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Tabaluga – The Last One of His Kind (1997)
Born at a time when he is needed most, the tiny, naïve but brave Tabaluga is the last dragon on earth. A delightful hero, Tabaluga uses courage and kindness, combined with his growing prowess at fire-breathing and flying, to outsmart ... [read more]
Diggers (1931)
At a battalion reunion after the First World War, Chic Williams (Pat Hanna) and his ‘cobber’ Joe Mulga (George Moon) recall their exploits on the Western Front in France. In extended flashbacks, we see them getting wounded, repatriated to London, ... [read more]
Roly ‘visits’ Honolulu (1986)
Nurse Ophelia Cox (Gosia Dobrowolska) discovers Wally (Philip Quast) and Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) have created a fake Honolulu for their father, Roly (Allan Penney). Ophelia threatens to tell Roly but Wally convinces her to join the hoodwink. [read more]
The Stawell Gift: Staging the Golden Jubilee Carnival (1927)
This footage shows the Golden Jubilee of the Stawell Gift foot race, announced in the intertitles as, ‘the greatest professional footrunning meeting in the world’. Crowds of over 30,000 attend the Easter weekend Carnival in Stawell, Victoria. Events include the ... [read more]
Cradle of Creation (1944)
A compendium of the Middle East filmed by Frank Hurley during his years working as an official war photographer in the Second World War. It covers Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Israel, including the cities of Tehran, Basra, the ancient city ... [read more]
Secret Fleets (1995)
During the Second World War, submarines operated secretly out of Fremantle and Albany in the south of Western Australia. These were desperate times, when the Japanese advance had overrun Singapore and New Guinea. American submariners were welcomed by the citizens ... [read more]
My Brother Jack (2001)
Set in the years following the First World War and ending in the midst of the Second World War, this is the story of the Merediths, a working-class family living in Melbourne. David Meredith (Matt Day) is the second son ... [read more]
ALP Cinema Advertisement: In the Wake of the Storm (1946)
This is an ALP cinema advertisement for the 1946 federal election. It encourages the Australian electorate to stay with the Labor Party, which has successfully led the country through the last four years of the Second World War and ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – German Dove of Peace (1915)
In this edition of Cartoons of the Moment from 1915, cartoonist Harry Julius uses cut-out and drawn animation to: comment on Germany’s offer of peace during the First World War; take a satirical look at the evolution of women’s fashions; ... [read more]
Winner Take All – Downside Risk (1982)
Mining concern Mincoh’s share prices go up when a war in Namibia threatens world thanadium supplies. While things are looking up for company boss Dick Coleman (Ronald Falk) and his second-in-command – and lover – Liz (Tina Bursill), their Sydney-based ... [read more]
Billy and Percy (1974)
This dramatised documentary is based on the diaries of Percy Deane, who became the private secretary of Prime Minister WM Hughes during one of the most controversial and exciting periods of Australian history. It was during the First World War ... [read more]
Children of the Silk Road (2007)
This large-scale period film is a love story set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation of China in the years leading up to the Second World War. Young British journalist George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) poses as a driver ... [read more]
Backroads (1977)
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western New South Wales and head for the coast. Jack (Bill Hunter) is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary (Gary Foley) doesn’t really care – he just ... [read more]
Australia at war with Japan (1941)
In a national broadcast Prime Minister Curtin announces that Australia is now at war with Japan. [read more]
All the Green Year – Episode 2 (1980)
An elderly man (Alwyn Kurts) recalls his teenage years in a seaside town in the years between the First and Second World Wars. He reminisces about his best friend, the trouble they used to get into and their unfair treatment ... [read more]
Bambaloo – Bird in a Boat (2002)
Bambaloo is a mixed live-action, puppetry and animation narrative based show for preschoolers. Characters in the world of Bambaloo include the imaginative and playful host Sam (Angela Kelly) and her Muppet-style animals, Fidget the excitable dog (Adam Kronenberg), Jet the ... [read more]
World’s oldest living culture (1988)
An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988. An Aboriginal speaker describes the invasion of Australia and the resulting problems of dispossession and poverty. She also says it is a day to celebrate the survival of ... [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]
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]
Green Tea and Cherry Ripe (1989)
This insightful and moving documentary features six Japanese women who came to Australia as 'war brides’, having married Australian servicemen after the Second World War. They share their stories through candid interviews with director Solrun Hoaas, talking about their experiences ... [read more]
