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The mysterious lost footage of Whitlam's dismissal

The mysterious lost footage of Whitlam's dismissal

Update: 2025-11-10
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Fifty years on, the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on November 11th 1975 remains the most dramatic day in Australian political history. But mysteriously, there is little surviving news footage from that frenzied day. 

  • Guest: Simon Smith, curator at National Film and Sound Archive
  • Producer: Jack Schmidt
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The mysterious lost footage of Whitlam's dismissal

The mysterious lost footage of Whitlam's dismissal

Australian Broadcasting Corporation