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===Films=== Versions of the song have been used as the title of, or been prominently featured in, a number of films and television programs. ''[[Waltzing Matilda (1933 film)|Waltzing Matilda]]'' is a 1933 Australian film directed by and starring [[Pat Hanna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17064241|title=Film Reviews|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=19 February 1934|access-date=2 June 2012|page=6|via=Trove}}</ref> It features a young [[Coral Browne]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32854449|title=Carol Coombe Returns to London|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]|location=Perth|date=26 March 1935|access-date=9 August 2012|page=3|via=Trove}}</ref> The first few words of the song provided the title of ''[[Once a Jolly Swagman]]'', a 1949 British film starring [[Dirk Bogarde]], but the film has no connection to Australia or to the story told in the song.<ref>[http://oldndazed.co.uk/best-ever-british-sports-movies/ "Best ever British sports movies"], oldndazed.co.uk</ref> An animated short was [[Waltzing Matilda (1958 film)|made in 1958 for Australian television]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51189952|title=Television Parade|newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|author=Nan Musgrove|date=7 August 1957|access-date=22 January 2020|page=10|via=Trove}}</ref> [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]] used the song and variations of it extensively in the 1959 film ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Art of Film Music|author=George Burt|publisher=University Press of New England|year=1994|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=4E9EdlJw_N8C&pg=PA68 68]|isbn=9781555532703}}</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/On-the-Beach-film-by-Kramer "''On the Beach''"] by Lee Pfeiffer, ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', 13 April 2016</ref> The 2017 short film ''[[Waltzing Tilda]]'' features various versions of the song, including one sung by the main character.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.storiesthroughthecamera.com/podcast/2017/7/22/episode-5-waltzing-tilda-filmmakers-jonathan-wilhelmsson-raquel-linde-holly-fraser|title=Episode 5 – ''Waltzing Tilda'' – Filmmakers – Jonathan Wilhelmsson, Raquel Linde & Holly Fraser|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2017/07/02/sunday-shorts-waltzing-tilda/|title=Sunday Shorts: ''Waltzing Tilda''|date=2 July 2017|work=Cinema Australia|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> The song is featured in the 2019 film ''[[Deadwood: The Movie]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|date=2019-06-01|title=Why Paula Malcomson Came Back to Deadwood|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/paula-malcomson-deadwood-the-movie-trixie.html|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> despite the film being set in 1889, six years before the song was written.
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