams or people in this film we would like to hear from you in the comments.

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