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A World for Children (c1962)
A documentary about the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre in regional Victoria as experienced through the eyes of three children. [read more]
A Home of their Own (1949)
A promotional documentary made for the Housing Commission of Victoria that examines the importance of home and the ‘dignity of daily life’. It shows post-Second World War housing development projects aimed at addressing the housing crisis across the state. [read more]
Travelling Library (c1946)
Made by the Children’s Library Movement, this silent colour footage follows the Boys’ and Girls’ Travelling Library from its base centre at Hornsby to school children around the Shire. [read more]
Magical Powers (1936)
A young man (Doug Rosenthal) who falls asleep in his front garden finds magical powers that allow him to conjure a new car, move furniture and create a feast. However, as he finds out, all is not what it seems. [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]
Albion, Douglas: Children’s Birthday Party (c1925)
A tinted home movie of family scenes in a garden and a children’s party celebration in the mid 1920s. It begins with a shot of the Albion family posing portrait style for the camera and then shows the father ... [read more]
The Circus Comes to Town (c1943)
This silent documentary follows Wirth’s Circus and Zoo as it travels to Brisbane, Queensland. It shows the arrival of the circus train at the station and the elephants hauling equipment from the train. A large crowd gathers around the elephants ... [read more]
Colleano on Tightwire, Rehearses in Arena (c1939)
Colour home movie footage, probably filmed by Winnie Colleano around 1939, which shows Aboriginal tightwire performer Con Colleano rehearsing in a circus arena in the USA. [read more]
Wirth’s Circus Film (c1925)
This silent actuality footage shows circus proprietor and ringmaster Philip Wirth and his trick pony, Earl Dudley, as it performs a range of tricks in an outdoor arena. The final segment of this footage shows elephants and circus workers setting ... [read more]
Buckley, Anthony: Buckley Family Collection: Tarn Shan Tin Mine, Thailand (c1928)
This silent 16mm home movie footage was shot by Horace Patrick Buckley in the late 1920s, while working in Thailand at the Tarn Shan Tin Mine. It includes footage taken at the mine, various street and village scenes in South-East ... [read more]
Bali Hi (c1971)
This is an amateur travelogue made by Alan Bresnahan and his wife during a trip to Bali in 1971. [read more]
Cine Safari (c1977)
This silent home movie footage was filmed by amateur filmmaker Alan Bresnahan during a tour of the United States of America and Canada in 1977. It includes eight short travelogues: Hello Hawaii, Looking at Los Angeles, Canyon Capers, Seeing ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – The Economy in Germany (c1915)
Cartoons of the Moment is an animated satirical segment created by Australian cartoonist Harry Julius during the First World War for the Australasian Gazette newsreel. In this edition from approximately 1914, Julius comments on the economic decline in Germany and ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – German Dove of Peace (1915)
In this edition of Cartoons of the Moment from 1915, cartoonist Harry Julius uses cut-out and drawn animation to: comment on Germany’s offer of peace during the First World War; take a satirical look at the evolution of women’s fashions; ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – Today the German Monster Threatens the World (c1916)
This propaganda cartoon from a wartime Australasian Gazette newsreel is part of cartoonist Harry Julius’s Cartoons of the Moment series. In this edition, a King Kong-like monster wreaks havoc on the world in a bloodthirsty rampage that destroys women and ... [read more]
FW Thring Introduces the Stars (1931)
This cinema announcement made by filmmaker Frank W Thring Snr promotes Australian talking pictures, the Efftee Studio production Diggers (1931) and some of the upcoming stars of his Efftee feature films. The Efftee actors introduced include Ray Fisher (who played ... [read more]
George Wallace: Australia’s Premier Comedian (1931)
A comedy musical and dance routine by George Wallace, directed by Frank Thring as part of his Efftee Entertainers series of variety shorts. [read more]
Melbourne Today (1931)
The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s architectural highlights and public buildings along with its famous parks and gardens. [read more]
Provincial Cities of Australia: Ballarat, Victoria (c1932)
This is a travelogue filmed by Arthur Higgins for Frank W Thring’s Efftee Film Productions. It surveys the Victorian town of Ballarat from the days of the gold rush up to the 1930s, and features voice-over narration by Thring and ... [read more]
Tatler Social Newsreel: Social Party in South Yarra (c1934)
This newsreel made by FW Thring’s Efftee Film Productions contains three items: a society party held by Mrs Lou Connolly at her home in South Yarra; the first meeting of the Centenary Dog Club at Melbourne Showgrounds; and the activities ... [read more]
