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Numbats (1996)
This natural history documentary follows the life cycle of a numbat family. [read more]
Beyond 2000 – Episode 287 (1992)
This magazine-style program examines the research and innovation happening around the world that will change our lives beyond the year 2000. [read more]
First Australians – Episode 1, They Have Come to Stay (2008)
Episode one covers the first meetings between the Indigenous Aborigines, the first Australians, and the British First Fleet, who sailed into Sydney on 26 January 1788. They soon come face to face and while their differences are immense, apprehension quickly ... [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]
‘An issue the country could not ignore’ (1993)
Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledges past injustices perpetrated on Indigenous Australians and affirms the High Court of Australia’s Mabo decision to recognise native title. [read more]
Plains Empty (2005)
An enthralling drama about a young married woman who, left alone in the mining fields, encounters a ghost of the past. [read more]
Number 96 – Episodes 1003 and 1004 (1976)
These episodes are from the show’s later period when it was trying to woo back viewers with another (politically incorrect) creepy visitor storyline: after the Knicker Snipper and the Pantyhose Strangler, along came the Hooded Rapist. These episodes also boast ... [read more]
China, the Long March (1986)
China, the Long March follows stills photographer Leo Meier as he travels the route of the Long March for seven weeks to photograph the people and places of today’s China for a photographic exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ... [read more]
Short Changed (1985)
An aboriginal man, Stuart Wilkins (David Kennedy) is arrested for taking part in a land rights demonstration, after the death of his father. His white wife Alison (Susan Leith) leaves him and takes their son Tommy (Jamie Agius). Seven years ... [read more]
All honour to the glorious dead (1917)
Shells burst on the horizon during what a title says is a German counter-attack. The camera pans across a desolate valley ending on a cross marking a grave. Another shell bursts behind a scene of discarded bicycles and tools. A ... [read more]
Exile in Sarajevo (1997)
An observational documentary as Australian filmmaker Tahir Cambis and Sarajevo local Alma Sahbaz record the last six months of the Bosnian War. [read more]
Queen of Hearts (2003)
A short feature film about the relationship between a granddaughter and grandmother, following the journey of the granddaughter and how she deals with her grandmother’s impending death from cancer. [read more]
Building a Motor Body (c1925)
This film shows the building of a car motor body at the Holden Motor Body Builders at Woodville, near Adelaide, in South Australia. Scenes depict the pressing of steel panels to form the car bodies and the assembly of the ... [read more]
Aeroplane Jelly Song (1938)
A radio jingle recorded in the late 1930s promoting an Australian brand of jelly crystals. This is the most famous and best-loved version, sung by seven-year-old Joy King with the Radio 2SM Orchestra, conducted by John Dunne. [read more]
Sydney Tramways (c1928)
This silent black-and-white footage shows how the tram system in Sydney handles large crowds. It features various sporting and leisure events including the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, the Royal Agricultural Show at the Sydney Showground and a rugby match ... [read more]
Movietone Special: Peace: Australia Celebrates (1945)
This Movietone News special edition features the nationwide celebrations that erupted with the declaration of peace at the end of the Second World War. It includes scenes in Martin Place, Sydney, as well as other capital cities, a victory march ... [read more]
Cenotaph (1993)
The documentary looks at the effect of the First World War on the New South Wales country town of Hay. Seven women and 641 men went to the war from Hay. One hundred and three were killed and more than ... [read more]
Mparntwe Sacred Sites (2004)
A documentary about the sacred sites of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and how the development of Alice Springs affected the cultural traditions of the Arrernte people. [read more]
Rough Riders (1995)
Twenty-four-year old Rodney Brien is killed bull riding. The documentary pays tribute to his life and examines the sport of bull riding. Brien is seen in an interview and his family and friends talk about him. Colleagues comment on the ... [read more]
Aya (1990)
The story of a Japanese-Australian marriage in the aftermath of the Second World War. Aya (Eri Ishida), a young Japanese woman, lives in Melbourne with her husband Frank (Nicholas Eadie), an Australian soldier she met in Japan who served with ... [read more]
