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Random APEC security checks (2007)
In this stunt from The Chaser’s War on Everything, Chas Licciardello poses as a security officer working for APEC and asks members of the public to undergo random checks. [read more]
Water Rats – Dead in the Water (1996)
The Sydney Water Police are called in when there is an explosion on a charter boat full of schoolgirls and soon find themselves searching for more unexploded bombs in the harbour. Then a ferry is hijacked – could the two ... [read more]
This Day Tonight – The Last Program (1978)
This last TDT program captures a unique interview with the former Governor-General Sir John Kerr, appointed by Prime Minister EG Whitlam in 1972. Kerr had dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975 and had not spoken to ... [read more]
Pathe Animated Gazette (Australasian Edition): The First Instalment of Australian Notes (c1910)
This Australasian edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette newsreel contains four news items, including the first instalment of Australian bank notes and the opening of the Pakington Street Infant School in Kew, Victoria. [read more]
Play, health and education (1962)
At Halls Creek, the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) conducts a hostel for schoolchildren from the surrounding areas, where they play and learn. AIM staff look on as the children play an educational game on the hostel ... [read more]
On Our Selection (1932)
Drought has all but ruined the Rudd family 'selection’ in south-western Queensland, but Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) and his wife (Alfreda Bevan) hold grimly to the land. He’s in debt to a ruthless neighbour, Old Carey (Len Budrick), who seizes ... [read more]
The Hayseeds (1933)
In the middle of a bad drought, Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) and his large family host a wealthy city family, the Townleighs, when Mary Townleigh (Shirley Dale) gets lost briefly in the bush. To celebrate the marriage of Joe Hayseed ... [read more]
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
After his 21st birthday, Bill (John Jarratt) goes to fight in Vietnam, as part of the Australian forces. He’s in the Special Air Services, elite professional soldiers who look down on the ‘nashos’, the conscripted troops. Bill’s best mate is ... [read more]
The Movie Show – Episode 13 (2004)
Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton review the latest cinema releases interspersed with clips from the shows. This week, they review The Cooler with William H Macey and Alec Baldwin, the American thriller Twisted, and a new Australian road movie, Thunderstruck, ... [read more]
The Clinic (1982)
Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD (venereal disease) clinic. Paul intends to study the work of Dr Eric Linden (Chris Haywood), Dr Carol Young (Rona McLeod) and Dr Hassad (Max Bruch). In the course ... [read more]
The Circuit – It’s a Long Way Home (2007)
Young lawyer Drew Ellis (Aaron Pedersen) arrives in Broome to work for the Aboriginal Legal Service. His first day is a disaster: he crashes his car en route and is arrested through a misunderstanding. He is rescued by Sam Wallan ... [read more]
Holden Car Cinema Advertisement: A New Star, the New Holden FE (1956)
This colour cinema advertisement by Litchfield Film Productions launches the new model Holden sedan, the 1956 FE. [read more]
Anthem: An Act of Sedition (2004)
A documentary by filmmakers Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman addressing the contemporary events that have changed the political and cultural landscape. It travels from Australia to Iraq, Afghanistan and the United States between 2000 and 2004. It addresses the disempowerment ... [read more]
SeaChange – One of the Gang (1998)
High-powered city lawyer Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) is almost too busy to notice her life falling apart. Then her husband’s shock arrest for white-collar crimes, the revelation he is having an affair with her sister and the realisation that she ... [read more]
The Time Guardian (1987)
In the year 4039 a city of survivors from the Neutron Wars travels through time and space seeking safe haven from the Jen-Diki, a race of cyborgs intent on wiping out humanity. Soldiers Ballard (Tom Burlinson) and Petra (Carrie Fisher) ... [read more]
Message Stick – Wathaurong Glass (2003)
The Wathaurong community of Geelong began a glass business in order to provide employment for their people. [read more]
Australia to England via Tobruk and Benghazi: Menzies Wartime Tour (1941)
This home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister the Right Honourable, Sir Robert Menzies, was taken during his 1941 wartime tour of Tobruk, Benghazi, Cairo, Khartoum, Libya and Palestine, en route to England. The film includes footage of official visits ... [read more]
Profiles of Power, HC Coombs (1970)
HC Coombs is interviewed about his life and work by the current affairs journalist Robert Moore. Questions cover the forty years in which he was advisor to six Australian prime ministers, including Curtin, Chifley, Menzies, and Whitlam. [read more]
Safety First (c1936)
This short drama was made in the mid-to-late 1930s and sponsored by the Road Safety Council of NSW. It aims to raise children’s awareness of road safety rules and demonstrates the correct procedures to follow when using the roads. ... [read more]
Australia (2008)
In 1939 English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels to Faraway Downs, a cattle station in the Northern Territory owned by her husband, Maitland (Anton Monsted). When she arrives, Maitland is dead. Blamed for his murder is King George ... [read more]
