Evolution of TV Cameras The ABC’s Can We Help? Episode 5: Then and Now segment deals with the history of TV cameras and how they have evolved over the last 50 years. There’s also an insiders look at one of the ABC’s news studios. As AMMPT had some input to the production, it should be [...]

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Dear AMMPT Members and supporters, It is with a great deal of personal sadness that I must report on the sudden death of a long time personal cinematographer colleague and a foundation interstate AMMPT member John Bowring A.C.S. John established the respected industry equipment supplier, Melbourne based LEMAC and subsequently opening a branch office in [...]

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There will be historical film screenings at the site of the Wireless Hill Telecommunications Museum, Western Australia, on Wednesday May 18 at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. The City of Melville’s Museums & Local History Service together with The Australian Museum of Motion Pictures & Television (Inc) will be holding two screenings of WA focused [...]

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Diana Warnock and Damien Spiccia – Winner of the Bill Warnock Award See the glamour of the red carpet, the drama of the awards ceremony, the joy of the winners and the buzz of the party! WTV has put together a half-hour special capturing the highlights of the 2011 WASA’s. It was great night for [...]

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It is with great sadness that AMMPT notes the passing of Ron Tutt (1924-2011) a well known and respected Perth cinema identity. Daryl Binning with Ron Tutt in 2006 Ron was born in Tasmania where his father was a government photographer. He was to pursue a career as a pilot in England, prior to the [...]

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As part of Museum Week, the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (AMMPT) will conduct a public presentation with demonstrations of very early equipment. Featured will be a shadow puppet theatre, Magic Lantern show and a range of early carnival and sideshow moving image attractions, which captivated young children and parents during the mid [...]

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May 22nd Early History of the Moving Image Public presentation with demonstrations, shadow puppet theatre, Magic Lantern show and all the early carnival and sideshow moving image attractions which captivated young children and parents during the early 1900′s. Baby boomers may remember these coin operated machines still existing in the 1940′s and 1950′s.

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