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The painter (1989)

Vali is painting and speaks about what she uses, where it is from and the way she works. [read more]

‘You’d have to burn the place down’ (2008)

Carla (Claire van der Boom) shows Ray (David Roberts) a sample of the money she’s found and tries to persuade him to help her steal the rest of it. When he baulks at her suggestion, she questions whether he’s serious ... [read more]

The Picture Show Man (1977)

In the last days of silent movies, tight-fisted showman Maurice Pym (John Meillon), brings cinema to NSW country towns with his horse-drawn travelling picture show. His son Larry (Harold Hopkins) is the projectionist, and piano tuner and ladies man ... [read more]

The Games – Series 1 Episode 8, Rural and Environment (1998)

The Games charts the progress of the fictitious Logistics and Liaison Division of SOCOG (the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games), the real-life authority charged with staging the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000. ... [read more]

The Inner City Tape (1974)

A collaborative community video made by Tom Zubrycki in conjunction with the Inner Sydney Resident Action Group. Through the eyes of its residents it tells the story of the threat to the survival of inner-city Sydney in the face of ... [read more]

Harp in the South (1986)

A two-part miniseries following the life and times of the Darcys – an Irish-Australian family – in the aftermath of the Second World War. The impoverished Darcy family, exiles from the bush, live in Surry Hills, a housing commission enclave ... [read more]

Catalyst – Planet of the Rings (2005)

A ride to the outer reaches of the solar system with Dr Richard Smith. This program is about one of the greatest exploration feats of all time – the Cassini mission to the planet Saturn, followed by the release of ... [read more]

Snowy Hydro – Conservation in the Snowy Mountains (1955)

Produced in 1955 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film traces the history of soil erosion in the Snowy Mountains and demonstrates the approach taken by the Snowy Mountains Scheme ... [read more]

The legend (1986)

Professional Australian surfing legend Pam Burridge talks about how she got into the sport, winning her first surfing competition at twelve years old. [read more]

The straining downpipes (1920)

Gilbert Galloway (Rawdon Blandford) has become a tramp after disgracing himself in the city. He gets caught in a bushfire near Wallaby Station. Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) rides out to rescue him, unaware of this tramp’s identity. Back safely at ... [read more]

National Treasures – ‘The Sentimental Bloke’ Film (2004)

Despite being one of the greatest Australian films ever made, the 1919 silent movie The Sentimental Bloke was almost lost to the audiences of today. So how was it recovered? [read more]

The 1930 Australian XI: Winners of the Ashes (1930)

Six members of the victorious Australian cricket team, including Don Bradman, speak about winning the Ashes during their 1930 tour of the UK. [read more]

The Felt Hat (1951)

A short murder-mystery made by the South Australian Amateur Cine Society (SAACS) and directed by John (CJ) Mack. A man lies dying on the side of a riverbed deep in the bush. A couple picnicking nearby witness the ... [read more]

Legacy of the Silver Shadow – The Feral Element (2002)

Four kids’ lives are changed forever when they discover the secret lair of The Silver Shadow (Tayler Kane). The Silver Shadow is a long-forgotten superhero from the 1950s who is now just a voice and a grainy image on an ... [read more]

Round the Twist – Series One – Skeleton on the Dunny (1989)

Eccentric sculptor Tony Twist (Richard Moir), and his three children – thirteen-year-old twins Linda (Tamsin West) and Pete (Sam Vandenberg), and eight-year-old Bronson (Rodney McLennan) – move from the city to live in an old lighthouse in an ordinary seaside ... [read more]

No Survivors: The Mysterious Loss of the HMAS Sydney (1993)

On 19 November 1941, the HMAS Sydney, just returned from Europe, was sailing off the coast of Western Australia when she was sunk by the German raider HSK Kormoran disguised as a Dutch merchant ship. Both ships sank. ... [read more]

Ikara the Weapon Thrower (1963)

This film details the Australian military trials of the Ikara missile, a ship-launched anti submarine missile. [read more]

The Book Show – Germaine Greer (1992)

Andrea Stretton, co-host of The Bookshow with Dinny O’Hearn, interviews one of the world’s most famous feminists for this special edition of the show. She is talking to Germaine Greer about her then latest book The Change: Women, Ageing and ... [read more]

The Healing of Bali (2003)

Produced one year after the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali, the film examines the impact on the Balinese and their recollection of the event. The film interviews victims, their families and those who have assisted in the recovery. ... [read more]

Touch the Sun – The Gift (c1988)

Sophia (Vicki Serbos) and Nikos (Nicholas Hatjiandreou), two Greek-Australian kids living with their family in inner Melbourne, win a plot of land in Western Australia as a prize in a television quiz show. Sophia and her father Con (Con Laras) ... [read more]

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