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Graeme Bell

Musician Graeme Bell is known as the father of Australian jazz.
Series : Australian Biography Series 4 | Year : 1995 | Total Duration : 27 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about being the first Australian jazz band to go overseas.
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Access No. 146726 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of Graeme Bell's seven-piece jazz band performing on stage.
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Access No. 146727 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about creating history by being the first Australian jazz band to go overseas.
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Access No. 146728 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Graeme Bell seated at pianola turned to look at camera.
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Access No. 146729 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Graeme Bell / ABC | B&W |
Tilt up archival B&W photograph of Graeme Bell as a young boy posing with cricket bat, c 1920.
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Access No. 146730 | 8 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the early musical influence of his mother in his life.
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Access No. 146731 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS sepia archival studio portrait of musician Graeme Bell's mother, Elva Rogers, as a young woman, c 1902.
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Access No. 146732 | 5 secs | 1900s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the early musical influence of his mother in his life.
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Access No. 146733 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU tilt down 1906 edition of the Australasian Musical Monthly featuring a photograph of musician Graeme Bell's mother, Elva Rogers, on the cover.
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Access No. 146734 | 7 secs | 1900s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU tilt up archival sepia photograph of musician Graeme Bell's mother, Elva Rogers, holding letter c 1902. MS archival photograph of Rogers holding dagger taking part in opera at the age of 21.
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Access No. 146735 | 15 secs | 1900s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the comedic skills of his father.
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Access No. 146736 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's father wearing round spectacles.
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Access No. 146737 | 4 secs | 1900s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his early memories of his father.
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Access No. 146738 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's father wearing cap, neckerchief and smoking pipe.
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Access No. 146739 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his early schooling and attending Scotch College, Melbourne during the Great Depression.
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Access No. 146740 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W photograph of family with parents and three young children during the Great Depression. High angle shot over toddler and small boy on street next to corrugated iron fence.
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Access No. 146741 | 8 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Unknown | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about witnessing extreme poverty during the Great Depression. MS Bell talking about his regret at leaving school for a job in insurance.
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Access No. 146742 | 48 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's brother Roger, wearing suit and round spectacles.
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Access No. 146743 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about being introduced to jazz music by his younger brother, Roger, and his growing interest in it after initial dislike.
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Access No. 146744 | 39 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's brother Roger standing in front of billboard "Roger Bell Jazz Band".
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Access No. 146745 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
Slow zoom out to MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about being known as "Gay" instead of "Graeme" in his early band days.
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Access No. 146746 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell as a young man in hat.
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Access No. 146747 | 4 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about getting his first break in the early days with his band.
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Access No. 146748 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's jazz band showing trumpeters and clarinettist.
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Access No. 146749 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about getting his first regular job with his band.
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Access No. 146750 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's brother Roger standing in front of billboard "Roger Bell Dixieland Jazz Band Palais Royale", 1943.
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Access No. 146751 | 6 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about making the decision to manage and play with his band full time.
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Access No. 146752 | 32 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell and his bride Margot, his first wife, in front of church.
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Access No. 146753 | 6 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his brief first marriage to Margot.
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Access No. 146754 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell and his first wife Margot.
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Access No. 146755 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about how he met his first wife Margot and how that marriage came to an end.
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Access No. 146756 | 1 min 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell in profile and his second wife Elizabeth. Dissolve to B&W photograph of Bell playing with band members with pianist in background; CU portrait photograph of Bell with cigarette in hand, 1940; Graham playing instrument with singer at microphone; and WS group photograph of band members with American serviceman on street in front of venue.
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Access No. 146757 | 22 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the growing interest in jazz, contemporary art etc from the mid to late 1940s.
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Access No. 146758 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell at piano with drummer at his side and band playing behind him.
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Access No. 146759 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell relating the circumstances in which he and his band were invited to play at the International Youth Festival in Prague by the organiser of the Eureka Youth League.
