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Launching the lifeboat (1933)
This montage of still and moving images taken by Frank Hurley shows the launching of a lifeboat during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1914-16. As indicated on the map, they hoped to sail the boat 800 miles ... [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]
Camera Natura (1986)
A proposed film critique of white Australian cultural history, specifically the European construction of images of the Australian landscape, Camera Natura has variously been called a montage film and a film essay. A montage of images – early colonial maps, ... [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]
Alvin Purple (1973)
Alvin (Graeme Blundell) is an average Australian bloke, except that women find him irresistible. At 16, schoolgirls chase him on bicycles and his teacher’s wife (Jill Forster) seduces him. At 21, he vows to avoid sex but it keeps walking ... [read more]
Submariners (2005)
This television series looks at the life of the crew on board the Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin. It is an intimate portrait of the personalities and skills of the 65 submariners from the commanding officer, Steve Hussey, to the ... [read more]
Four Corners – Blue Death (1988)
Wittenoom was home to more than 20,000 people who worked in the mining and processing of blue asbestos from 1944 until the mine closed in 1966. But blue asbestos is a killer and now, years after the mine closed, people ... [read more]
Gone (2007)
A young British backpacker, Alex (Shaun Evans), en route to join his girlfriend in Byron Bay, meets a friendly American outside a Sydney hostel. They have a wild night with two girls, then Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) offers him a lift ... [read more]
Murder Call – Black Friday (1997)
A school trip to the zoo goes awry when a child finds a dead man in a gorilla suit. Detectives Tessa Vance (Lucy Bell) and Steve Hayden (Peter Mochrie) are called in to investigate – with the help of a ... [read more]
Australia Today – Lucky Strike at Larkinville, WA and other segments (1938)
This Australia Today newsreel features three segments: Lucky Strike at Larkinville – about gold prospecting in Western Australia in 1932; Fangs of Death – about the dangers of deadly Australian snakes; and The Lucky Hour – about proposals for the ... [read more]
Remembering the beginning (1982)
Over a glass of champagne Angela (Penne Hackforth-Jones) and Stephen (John Hargreaves) discuss the beginning of their relationship and it’s revealed that Stephen is married. [read more]
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1909)
A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ... [read more]
Scales of Justice (1983)
This drama series presents an examination of police corruption from street level through to the highest levels of officialdom and into the corridors of political power. Act one explores how an idealistic young constable becomes embroiled in corruption and ends ... [read more]
Two Hands (1999)
Jimmy (Heath Ledger), a small-time wannabe criminal, loses $10,000 on Bondi Beach. The money belongs to Pando (Bryan Brown), the toughest criminal in Kings Cross, who sends his killer deputy Acko (David Field) to find him. Jimmy’s sister-in-law Deirdre (Susie ... [read more]
The Higgins familiy (1909)
This clip shows Ernest Higgins with his wife Else and son Bryce, probably at their Sydney home in Darling Point around 1921. The three of them pose for the camera. [read more]
Hot to Trot (1977)
Captain Goodvibes and Astro stroll out beneath a psychedelic sun for a date with destiny. They depart a minaret city of the East on an ornate barge, rowed by unseen minions. Fish dance on the deck until a giant serpent ... [read more]
‘The master of the written word’ (2008)
Dominick Dunne visits the media stakeout at Paris Hilton’s house. Hollywood producer Robert Evans describes Dunne as ‘the master of the written word.’ Dunne discusses his interest in celebrity crime trials. [read more]
Homes for Crippled Children (c1940)
Produced by Reverend RW Dobbinson, this silent film surveys convalescent homes and caring facilities for children with polio and other crippling diseases. It shows a number of homes and facilities across the country including the children’s ward of the Brisbane ... [read more]
Breaking the rules (1971)
Grant (Gary Bond) is full of remorse, nursing a bad hangover. Somehow, he has ended up staying with 'Doc’ Tydon (Donald Pleasence), who lives in a shack on the outskirts of town. The doctor taunts him about his failure the ... [read more]
After Mabo (1997)
After Mabo gives an overview to the native title legislation, focusing on the amendments made to the Native Title Act 1993 by the Howard Government as part of its 10-point plan. [read more]
