Australian and New Zealand Film Censorship In The 1950s And 1960s. Who Came Off Worse?

HONDO

In the 1950s and the 1960s censorship and the outright banning of motion pictures ran rampart in Australia and New Zealand. Censoring films and associated advertising material and the banning films occurred on a regular basis in both countries. Was one country worse than the other? I intend to publish my thoughts on this subject but before I do this I would be pleased to hear what others think? Was the worst censored country Australia or New Zealand?

Sven

I think new zealand is worse. They seem to black out entire sections of artwork eg Goldfinger daybill, psychopath one sheet. But only my perception based on few examples 

Look forward to your thoughts.

Pancho

My vote is for Australia. N.Z may have had some posters censored, but we missed out on whole films being released here!

theartofmovieposters

Pancho said:

My vote is for Australia. N.Z may have had some posters censored, but we missed out on whole films being released here!

Agreed!

HONDO

Australia - 2 votes

New Zealand - 1 vote

Results so far. Anyone one else care to comment ?

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

Pancho said:

My vote is for Australia. N.Z may have had some posters censored, but we missed out on whole films being released here!

Agreed!

Pancho has summed it up very well. Nothing else to add at this time.

HONDO

 Salon Kitty ( aka Madam Kitty ) from 1976. Not 1950s or 1960s but fits into this thread nicely. A rare R20 New Zealand film poster. Australia had the R ( R18+) certificate which Salon Kitty was classified with but in some cases in New Zealand they were a lot tougher with there classifications. This is the first R20 classification I have noticed. Curious to know if anyone has seen any other examples ?

HONDO

Ulysses ( 1967 ) U.S.A. one sheet used in New Zealand for advertising the film when screened there. In Australia the film had an  R 18 classification granted only in 1971, this being the same as the U.S. classification. In New Zealand it was a different story, Although the same rating applied there as well, they took it one step further allowing the film only to be screened  to segregated audiences.