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Victor Smorgon

Victor Smorgon tells how he came from starvation and poverty in Russia and built a small family business into one of the biggest and most successful industrial corporations in Australia.
Series : Australian Biography Series 7 | Year : 1998 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Robin Hughes
Director : Robin Hughes |
Victor Smorgon talking about his work, his childhood hunger, creativity and money. Titles : born Russia,1913, Industrialist
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Access No. 91600 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival footage. Large group of Russian children sitting at food tables in snow and lining up for food.
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Access No. 91601 | 10 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about the poverty and starvation of the people in Russia during early 1920's
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Access No. 91603 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Photograph of Victor Smorgon's father. Slow zoom in
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Access No. 91604 | 9 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | Colour |
Victor Smorgon interview about his father a buying a cow and feeding the family on sunflower seed cakes when they were very poor.
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Access No. 91605 | 32 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Victor Smorgon as child. Victor Smorgon speaks about hunger in his childhood.
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Access No. 91606 | 23 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection / NFSA | B&W |
B/W Archival footage. Soldiers marching during Russian Revolution
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Access No. 91608 | 7 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about the Russian Revolution
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Access No. 91609 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B./ W photograph of Victor Smorgon with his mother and brother
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Access No. 91610 | 6 secs | 1920s | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about the Russian Revolution
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Access No. 91611 | 5 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Archival. Cannon, soldiers during Russian Revolution. Night time fighting in Russian Revolution. Soldiers en masse with cannon behind. Some carry flags.
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Access No. 91612 | 13 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about the Russian Revolution and the games the children played amongst the war and soldiers.
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Access No. 91615 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of group of children, including Victor. Zoom in to Victor Smorgon.
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Access No. 91616 | 7 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
B/W Archival. Soldiers in square. Injured soldiers. Soldiers at train. Russian Revolution
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Access No. 91617 | 6 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview.
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Access No. 91620 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Archival footage. Jewish people walking through town. Jewish boy on Street. Two Jewish boys running. Group of Jewish men walking.
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Access No. 91621 | 10 secs | 1920s | Europe | © Yivo Foundation New York | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about anti-Jewish feeling n Russia in 1920's
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Access No. 91625 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Archival footage. Group at night running with torches. Soldiers running at night. People running from burning homes during Russian Revolution.
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Access No. 91626 | 13 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview, life during the Russian Revolution
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Access No. 91629 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Photograph. Victor Smorgon's mother. Slow zoom in
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Access No. 91630 | 18 secs | 1930s | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about his mother
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Access No. 91631 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Victor Smorgon's father. Intercut with Victor Smorgon interview. Victor Smorgon's brother as child. Pan right across Victor's mother and Victor. B/W photograph of Victor's stepmother. Slow zoom in. Victor and his mother. Slow zoom in to Victor. B/W photo Group of people on board ship
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Access No. 91632 | 1 min 25 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection / NFSA | B&W |
B/W Archival footage. Russian town street. Town street in Russia. Tram in background. MS of Vladimir Lenin sitting and talking.
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Access No. 91642 | 9 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview
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Access No. 91645 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Archival footage. Stalin on balcony. Stalin viewing May Day parade. Soldiers marching in May Day Parade
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Access No. 91646 | 10 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview.
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Access No. 91649 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Archival footage. Stalin and officer saluting soldiers
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Access No. 91650 | 7 secs | 1920s | Russia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview
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Access No. 91651 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Pilot boat on sea. Ship in dock. People in silhouette leaning over side of ship
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Access No. 91652 | 10 secs | 1920s | © Eric Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about his arrival in Perth
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Access No. 91655 | 22 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. High angle shot of Melbourne streets.
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Access No. 91656 | 7 secs | 1930s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Archival footage. Melbourne, beside Yarra River. Cars along Melbourne street with avenue of trees. Car past camera and Shrine of Remembrance
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Access No. 91657 | 15 secs | 1920s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage. Melbourne street corner. Trams on road. Man throwing bread to men below truck. Depression. People catching bread. People clambering for bread from truck. Woman with child who is trying to get food
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Access No. 91660 | 18 secs | 1920s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Thought Equity Motion (formerly Film World) | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about The Depression.
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Access No. 91665 | 30 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Newspaper advertisement for Smorgan [sic] Bros & Batagol Co. butchers in Lygon Street, Melbourne
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Access No. 91666 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | Colour |
Archival footage. Interior butchers' shop. 3 shots of meat on trays in butchers shop
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Access No. 91667 | 2 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about his start in business in the butcher shop.
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Access No. 91671 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Auction in fish market. Chickens in cage pecking at feed. Interview.
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Access No. 91672 | 46 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage. Cabs and cars outside Queen Victoria Markets. Young man on bicycle with cart on back outside Queen Victoria Markets
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Access No. 91677 | 10 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Filmworld | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about his earnings in the early days of his business
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Access No. 91679 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo. Victor Smorgon with his arm round two friends and CU of his face
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Access No. 91680 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about success
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Access No. 91682 | 9 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W archival photograph of Victor Smorgon's father. Victor Smorgon as a young man playing ukulele. Interview
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Access No. 91683 | 42 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
B/W photograph of Victor Smorgon in close up as young man
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Access No. 91686 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Archival footage. Australian soldiers WWII, soldiers leaving on ship, exterior Parliament House, interior Parliament house in session.
