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Vietnam (1988)
This epic story of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War is told through the history of a middle class family, the Goddards, whose son Phillip (Nicholas Eadie) is conscripted to fight in the war and whose father, Douglas (Barry Otto), ... [read more]
Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story (1985)
Produced on the centenary of John Curtin’s birth, Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story is an absorbing portrait of the life of the prime minister who led Australia for the vast majority of the Second World War. Hellfire Jack ... [read more]
Lucinda Brayford (1980)
Lucinda Brayford (Wendy Hughes) is a lively and elegant but naive 18-year-old woman. Of her two suitors, Toorak socialite Tony Duff (Sam Neill) and British aristocrat Captain Hugo Brayford (Barry Quin), she chooses to marry the dashing, amoral Hugo who ... [read more]
The Growing Child (1938)
This government-produced public health film promotes the role of correct diet and nutrition in giving children the best start in life. It depicts dramatised scenarios in the lifespan of a growing child – from baby to toddler, adolescent and teenager ... [read more]
Webs of Intrigue (1992)
A close-up look at the world of Australian spiders, including the trapdoor spider, and the red-back spider. Researcher and presenter Densey Clyne combines fascinating information, whimsical observances and extraordinary footage to make spider watching a joy. [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]
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
Two women, both misfits of a sort, become friends in a small rural community. Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) pretends to be an invalid, and carries the deep scars of a failed marriage. Charlie (Elisabeth Crosby) has relocated from the city ... [read more]
The Birth of White Australia (1928)
After introductory scenes at the opening of Parliament House in Canberra in 1927, the history of Australia is shown as a series of flashbacks – from Captain Cook’s landing at Botany Bay to the first settlement at Sydney Cove, deadly ... [read more]
Lionel Rose fighting Harada (1968)
Radio announcer Ron Casey calls the closing minutes of the bantamweight world title fight between Lionel Rose of Australia and 'Fighting’ Harada of Japan on 26 February 1968. [read more]
The Hard Word (2002)
The Twentyman brothers are released from Long Bay jail in Sydney to carry out an armed robbery. Dale (Guy Pearce) is the smart one, Mal (Damien Richardson) is dim but kind-hearted and Shane (Joel Edgerton) is an angry bundle of ... [read more]
Against the Grain: More Meat than Wheat (1980)
Urban terrorist Ray Unit (Michael Callaghan) plants a smoke bomb at the Martin Place cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day. Travelling in disguise, Ray visits his mother, Elsie (Joy Burns), and family in suburban Perth. He discusses the predatory nature ... [read more]
The Rocks: Sydney, Australia (1983)
This sponsored documentary traces the beginning of The Rocks in Sydney Cove to its present redevelopment as a tourist precinct. A young female tourist appears throughout the film as a linking device. [read more]
The world of Hidden Valley (2004)
Ricco wanders through the Alice Springs Library, where he comes across a publication that features his biological grandmother in ceremonial dress on the cover, dancing in protest. We also meet Diana, the new addition to the Ricco’s foster family – ... [read more]
The Piano Tuner (1960)
In this unfinished amateur comedy, a man (Frank Straford) who has hired an incompetent piano tuner (John Straford) ends up doing all the work himself, with a few unintended consequences. [read more]
The Trouble With Medicine: Conceiving the Future (1993)
Since the discovery of the human genome, tests to discover the genetic basis of illness have given humankind a lot more power to decide how a pregnancy will go. This is the story of how advances in medicine can assist ... [read more]
The Last Wave (1977)
David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is a successful Sydney tax lawyer who takes on the defence of five Aboriginal men charged with killing another Aboriginal man. As the city is deluged with rain, Burton recognises that he has seen one of ... [read more]
The biggest vet practice in the world (1984)
Veterinary surgeon, David Bradley, lives in Kununurra in north Western Australia. His practice stretches from Port Hedland Western Australia to Mt Isa Queensland and to Darwin and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Bradley flies himself to work, the distance ... [read more]
Maoris give their war cry (1922)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1922 shows the New Zealand Maori rugby league team on the field of a stadium performing the haka ceremonial war dance before a match. The clip then ends with a shot of the New ... [read more]
The Golden West (1940)
This travelogue, made by magician Will Alma, features the scenery of Perth and parts of Western Australia. The film is silent with intertitles. [read more]
Give Us This Day (1943)
This political advertisement directed by Ken G Hall for Cinesound Productions and the Department of Information compares the difficulties of food rationing suffered by Australian troops stationed in New Guinea during the Second World War with those of the civilian ... [read more]
