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Leanne and the law (1998)
A discussion between Leanne, up on a charge of wilful damage, and her solicitor Leanne Warren who is preparing a defence. Leanne is a habitual drug user and is arrested regularly. [read more]
McKenzie, Roger and Kent, Bernie: Silent Car Trip Australia (c1960)
This travelogue is edited into segments based around the places and sites of interest that they visited on a trip through South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Each segment contains distinctive title cards with words appearing against various ... [read more]
Poultry fanciers (2008)
Mark travels to the Devonport Poultry Show where he meets up with other ‘poultry fanciers’. [read more]
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Food for Thought (c1941)
This black-and-white and colour Kraft Cheddar Cheese advertisement looks at food preparation, food value and how Kraft cheese can make the difference to nutrition. [read more]
Cinesound Varieties (1934)
This surviving 18-minute fragment is from an hour-long variety show directed by Ken G Hall and photographed by Frank Hurley for Cinesound in 1934. It contains a segment with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the ... [read more]
Chases and more chases (2000)
Escaping from the ‘Hide and Seek’ gang, Eugénie (Xaris Miller) and Warwick (Matthew Vennell) run into her father Ray Sandler (Brett Climo). When he discovers Detective Gurney (Martin Jacobs) is after them, he sends them to Alloway House. The mystery ... [read more]
Phidias and his art gallery (1961)
Artist Jeffrey Smart is 'Phidias’ who takes his young audience on ‘a walk through the art gallery’ featuring artworks from viewers in Melbourne, Sydney and ‘all the way from Perth’. He uses the first picture he selects – a painting ... [read more]
Nicaragua under attack (1984)
Nicaragua is attacked at its borders by the Contras. They are backed by the USA, which claims that Nicaragua is supplying arms to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. Tomás Borge, the Nicaraguan Minister for the Interior denies this, and ... [read more]
Farrow, H: Victorian and South Australian Holiday Scenes (c1930)
This home movie contains holiday scenes in Victoria and South Australia from the 1930s filmed by H Farrow. [read more]
Mullet (2001)
Eddie ‘Mullet’ Maloney (Ben Mendelsohn) returns to the small coastal town where he grew up after three years in the city. Rebellious and turbulent as a youth, he is now even more lost, unsure if he should stay or go. ... [read more]
All About Olive (2004)
Filmmaker Mike Rubbo takes 105-year-old Olive Riley back to her childhood home in Broken Hill, western NSW, to talk about her life. Rubbo enlists Olive’s help to faithfully recreate scenes from Olive’s early life, using locals dressed in period ... [read more]
Preparing for progress (1969)
A map illustrates the first section of the planned Warringah Expressway from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through North Sydney. It is designed to reduce traffic on the streets of the northern suburbs. A San Francisco engineering consulting firm prepares specifications ... [read more]
Albion, Douglas: Children’s Party (c1921)
A home movie filmed by the Albion family of a children’s Christmas party in the 1920s. Most of the footage focuses on five-year-old Wally and takes place over a single afternoon. The three minutes of 35 mm silent footage ... [read more]
Home building and industry (1936)
Large newly felled logs are transported to the timber mills where they are converted into useable wood to furnish the modern home. This is explained through a voice-over by the narrator of the film, a building and contract officer. Inside ... [read more]
Monday showcase (1961)
The title sequence is followed by host Earle welcoming boys and girls to Monday Showcase. He previews a special surprise to come in the form of the first episode of new serial Felix the Cat (1958–61). Earle then introduces ‘another ... [read more]
Equal pay paradox (1983)
This clip examines the situation for women in the 1930s Depression when many were forced to work as the men in their families were unemployed. Denied equal pay and still being paid piece-rate wages, women were then vilified and unfairly ... [read more]
Between Japan and Australia (1989)
This clip begins with Chiaki Foster speaking to camera about her love of bingo and poker machines. She is filmed playing bingo and heard in voice-over speaking about the friends she has made. Her daughter reflects on her mother’s enjoyment ... [read more]
It’s all image (2002)
Emerging film producers Jason Gooden and Julian Saggers move into prestigious offices in the hope that they can finish and market their feature film. The film’s first director is invited to a screening of a new cut of the film. ... [read more]
Money Movers (1979)
On the day that one of his armoured cars is robbed, Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) receives an anonymous tip off that his multi-million dollar counting house will soon be hit. A corrupt detective (Alan Cassell) passes this information to crime ... [read more]
A better life (1947)
This silent, black-and-white clip shows happy family scenes on a Housing Commission Estate in Richmond, Melbourne. The houses are made of brick. The family has a piano, tea set, a running indoor bath, and windows framed with curtains. The children ... [read more]
