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Bit of Black Business – The Turtle (2007)
Jason (Gregory Cross) is no longer a small boy. His mother has sent him to his grandfather (Kelton Pell) to experience a different way of life. [read more]
Operating theatre, laboratory and x-ray (1928)
A fixed camera films the inside of an operating theatre in the Henry Meeks Pavilion of the hospital; a slow pan shows medical staff at work in the laboratory; another pan reveals a 'Violet Ray Atelier’ set up in a ... [read more]
The Tracker (2002)
In rough bush country in 1922, an Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) leads three white men in the hunt for a black fugitive. The senior policeman in charge (Gary Sweet) murders 'bush blacks’ on sight; a young constable (Damon Gameau) joins ... [read more]
Lift Off – That’s Not Fair – Part A (1992)
This is Part A of the episode, That’s Not Fair, following the Lift Off format that mixes live action, animation, puppetry, music, documentary and fantasy. The main storyline is about the Lift Off kids, interspersed with the other elements. Nipper ... [read more]
Salute to the Aussie Digger (2005)
Actor Jack Thompson leads the listener through an historical overview of engagements by the Australian Defence Force in various conflicts and peacekeeping events. It is accompanied by a variety of musical compositions including traditional tunes, classical pieces and popular songs ... [read more]
Convictions (1994)
The documentary is a series of recollections by the Australian soldiers who served in the Korean War (1950-1953). Forty years after the war, the men talk frankly and with immense dignity about their experiences as young Australian soldiers. The interviews ... [read more]
The Eye of the Storm (2011)
Washed-up, UK-based thespian Sir Basil (Geoffrey Rush) and Dorothy (Judy Davis), an impoverished minor European princess, return to their Sydney family home as their eccentric, wealthy mother, Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling), recovers from a stroke. The siblings are more interested ... [read more]
Eelemarni, The Story of Leo and Leva (1988)
A short film about a Dreaming story from the Bundjalung people. [read more]
The Dunera Boys – Episode 3 (1985)
This four part miniseries is based on the true story of a group of Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany only to be treated as enemy aliens when they arrived in Britain. They were sent to Australia on the ship ... [read more]
Il Contratto (1953)
Financed by loans from a travel agency, four young single Italian men (Giuseppe Michelini, Luigi Borsi, Giuseppe Cusato, Giorgio Mangiamele) arrive by ship in Melbourne, attracted by an Australian government scheme that promises them two years’ guaranteed employment. After settling ... [read more]
Life on a Sheep Farm (1965)
The documentary explores life on a sheep farm over one year in 1965. The property is in Ruffy, Victoria. The documentary explains sheep shearing, sheep drenching, hay bailing, feeding and caring for farm animals and the role of the sheep ... [read more]
Aborigines of the Sea Coast (1948)
In 1948 a film crew made an ethnographic record of the Indigenous population of the coast of Arnhem Land, sponsored by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institute of America and the Commonwealth of Australia. [read more]
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
Not Quite Hollywood is a documentary about Australian exploitation films of the 1970s and 80s. In the 1960s, local feature film production was virtually nonexistent and Australian film censorship was the most restrictive in the developed world. With new government ... [read more]
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
In central-western New South Wales in the 1890s, a young half-caste Aboriginal man raised by missionaries kills most of a family of white farmers, after an argument about his wages. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) and his brother Mort (Freddy Reynolds) ... [read more]
The Chaser’s War on Everything – APEC Episodes (2007)
Episodes 14 and 15 of The Chaser’s War on Everything’s second series contain the usual combination of comic pranks, commentary and send-ups, responding to current news and more general subjects. Many of the topical segments satirise the heavy security surrounding ... [read more]
Steamboat Holidays on the Murray River (c1920)
This silent documentary with intertitles shows the landscape and townships along the Murray River between Mildura in Victoria and Mount Lofty in South Australia. [read more]
The Mad Century (2000)
Bruce Petty animates the 20th century’s achievements and conflicts in a cavalcade of doodles and rare newsreels from the past, guided by a thoughtful voice-over (Neville Thiele), so we can better understand the present. [read more]
Gerakiteys: Greek Wedding Reception: Canberra Scenes (c1954)
A colour home movie filmed mostly by Emmanuel Gerakiteys of the Greek community in Canberra in the 1950s. Footage includes a Greek bridal party and wedding reception, family life at home, scenes around Canberra, and part of the Queen’s visit ... [read more]
Rodeo (c1934)
This documentary is about a rodeo held in northern Queensland in approximately 1934. It features 500 participants parading through the streets of Townsville; buck jumping and calf-riding competitions as well as the main rodeo at Mount St John; and the ... [read more]
Behind the Sun (1988)
The documentary looks at a number of artists working in NSW in 1988. Many forms of artistic expression are included. The artists include Jonathan Throsby, painter; Susan Norrie, painter; Martin Wesley-Smith, composer; John Coburn, painter; Robyn Gordon, sculptor; Graeme ... [read more]
