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‘The time is now and the car is Holden’ (1966)
A woman lies on a beach, dreamily relaxing under her hat. A Holden HR sedan is parked on the sand nearby. The woman runs to the car, which is filmed from different angles to show off its new exterior and ... [read more]
Jailanguru Pakarnu (Out from Jail) (1983)
'Jailanguru Pakarnu’ ('Out from Jail’) is a 12-bar rock-blues song by the Warumpi Band and the first rock song recorded in their own language. The song received widespread airplay and brought their language and culture to a wider audience. [read more]
Treaty (1991)
This is an Aboriginal pop song from the 1990s with a powerful political message. [read more]
The sailors part two (1927)
The Sailors is a recorded version of a theatrical comedy routine by vaudeville performers Stiffy (Nat Phillips) and Mo (Roy Rene). You can listen to part two of The Sailors here in its entirety. Part two is the second side ... [read more]
Torres Strait Islanders (1898)
Torres Strait Islanders contains the surviving four-and-a-half minutes of footage shot by AC Haddon during an expedition conducted by Cambridge University to Murray Island in the Torres Straits, in 1898. Composed of five short sequences, this film is the world’s ... [read more]
With Gentle Majesty (1962)
A black-and-white documentary about the workhorse, made at a moment in history when the horse is about to disappear from Australia’s city streets forever. In 1962, the ice cart, horse-drawn tram, mounted postman and the old fire truck are still ... [read more]
Australian cinema is silenced (1996)
During the 1950s, Australian feature film production ground to a halt, leaving newsreels as one of the few cinematic records of Australian life of the period. Iconic ‘50s newsreel footage plays in slow-motion to a rendition of 'The Road to ... [read more]
Loved Up – The Dream of Love (2005)
An intimate portrait of the family of filmmaker Lawrence Johnston, who discuss what love means to them individually and as a family. [read more]
The Naked Vicar Show – Series 2 Episode 2 (1978)
A variety show with sketch comedy, guest musical performances and commentary on news and politics of the day, filmed in front of a studio audience. [read more]
Looking for Horses (2001)
Sisters Gemma (voiced by Gabrielle Vening) and Ruby (Celesta Vinckier) accompany their parents (Christina Louis and Martin Louis) to French Island, Victoria on a summer holiday. They explore the place but are disappointed to find there are no horses, that ... [read more]
High on a Cool Wave (1968)
As Australia moves into cooler temperatures in March 1966, the waves pick up along the east coast. A huge swell hits Fairy Bower near Manly, providing dramatic scenes as surfers and a lone surfboat brave the conditions. At Noosa Heads ... [read more]
From England to the USA: Menzies Wartime Tour (c1941)
This home movie, filmed by the then Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, records his trip from England to the USA via Lisbon and Canada. It begins with footage of Lisbon including a fishing village and a bullfight. It ... [read more]
Looking For Alibrandi (1999)
Josephine Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) is cursed, like all the women in her Italo-Australian family. She’s in her final year at a posh Sydney school for Catholic girls, but her temper keeps getting her into trouble. Her grandmother Katia (Elena Cotta) ... [read more]
Breakout (1984)
Breakout covers the mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war from Cowra on 5 August 1944. It is one of the biggest POW escapes in world history. Two hundred and thirty four Japanese prisoners and four Australians ... [read more]
It’s Ruth: Ruth Cracknell, Actor (1994)
It’s Ruth provides a glimpse into the professional life of one of Australia’s most well-recognised and loved actresses, Ruth Cracknell (1926-2002). The documentary features generous excerpts from Cracknell’s theatre performances (including Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, 1991, and Oscar Wilde’s The ... [read more]
Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge (1931)
A comprehensive pictorial record that chronicles the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 1925 and 1931, filmed by the Paramount Film Service, Sydney. [read more]
‘Your troubles are my troubles’ (1937)
Dad (George Edwards) and Dave (John Saul) discuss Dave’s hope to marry Mabel, as Dad examines the farm’s finances. Money is too tight for Dad to offer his son a house, which would allow Dave to ask Mabel to marry ... [read more]
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 6 (2004)
From the adventure of bush tucker in Kakadu to a huge Greek family feast at Easter, then Italian pastries followed by the seductively creamy custard apple and how and where it is grown. It’s all in a day’s work for ... [read more]
Shadow Panic (1989)
Shadow Panic is a short experimental drama in which three women characters – 'The Redhead’, 'The Investigator’ and 'The Hothead’ – seem to be inextricably linked through memory, dreams and an increasing state of emergency. Unknown to each other, their ... [read more]
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 1 (2004)
Another episode of the ever popular and very different cooking show that explores Australia for its inspiration. In this program, it’s mum’s cooking with a difference in Broome; a bloke and his brick oven; and a wonderful display of ice ... [read more]