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Access No. 91687 | 10 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Film World | Colour |
Victor Smorgon interview about meeting Ben Chifley
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Access No. 91691 | 20 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Ben Chifley (Joseph Benedict Chifley) at a radio microphone.
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Access No. 91692 | 9 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about government approval to builds his own abattoirs
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Access No. 91693 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Jewish Synagogue
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Access No. 91694 | 8 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview
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Access No. 91695 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Victor Smorgon's abattoir. Sheep dog running over sheep's back. Man with carcass at abattoir
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Access No. 91696 | 20 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | B&W |
Archival footage. Two shots of staff, mostly female, in meat canning factory
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Access No. 91700 | 11 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Filmworld | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview about diversifying his business.
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Access No. 91702 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Paper mill, interior shots, production line, making egg cartons, pallets of stacked paper and plastic goods, interior steel mill
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Access No. 91703 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon interview about competing with BHP in steel industry. Cartoon of sausage factory. Pan up to caption: STEEL SAUSAGES? Satirical drawing of Victor with sausages and detail of his face.
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Access No. 91710 | 27 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA / Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Crane lifting scrap metal. Scrap metal yard. Furnace and molten metal
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Access No. 91715 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon interview about competing with BHP in the steel industry
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Access No. 91719 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Molten metal, interior steel plant, steel rods on conveyor
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Access No. 91720 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon about the value added service his company gave in the steel industry
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Access No. 91723 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Steel yard
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Access No. 91724 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon - question about his social life
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Access No. 91725 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of interior young men at women at club
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Access No. 91726 | 7 secs | 1940s | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Victor Smorgon interview
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Access No. 91727 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W Photograph of Loti and Victor Smorgon
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Access No. 91728 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon talks about his marriage
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Access No. 91729 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Victor Smorgon and Loti dancing, Loti with baby [4 shots]
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Access No. 91730 | 14 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Eric Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about why his marriage has been so successful.
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Access No. 91731 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Loti Smorgon holding her baby
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Access No. 91732 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon talks about his change in behaviour
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Access No. 91733 | 17 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Victor Smorgon holding baby and daughter on his knee and Loti Smorgon with her four daughters
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Access No. 91734 | 10 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | B&W |
Victor Smorgon talks about business travel with his wife.
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Access No. 91736 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B/W photograph of Loti Smorgon. Pan down to Victor Smorgon.
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Access No. 91737 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Kate Gollings | B&W |
Colour photograph of Victor Smorgon and his wife, Loti. Smorgon with actress, Lisa Minnelli and Loti, Victor with Andy Warhol
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Access No. 91738 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about his wife Loti being a patron of the arts.
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Access No. 91741 | 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of Victor Smorgon and Loti with Andy Warhol standing in front of Andy Warhol portrait of Loti.
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Access No. 91742 | 6 secs | 1980s | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | Colour |
Andy Warhol's portrait of Loti Smorgon hanging in room
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Access No. 91743 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about the creativity of business.
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Access No. 91744 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Paper rubbish. Zoom out to bale of paper. Huge rolls of paper. Exterior Smorgon Plastics factory
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Access No. 91745 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon
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Access No. 91748 | 5 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Metal ingot on production line, production of metal ingots
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Access No. 91749 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about the difference between creating a business and running a business.
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Access No. 91751 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Victor Smorgon with male family member
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Access No. 91752 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Eric Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about having a family business.
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Access No. 91753 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage. Smorgon family gathering, Smorgon children.
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Access No. 91754 | 16 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Eric Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about the family business and running by consensus.
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Access No. 91756 | 27 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior Smorgon factory, CU of large truck, interior shots of steel plant with sparks from molten metal. View of interior modern offices through glass doors. Track through doors. Modern circular glass lift . Interior of offices with sculptures and artworks.
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Access No. 91757 | 31 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about management consultants and the breakup of the family in business.
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Access No. 91764 | 30 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Younger members of the family and others entering room followed by Victor. Family Board meeting. Woman holding cup and saucer. Zoom out to family members at meeting. Victor Smorgon at meeting in motorised wheelchair.
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Access No. 91765 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon about the split up of the business.
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Access No. 91768 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Smorgon family at business meeting. Victor Smorgon addressing meeting
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Access No. 91769 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Victor Smorgon talks about philanthropy
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Access No. 91771 | 1 min 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior of Eye and Ear Hospital, Smorgon Family Outpatients Wing. Zoom out to EWS of hospital. Exterior of Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Interior hospital. Zoom in to sign: Smorgon Family Intensive Car, Neonatal, Operating Rooms
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Access No. 91772 | 22 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Victor Smorgon | Colour |
Photo. Victor Smorgon making speech at opening of hospital wing
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Access No. 91775 | 8 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Victor Smorgon Private Collection | Colour |
Colour photograph of Museum of Contemporary Art on Circular Quay, Sydney
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Access No. 91776 | 3 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Museum of Contemporary Art | Colour |
Victor Smorgon
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Access No. 91777 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Loti & Victor Smorgon Gallery in the National Gallery of Australia
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Access No. 91778 | 7 secs | 1980s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © National Gallery of Australia | B&W |
Photograph of Loti and Victor Smorgon standing in front of painting with Leon Paroissien
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Access No. 91779 | 4 secs | 1980s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Museum of Contemporary Art | B&W |
Victor Smorgon about the need to keep achieving.
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Access No. 91780 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Victor Smorgon holding meat. CU of his face.
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Access No. 91781 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Victor Smorgon | B&W |
Victor Smorgon
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Access No. 91783 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia