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Blue Ice (1954)

Blue Ice documents the 1954 expedition to set up the first Australian base on the Antarctic continent. The chartered Danish ship Kista Dan leaves Melbourne in December 1953 under Captain Hans Christian Petersen, bound for Macquarie Island, to resupply the ... [read more]

Opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway (1910)

This silent historical footage filmed by Millard Johnson and William Gibson captures the opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway, Victoria, on 30 May 1910. [read more]

Wind (1999)

A short drama about the relationship between a black tracker and his 'boss’. They are tracking an Aboriginal man accused of murder. [read more]

Mimi: An Evening with the Aboriginal Dance Theatre (1988)

A documentary filmed during the National Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre’s end of year production. [read more]

The superintendent’s dream (1970)

Superintendent Tilley (Nigel Lovell) is shaken after discovering that a drunken troublemaker he saw at the golf club and the detective he has nominated for an award are apparently the same person. That evening, he has a peculiar dream featuring ... [read more]

Raccolta D’Inverno, Winter’s Harvest (1979)

The documentary records the traditional Italian community event of slaughtering a pig, butchering it for the meat, making sausages and having a feast with dancing enjoyed by the whole group. [read more]

Planning for the future (1956)

Marg and Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) marry in the mid-1940s. As cheerful instrumental music plays, a montage shows Bill Smith working hard on a small construction site building cottages during the postwar boom. During a break, a workmate warns him ... [read more]

McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Around Sydney with a Camera (1962)

This silent home movie with intertitles was probably filmed by Roger McKenzie and takes in Sydney’s harbour suburbs from Watsons Bay to Kings Cross including the suburbs of Vaucluse, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay and Kings Cross. [read more]

General Motors Holden – Export Holden (c1962)

This television advertisement chronicles Holden’s expansion overseas between 1954 and 1962, including the development of the left-hand drive and the importance of the 'Made in Australia’ brand. [read more]

Two Laws (1981)

Two Laws is a documentary made collaboratively by Borroloola Tribal Council and filmmakers Carolyn Strachan and Alessandro Cavadini about the two laws that now exist in this country – colonial law and Indigenous law. [read more]

Stepping Out (1980)

This observational documentary follows the rehearsals and performance of the birth of a theatre of the mentally handicapped. Residents of the Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home in Sydney are seen with tutor Aldo Gennaro in the drama group. They are also ... [read more]

Hinkler’s Message to Australia; Incidents of My Flight (1928)

Bert Hinkler was the first Australian aviator to be celebrated by the issue of a gramophone recording. On this recording, he recalls his experience making the first solo flight from England to Australia in 1928, describes key events in the ... [read more]

The extra mile (2008)

Robbin is looking for Haley, who is not doing well, and Robbin wants to get her into rehab. She has a strong but tender heart-to-heart with her. Robbin is upset after she leaves Haley. [read more]

Kylie Tennant (1986)

An interview with the writer Kylie Tennant (1912–1988), filmed at her home in Blackheath NSW, between February and May 1985. [read more]

Australasian Gazette – Goodbye Sunny New South Wales (c1917)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel clip from approximately 1917 shows soldiers being despatched to the front during the First World War in a public parade in Sydney. It was hoped that the parade would encourage further recruitment. [read more]

My Brother Vinnie (2006)

A documentary that explores the relationship between Arrernte actor Aaron Pedersen and his brother Vinnie who have grown up as each others’ shadow. From a very young age Vinnie gave his older brother Aaron duty of care. Aaron is a ... [read more]

New Faces (1982)

Seven variety acts from around the country perform live in studio and are judged by industry experts Rod McLennan and Tony Partuccio. Bert Newton hosts. [read more]

A firefighter’s work is never done (1995)

The trainees are seen mopping up and cleaning cars. Cleaning up and sweeping the station are an essential part of a firefighter’s work. [read more]

Interplanetary reconnaissance (1956)

A man (Kerry Beckwith) drafts a letter in response to reports about the presence of small rockets – ‘interplanetary reconnaissance cameras’ – on earth. After hearing a noise, he goes outside to see a rocket has landed in his backyard. ... [read more]

Breathing Under Water (1991)

A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mother of a young child, keeps a map ‘dredged from her dreams’ in a copy of Dante’s Inferno. Prompted by questions from her young daughter Maeve (Maeve Dermody), and feeling unease with ... [read more]

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