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Access No. 146760 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High angle MS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell at piano at Uptown Club, Eureka Youth League Hall, North Melbourne.
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Access No. 146761 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about being a member of the Eureka Youth League.
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Access No. 146762 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell smoking.
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Access No. 146763 | 4 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell describing his attraction to Communism as a young man.
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Access No. 146764 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell smiling to camera.
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Access No. 146765 | 4 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell describing his attraction to Communism as a young man.
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Access No. 146766 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to high angle B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell with trombonist and others smiling up to camera above them.
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Access No. 146767 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
B&W archival footage "Graeme Bell's Dixieland Band in Prague, 1947" Good footage of seven-piece band playing on stage. MS to audience member nodding head in time and WS to large audience attending in park. VS of Bell singing at microphone and cuts to audience members and enthusiastic audience response at end.
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Access No. 146768 | 1 min 4 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslavakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU B&W newspaper article "Czechoslovakian Cake-walk" from 1947 including small photograph of musician Graeme Bell looking over his shoulder.
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Access No. 146769 | 4 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell with his band on Charles Bridge, sight-seeing in Prague, 1947.
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Access No. 146770 | 3 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
Zoom in to CU of Czech version of record cover to the words "Jazz-gang". CU Czech poster "Australskeho Jazzu" advertising Graeme Bell and his band.
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Access No. 146771 | 9 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell describing local reaction to the provincial concerts he performed in Czechoslovakia with his band.
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Access No. 146772 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell playing trombone with his band in Prague. WS B&W photograph of Bell with band members and others in front of poster advertising Australian jazz. MS B&W photograph of Bell at piano singing with double bass player behind him. WS B&W still of band being recorded.
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Access No. 146773 | 16 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell describing recording for the major Czech record company, Supraphon, and the popularity his band enjoyed in Czechoslovakia.
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Access No. 146774 | 21 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of musician Graeme Bell's band and families on street leaving Czechoslovakia.
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Access No. 146775 | 6 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovakia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell explaining why he left Czechoslovakia for England.
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Access No. 146776 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of singers from jazz musician Graeme Bell's band around musician playing guitar. WS B&W still of Bell and band including banjo player underneath poster at Civic Hall, Crown Hill, Croydon with Freddy Randall.
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Access No. 146777 | 10 secs | 1940s | England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
Tilt up CU B&W photo of laughing Jack Varney playing banjo at Leicester Square Jazz Club, 1948.
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Access No. 146778 | 4 secs | 1940s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU B&W photograph of Humphrey Lyttleton playing trumpet in Nottingham, 1948.
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Access No. 146779 | 4 secs | 1940s | Nottingham, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his band's growing popularity in England in the 1940s.
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Access No. 146780 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Mel Langdon, manager of Graeme Bell's jazz band. Colour photograph of poster promoting dancing to Graeme Bell's Australian jazz band at a church hall in Golders Green, London.
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Access No. 146781 | 8 secs | 1940s | UK | © Graeme Bell | Colour |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his band's desire to be on the BBC in England in the 1940s.
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Access No. 146782 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell with the editor of Melody Magazine sitting at BBC microphone, 1948. MS B&W photograph of Bell playing piano and looking up.
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Access No. 146783 | 7 secs | 1940s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell standing in line with his band members being presented to Princess Elizabeth at Royal Festival Hall, 1951. Zoom to CU of HRH Princess Elizabeth in profile.
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Access No. 146784 | 6 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
B&W newspaper clipping "Royalty Honours Jazz" with several photographs of jazz musician Graeme Bell and his band members being presented to Princess Elizabeth at Royal Festival Hall, 1951.
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Access No. 146785 | 4 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Public Domain | B&W |
CU B&W publicity photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell in cap.
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Access No. 146786 | 4 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU colour advertisement for jazz musician Graeme Bell and his band playing at the Grand Jazz Festival at Scala Theatre, London.
