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Effie: Just Quietly – Make-Ups and Makeovers (2001)
Effie (Mary Coustas) interviews a range of people on the subject of beauty. They include make-up artist Napoleon Perdis, fashion designer Alannah Hill, cosmetic surgeon Dr Darryl Hodgkinson, 80-year-old cosmetic surgery enthusiast Dalma Edwards, actor Rowena Wallace, health sociologist Dr ... [read more]
Bungalung: A Dreaming of Cannibals (2007)
Young men re-enact the Bungalung story as told by Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe. The film depicts the battle between two young men and the demon Bungalung in the Dreamtime. The two young men challenge and defeat Bungalung and ... [read more]
Shark Vs Croc (2004)
Which is the deadliest killer: the tiger shark or the crocodile? Adventurer Ben Cropp answers the question by looking at a recent history of crocodile and shark attacks and his own experiences with each creature. [read more]
General Motors Holden – Resale Value (c1958)
This television advertisement for General Motors Holden highlights the car’s resale value. [read more]
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Your Daily Diet (c1947)
A colour cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar cheese that focuses on nutrition, food groups and dietary habits. [read more]
Magnavox Wireless: Why Jones Chose a Magnavox (1925)
After buying an expensive do-it-yourself wireless that doesn’t work, Mr Jones is convinced to buy a Magnavox Wireless by a friend. [read more]
The docklands (1984)
Max (Jack Thompson) and his wharfie mates set off in the early morning to work on the docks. Along the way, we’re introduced to their world as working men with wives and children, lovers and mothers. When the wharfies arrive ... [read more]
Captain Cook’s Cottage (1938)
Mr Russell Grimwade tells of his purchase of Captain Cook’s family cottage in Yorkshire, England and its transport to Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. To ‘appease resentment’ back in Yorkshire, a monument is erected in its place. [read more]
Peach’s Explorers – South to North (1984)
Inter-colony rivalry between South Australia and Victoria drove a race to the north of the continent. The race resulted in the terrible deaths of the leaders of the lavish but poorly planned Victorian expedition, Burke and Wills, and victory for ... [read more]
General Motors Holden – Postgraduate Research Fellowship Plan (c1962)
This ad demonstrates how crucial scientific and technological research is to large multinational companies like GMH. [read more]
Taking Pictures (1996)
Directors Les McLaren and Annie Stiven interview filmmakers about the ethical questions and issues of representation raised when filming Papua New Guinean and other cultures. Taking Pictures features clips from many Australian ethnographic documentaries filmed in PNG. [read more]
Lift Off – That’s Not Fair – Part A (1992)
This is Part A of the episode, That’s Not Fair, following the Lift Off format that mixes live action, animation, puppetry, music, documentary and fantasy. The main storyline is about the Lift Off kids, interspersed with the other elements. Nipper ... [read more]
Delivery Day (2000)
Sixth-grader Trang (Deborah Le) starts the day keen to go to school. Her mother Trieu (Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hien) asks her to stay home. Trieu and Uncle Le (Hieu Phan) need help in the garment workshop they run from their ... [read more]
H20: Just Add Water – Hocus Pocus (2007)
In series one of H20: Just Add Water, three ordinary teenage girls discover an ancient underwater cavern and undergo a moonlit transformation that changes their lives – they become part-time mermaids with superpowers. Emma (Claire Holt) can instantly freeze water; ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Clive Barass, Australian Champion and Leader of the Troupe (c1926)
This newsreel shows Australian champion diver Clive Barass and his diving troupe performing individual and group dives at Clifton Gardens Baths near Mosman, Sydney. It is black-and-white and silent. [read more]
Terrain in South East Asia (1964)
This is an army training film containing a detailed study of the terrain of Thailand and Malaysia (then called Malaya). [read more]
The painter (1989)
Vali is painting and speaks about what she uses, where it is from and the way she works. [read more]
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Unexpected Guests (c1940)
In this cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar Cheese, a woman prepares a quick and tasty snack using Kraft cheese for some unexpected guests. [read more]
Proof (1991)
Martin (Hugo Weaving) is a 32-year-old blind photographer. He lives alone and trusts no-one, especially not his housekeeper Celia (Geneviève Picot), who loves him in secret. Their antagonistic relationship is disturbed when Martin meets Andy (Russell Crowe), a kitchen hand ... [read more]
Living Hawthorn (1906)
Historical footage filmed by Melbourne-based chemists Millard Johnson and William Gibson in Hawthorn, Victoria. [read more]
