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A late start, then a big boom: why it took until 1975 for Australians to finally watch TV in colour

1975 was a big year, with the end of the Vietnam war and the dramatic dismissal of Gough Whitlam. And finally, Australians could watch it in colour.

Stephen Gaunson

Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, 1954’s Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai), is a technical and...

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