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Access No. 146787 | 2 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell playing piano with other band members playing next to him. MS photograph of Bell in beret standing with arms folded in front of poster advertising his band.
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Access No. 146788 | 7 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about why he left England.
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Access No. 146789 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph four of Graeme Bell's jazz band musicians playing instruments in a row.
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Access No. 146790 | 5 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about bringing his band back from England to Australia for an extensive concert tour for the ABC as well as a radio series.
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Access No. 146791 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell's to WS WS of him with several other band members with instuments.
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Access No. 146792 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell's and his band on tarmac with plane in background holding suitcases during their ABC tour of Australia.
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Access No. 146793 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU newspaper advertisement featuring jazz musician Graeme Bell's wife Elizabeth promoting a bran breakfast cereal.
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Access No. 146794 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Kellogg Australia | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the advertising and publicity opportunities had had in Australia during the early 1950s.
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Access No. 146795 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell in suit with has band gathered around him looking at musical score.
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Access No. 146796 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell's band playing seated in front of scores being recorded in studio.
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Access No. 146797 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his band's popularity even in country towns in the 1950s.
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Access No. 146798 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of truck advertising jazz musician Graeme Bell's band's Farewell Australian Tour.
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Access No. 146799 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell smiling with one hand behind ear and trumpeter and trombonist behind him.
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Access No. 146800 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the pressure on the band with constant touring which brought about the end of his band.
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Access No. 146801 | 21 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell and band with one sitting on bonnet of Airport bus and the others gathered around bus.
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Access No. 146802 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © John Fairfax Pty Ltd | B&W |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell at piano.
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Access No. 146803 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about taking part in the show Ice Frolics.
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Access No. 146804 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell at piano with other member of show Ice Frolics.
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Access No. 146805 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about taking part in the show Ice Frolics.
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Access No. 146806 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W publicity photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell performing in Ice Frolics show with several gloved hands framing him, 1955.
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Access No. 146807 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about reluctantly touring Queensland with the Ice Frolics and the personal ramifications as a result.
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Access No. 146808 | 29 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell standing outside both in raincoats with umbrellas.
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Access No. 146809 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the difficulties in his personal life when touring Queensland with the Ice Frolics in the 1950s.
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Access No. 146810 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell in dinner jacket and bow tie smoking.
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Access No. 146811 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the difficulties in his personal life when touring Queensland with the Ice Frolics in the 1950s.
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Access No. 146812 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz drummer John Sangster.
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Access No. 146813 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about playing together with John Sangster and the difficult personal times he endured when in Queensland in the 1950s. Slow zoom to CU.
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Access No. 146814 | 50 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell and third wife Dorothy, 1957.
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Access No. 146815 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about meeting his third wife Dorothy.
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Access No. 146816 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell smiling with hair combed back, 1957.
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Access No. 146817 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about meeting his third wife Dorothy.
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Access No. 146818 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell smiling with wife Dorothy and beer, 1957.
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Access No. 146819 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about starting a new successful life in Sydney with his wife Dorothy.
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Access No. 146820 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell at baby grand piano with nightclub singer Yolanda and musicians gathered around with leis around their necks.
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Access No. 146821 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the boom in hotel entertainment and nightclubs in Sydney in the late 1950s.
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Access No. 146822 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell and band rehearsing.
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Access No. 146823 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about meeting Len Evans who gave him a regular band work playing at the Chevron Hotel.
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Access No. 146824 | 27 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell at piano with band playing behind him in Chevron Hotel, Sydney.
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Access No. 146825 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about regular work playing at the Chevron Hotel as well as a contract with Channel 7 for a weekly jazz show "Trad Jazz".
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Access No. 146826 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W newspaper advertisement for Channel 7 music programme "Trad Jazz" compared by Graeme Bell.
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Access No. 146827 | 4 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Channel 7 | B&W |
Archival B&W footage of Channel 7 music programme "Trad Jazz" with jazz musician Graeme Bell and band playing.
