Alan Tom interviewed by Stephen Rapley in the N.S.W. Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2087917
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tom, Alan, 1902-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987 June 22
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 150 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Parkes, N.S.W, Tom speaks of his parents' background; his brother; family home; his father's employment; childhood memories; family life; moving house frequently; recreation; sports; celebrations; social life; school; employment; taking over fathers carrying business; flu epidemic; setting up picture show theatre at Cudal, NSW in 1923; fire in theatre; sound projection equipment; experiences establishing and running a travelling cinema; places visisted; equipment; the tent, cinema goers, employees; work conditions; popularity; his other cinemas; talkies and silent films; his wife and her background; marriage; their children; life in the Depression; health; the local German doctor; religion; 1917 General strike; World War I; radio; violence and fights; the theatre he owns today; talent shows and other entertainment provided with a silent movie.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the N.S.W. Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216233792
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 3 v. (38 p., 38 p., 12 p.)
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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