A Ticket in Tatts 1934    star_border 4
After being fired from his job at a grocer, George, gets a job as a stableboy at a local stud farm run by the Fleming family. He befriends the horse Hotspur who is a favourite to win the Melbourne Cup, and develops a strong whistle which is used to make the horse run fast.

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Harmony Row 1933
George enlists in the police force and is assigned to Harmony Row, a haunt of criminals such as Slogger Lee.

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The Sentimental Bloke 1932    star_border 5.5
A larrikin is reformed due to the love of a good woman.

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Diggers 1931    star_border 6
Attending a reunion, two Australian ex-servicemen reminisce about their exploits in France during WW1. These include lying in a field hospital where they feigned deafness to extend their recuperation, stealing jars of rum from the Quartermaster and inventing an elaborate ruse to hide them and finally, the night before returning to the front relaxing in a French café where romance blossoms between the soldier and waitress as told through the song 'Mademoiselle from Armentieres'.

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Melbourne Today 1931
The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s architectural highlights and public buildings along with its famous parks and gardens.

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