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Access No. 146828 | 36 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Channel 7 | Colour |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about work opportunities for him in the 1970s.
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Access No. 146829 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell sitting at piano with five fellow musicians sitting along piano in matching striped vests and ties,1978.
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Access No. 146830 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about work opportunities made possible by Arts Council grants in the 1970s.
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Access No. 146831 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS archival colour photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell posing with band in matching outfits of cream suits with red shirts.
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Access No. 146833 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | Colour |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about touring Australian country towns in the 1970s.
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Access No. 146834 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell wearing knitted peaked cap
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Access No. 146835 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell standing with band he formed to go to the Breda Festival in Southern Holland.
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Access No. 146836 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell wearing glasses looking at musical scores.
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Access No. 146837 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about touring with his band through England and Germany in the first half of the 1980s.
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Access No. 146838 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell and his band performing in the Old Push restaurant in the Rocks, Sydney.
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Access No. 146839 | 7 secs | 1970s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about travelling to China with his wife in 1986 to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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Access No. 146853 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell with his wife Dorothy in China, 1986.
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Access No. 146854 | 5 secs | 1980s | Beijing, China | © Graeme Bell | Colour |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about his enthusiam to take a jazz band to China after visiting with his wife in 1986.
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Access No. 146855 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell and band with partners in China. Tilt up and zoom into mountains and Great Wall of China in photograph.
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Access No. 146856 | 9 secs | 1980s | China | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
MS interview with musician Graeme Bell talking about the enthusiastic response he got with his jazz band in China in the 1980s.
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Access No. 146857 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of Graeme Bell and his jazz band in Prague, 1993, playing on streets. Zoom out from CU singers mouth from end of megaphone to MS of him with band. VS of drummer, clarinetist, trumpeter and crowds gathered on cobbled streets to watch them. Tilt to tall church spire. Bell with local speaking Czech to camera in Wencelas Square. Slow zoom into Bell playing solo on grand piano in studio.
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Access No. 146858 | 1 min 11 secs | 1990s | Prague, Czechoslovalia | © Ceska Televize | Colour |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell talking about the nostalgia of returning to Prague to see the effect he had had on the jazz scene there from decades earlier.
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Access No. 146859 | 1 min 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of crowd of couples dancing in the streets of Prague during 1947 music festival. High angle WS over dancing crowds on streets.
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Access No. 146860 | 7 secs | 1940s | Prague, Czechoslovalia | © Graeme Bell | Colour |
Colour footage of band applauding Graeme Bell and Bell in turn acknowledging the musicians.
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Access No. 146861 | 10 secs | 1990s | Prague, Czechoslovalia | © Ceska Televize | Colour |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell discussing his recent bouts of lack of confidence in his playing.
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Access No. 146862 | 1 min 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell sitting on steps of Sydney Opera House with his band playing their instruments standing on steps around him posing for ABC publicity shot. Zoom in to trombonist's face.
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Access No. 146863 | 7 secs | 1980s | China | © ABC | B&W |
CU B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell wearing fancy hat winking to camera for publicity shot for "In a Persian Market" promotion,
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Access No. 146864 | 4 secs | 1960s | China | © Graeme Bell | B&W |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell discussing his past problems with alcohol.
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Access No. 146865 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell playing piano with arm outstretched on keys towards camera.
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Access No. 146866 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | B&W |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell discussing his past problems with alcohol and his current views on the subject.
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Access No. 146867 | 45 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell sitting at desk at home with musical score, 1993.
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Access No. 146868 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | B&W |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell discussing his views on religion and politics.
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Access No. 146869 | 1 min 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of jazz musician Graeme Bell sitting at table facing back of chair, 1994.
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Access No. 146870 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © News Ltd | Colour |
CU interview with jazz musician Graeme Bell discussing his views on death. MS Bell playing piano as end credits roll.
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Access No. 146871 | 1 min 20 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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