Contents: A comprehensive overview of a fascinating decade in the history of Melbourne and its environs, and a tribute to the many filmmakers who recorded the major - and minor - events which occurred in Australia's southern capital during the 1950s. The story of this overlooked era is told through clips from an astonishing range of films - newsreels, documentaries, travelogues, advertisements, home movies, dramatic features and short subjects - with a detailed commentary by Melbourne broadcaster Paul Higgins. This vast array of footage has been arranged in six sections: INSTITUTIONS places, personalities, pastimes, the experience of everyday life in post-war Melbourne. GROWTH the baby boom, new government initiatives, new landmarks, growing pains, the suburban sprawl. EVENTS sporting and cultural, annual and one-off, everything from the first Moomba to the Billy Graham Crusade. THE GAMES How Melbourne won the 1956 Olympics, prepared for the biggest event of the 50s, and nearly lost it! ARRIVALS fads and fashions, television and tattersalls, celebrities and the consumer revolution. CHANGE or the lack of it, Melbourne Sundays, migrant stories, new filmmakers and visions, the changing skyline - and the Hollywood invasion. Unforgettable memories of the key events: the Royal Visit, the Petrov affair, the major sporting contests - and the people making news: John Cain Snr and Henry Bolte, Barry Humphries and Hopalong Cassidy, John Landy and Peter Thomson.