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For the Defence (1998)
A 'day in the life’ of a law firm. Solicitors and barristers consult with clients and reveal their method of operation. Cases discussed include a sexual assault action, a murder trial and a petty theft and damage action. The film ... [read more]
Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial (1954)
This is a Cinesound documentary about the Round Australia 1954 Redex Reliability Trial – a 15,450 kilometre motor endurance rally over rough terrain and unsealed roads. Overland Adventure follows the changing fortunes of some of the 246 entrants during the ... [read more]
Or Forever Hold Your Peace (1970)
A compilation of events concerning the moratorium to stop the Vietnam War in 1970. The film is an observational documentary without commentary that cuts between meetings, street protests, public speeches and concerts, and uses audio from a range of sources. [read more]
Jedda (1955)
An Aboriginal woman dies in childbirth on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory. The baby girl is raised by the station owner’s wife, Sarah McMann, after the death of her own child. Jedda (Margaret Dingle) grows up between ... [read more]
Breathing Under Water (1991)
A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mother of a young child, keeps a map ‘dredged from her dreams’ in a copy of Dante’s Inferno. Prompted by questions from her young daughter Maeve (Maeve Dermody), and feeling unease with ... [read more]
More Winners – The Big Wish (1990)
The faeries in the Enchanted Realm are in trouble. The Charter of the Grand Master states that they must give seven wishes to humans every 100 years or they lose their magic powers. Somehow this time – with the sly ... [read more]
Peach’s Australia – Darling River (1976)
The travel journalist Bill Peach continues his wander around the continent of Australia with a stop along the banks of the Darling River at Bourke in New South Wales. This was the centre of sheep grazing in Australia from the ... [read more]
The ‘wogs’ fight the ‘Aussies’ (2009)
Charlie’s mates decide to follow up an earlier confrontation with some white boys in school, on the grounds that they must not let the ‘Aussies’ disrespect them. Charlie (Firass Dirani) is initially reluctant but is talked into confronting the white ... [read more]
Commonwealth Bank – Plan for the Future (c1950)
Plan for the Future is a black-and-white cinema advertisement, produced by David Koffel Productions for the Commonwealth Savings Bank. It targets young families, drawing an analogy between the importance of planning for the future of the nation, and planning for ... [read more]
School opening and garden party (1910)
This clip begins with a tree planting ceremony at the Pakington Street Infants School in Kew, Victoria. The next scene shows a a garden party given by the Mayor and Mayoress of Kew in honour of the Governor of Victoria, ... [read more]
National Treasures – ‘The Magic Pudding’ Illustrations (2004)
Warren Brown takes a look at Norman Lindsay’s original illustrations for the much-loved children’s book The Magic Pudding at the State Library of New South Wales. [read more]
Activities of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia (c1935)
Filmed by John Mack at the Adelaide Parafield around 1930, this home movie recording captures some of the activities of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia. It includes footage of aircraft in flight and flying enthusiasts John Buckham and ... [read more]
Wirth’s Circus Film (c1925)
This silent actuality footage shows circus proprietor and ringmaster Philip Wirth and his trick pony, Earl Dudley, as it performs a range of tricks in an outdoor arena. The final segment of this footage shows elephants and circus workers setting ... [read more]
Brother (1999)
The narrator (voiced by William McInnes) tells the story of his larrikin, asthmatic brother. Brother features their parents and the suburban world they live in. [read more]
‘Campaign of fear’ (2008)
Father Frank Brennan, Eddie’s daughter Gail Mabo of the Meriam and Manbarra Nations and Donald Whaleboat of the Meriam Nation, talk about Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo and the outcomes of the trial. Narrator Rachel Perkins and historian Professor Marcia Langton of ... [read more]
Children playing war games (1941)
Two children, Kay and Barry Roberts, play in the garden. The young boy (Barry), dressed in an army green helmet and holding a toy rifle, takes aim at a fake enemy off camera. The clip ends with him lying on ... [read more]
South of the Border (1987)
South of the Border looks at the role of music in the grass roots political protest movement in Central America. David Bradbury films various bands singing protest songs and talking about government oppression in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and ... [read more]
Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)
In this Eric Porter animation of ‘the grasshopper and the ant’ fable, Willie Wombat lazes and plays all summer. He laughs at his animal mates devoting time to collecting and depositing food in their local bank. Winter arrives and Willie, ... [read more]
Through the Centre (1940)
Made by Herschells Films for the Shell Company of Australia, Through the Centre follows a Shell expedition to map a tourist route from Perth, through northern Western Australia to Darwin, then south through Central Australia to Adelaide. Along the way, ... [read more]
The Book Show – David Malouf (1988)
A magazine-style program with presenter and interviewer Dinny O’Hearn talking to David Malouf, who has just won the Haskell award for his body of work. He also interviews Joanna Mendelssohn about her new book on Lionel Lindsay, the lesser known ... [read more]
