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The Black Road: on the front line of Aceh’s war (2005)
American journalist William Nessen visits Aceh, the Northern Province of Indonesia, to report on Aceh’s struggle for independence from the Indonesian Government. Nessen makes friends with the Indonesian army commander in order to gain access to information and filming opportunities. ... [read more]
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Bubby (Nicholas Hope) has spent all of his 35 years locked in one room. His mother (Claire Benito) feeds and washes him like a baby, but she also uses him for sex. She has raised him to believe that if ... [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘Happiness for Two’ (c1960)
This is a compilation of three 30-second black-and-white television ads for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates with the slogan 'happiness for two’. [read more]
Cosi (1996)
Lewis, an unemployed actor (Ben Mendelsohn) talks his way into a job at a psychiatric unit, teaching drama to the inmates. He chooses six patients, ranging from the psychopathic firebug Doug (David Wenham) and the pathologically shy Henry (Paul Chubb) ... [read more]
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Children’s Party and Beach (1941)
In this silent colour home movie, Frederick Simpson Dyer records his daughter Janet’s sixth birthday party and a family holiday by the beach. [read more]
Moodeitj Yorgas (1988)
Made during the 1980s, Moodeitj Yorgas is an experimental documentary by Tracey Moffatt on prominent Indigenous women. Moffatt uses her experience as a visual artist to make a film that is somewhat experimental and unconventional about the strength of Aboriginal ... [read more]
‘You’ve done it this time Pansy’ (1979)
Pansy (Mike Preston) assaults a company engineer (Sean Myers) and is fired by Old Arthur (Gerry Duggan). Pansy’s workmates threaten to walk off the job in solidarity. [read more]
A man of the people (1981)
Sir William McKell was a boilermaker who rose to become premier of NSW from 1941 to 1947. While premier, he started the Housing Commission that built the landmark accommodation towers in Waterloo. McKell resigned as premier in 1947 after ... [read more]
Working at winning (1992)
This story, ‘Born Loser’, is set in the Wakadoo Café (puppets) dimension of Lift Off. Nearly, the woebegone waiter, loses at everything he does and he is sick of it. Zelda tells him he needs to work very hard at ... [read more]
A shape at the window (1982)
Dr Barton (Alex Scott) tells Linda (Jacki Kerin) to forget the past. Returning to Montclare, Linda sees a figure at her bedroom window wearing her mother’s red dress. Housekeeper Connie (Gerda Nicolson) says only she and Lance (Charles McCallum) are ... [read more]
Australia Post – Animation (c1988)
This is a set of five Australia Post animated television advertisements, produced between October 1988 and June 1989. [read more]
Documentary making in the 1960s (1960)
Early scenes from a dramatised documentary showing a young couple in the 1960s exploring Hobart, Tasmania. [read more]
High stakes (1946)
The cattle are dying of thirst. Desperate to find water, McAlpine heads them up over an old mountain pass that he knows. Mary (Daphne Campbell) leads them up but finds the path blocked near the top. If the cattle are ... [read more]
Secrets in the desert (2007)
After meeting up with his girlfriend Sophie (Amelia Warner), Alex has reluctantly agreed to Taylor’s suggestion that they travel together. They head into western Queensland, and tensions rise between the two men. Sophie tells Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) that she and ... [read more]
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)
A documentary about the career of Indigenous actor, dancer, and cultural delegate, David Gulpilil, using interview as well as archival footage. [read more]
A mother’s love (1974)
James Casey (John Meillon) visits his estranged wife Constance (Noeline Brown) to demand her help in granting their terminally ill son’s second wish. [read more]
Australia Post – Express Courier (1988)
Twin Australia Post television advertisements promoting the Express Courier service. [read more]
The Convincing Ground massacre (2007)
Walter Saunders, from the Kilcarer Gilgar clan of the Gundidj-Mara peoples, tells the story of the Convincing Ground massacre in Portland Bay, Victoria, while others talk of its legacy. [read more]
She’s My Baby (1959)
Johnny O’Keefe released ‘She’s My Baby’ in 1960. It came after a string of hits that included ‘The Wild One’ and ‘Shout’ and helped secure his position as the biggest star in Australia in that period. His whirlwind energy made ... [read more]
Mateship in the army (1993)
Over footage of Remembrance Day ceremonies, and archival footage of soldiers in the First World War, surviving ex-servicemen recall the power of mateship and remember their fallen comrades. [read more]
