Made soon after the Second World War ended, this promotional film from the National Film Board has an air of determined cheerfulness, focusing on rowdy fun like tobogganing and flare-lit night frolics in the snow at Mount Kosciuszko. The mood of the piece is fluid, switching from lyricism (‘black shadows on a field of white’) as the camera lingers on herringbone patterns and silhouettes, to a big-band soundtrack accompanying pratfalls on the ‘Grand Slam’. There’s a patriotic point to this promotion: Australia can hold its own with the Old World. The Australian Alps, we learn, have a greater snow area than Switzerland.

This snow-dome time capsule gives us an insight into the evolution of ski fashion. There are no puffas, goggles or beanies here, even for the experts – just chunky-knit sweaters, slacks and bare heads.