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General Motors Holden – Monaro, Three New Models (1968)
This is a two-part television advertisement for the 1968 Holden HK Monaro coupe. [read more]
Soldiers Without Uniform (1942)
Charles and Elsa Chauvel’s short wartime documentary made for the Commonwealth Department of Information highlights the work of Australians in munitions factories. It includes a dramatised narrative about one family in which a father and son work in factories while ... [read more]
A Thriving and Prosperous Suburb: Bird’s Eye View of Footscray (c1911)
This short documentary with intertitles showcases the inner-west Melbourne suburb of Footscray. It includes a panoramic view of the locality, street scenes capturing the daily life of residents and business people, civic buildings, Flemington Racecourse, the Footscray Fire Brigade, men ... [read more]
Footscray 1911 (c1911)
This unedited actuality footage of Footscray in 1910 captures street scenes of daily life in the Melbourne suburb. The film is silent, without intertitles and filmed mostly with a static camera. [read more]
A Matter of Taste (c1954)
This colour cinema advertisement for Schweppes soft drinks and juice cordials emphasises quality, sophistication and versatility. [read more]
Roamin’ Holiday (1954)
This amateur travelogue made by John and Frank Straford records their trip to north-east Victoria. Places visited include Marysville, Stephenson Falls, Cumberland Falls, Tallangatta, Hume Weir and Bethanga. It includes both black-and-white and colour footage. [read more]
Western Wonderland (1954)
This black-and-white 9.5mm amateur travelogue filmed by Frank Straford records his trip with friends to the Grampians National Park in western Victoria in 1954. [read more]
The Workman’s Nightmare (1951)
This short amateur film is about a young man (John Straford) who, falling asleep on his work break, dreams that his ladder attacks him. [read more]
The Western Distributor (1973)
A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads by Kingcroft Productions which documents the construction of the first stage of the Western Distributor, providing a route from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through to Ultimo ... [read more]
Argentine Ants Advertisement (1968)
A black-and-white television advertisement in which Trapper Tom (Barry Crocker) encourages children to hunt Argentine ants in their local neighbourhood for a ten dollar reward. [read more]
Dangerous Immigrant (1960)
Produced by the CSIRO Film Unit for the Commonwealth Department of Health, this documentary alerts the general public to the dangers of a destructive pest – the European house borer, or Hylotrupes bajulus – ... [read more]
Research on Survival in Bushfires (1963)
This documentary made by the CSIRO Film Unit details research undertaken by the Division of Physical Chemistry in the area of safety aids to survival in a bushfire and the general behaviour of fire. ... [read more]
The Argentine Ant (1956)
A documentary made by the CSIRO Film Unit which details the features of the Argentine ant – a domestic and agricultural pest – including how to identify them, their social structure and behavioural characteristics, ... [read more]
Choo Choo (c1940)
An amateur film by Will and Harrie Owen which features the Spirit of Progress passenger train. It includes both documentary and dramatised footage. [read more]
Australians Keep the Wheels of Industry Turning (c1943)
An animated Commonwealth advertisement made by the Owen Brothers and designed to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in National Savings stamps and the 4th Liberty Loan. [read more]
The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
Jessica Simmonds (Liz Alexander) returns from overseas to find her father, a retired professor (Alexander Archdale), embroiled in a public battle to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses of Angel Street. When he dies in mysterious circumstances, Jessica joins forces ... [read more]
Not In Front of the Kids (2003)
A short documentary made by bRitt Arthur which explores sexuality, relationships, ageing and the social and physical needs of people in their later years of life. It contains a series of vignettes in which men and women aged over sixty ... [read more]
Australia Today – Australia’s 5th Column (1941)
The opening title card to this Australia Today newsreel declares that Australia is at war and threatened by a ruthless enemy whose objective is the ‘downfall of the British Empire’. That enemy is the ‘5th Column’. [read more]
Black Sunday (1926)
The ‘Black Sunday’ bushfires of Valentine’s Day 1926 swept across the Gippsland and Dandenong regions of Victoria and claimed 31 lives. This silent black-and-white footage contains scenes of the fires close up, the housing and bushland destroyed in its wake, ... [read more]
Naming the Federal Capital of Australia (1913)
This silent film footage, by pioneer director Raymond Longford, documents the naming of Australia’s capital city, Canberra, in the official ceremony held on 12 March 1913. It contains shots of officials attending the ceremony including Andrew Fisher, the then prime ... [read more]
