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Australians Keep the Wheels of Industry Turning (c1943)
An animated Commonwealth advertisement made by the Owen Brothers and designed to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in National Savings stamps and the 4th Liberty Loan. [read more]
It’s war! (1982)
The recruiting drive is on and throughout the bush there are more than enough young men willing to drop everything for the adventure of war. Billy (Scott Burgess) and Walter (Scott McGregor) have been waiting for this moment with barely ... [read more]
Blood Oath (1990)
On the Indonesian island of Ambon in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Australian soldiers force Japanese military captives to dig up a mass grave of Australian soldiers. The dead men were prisoners in the island’s Japanese read more]
Australasian Gazette – Goodbye Sunny New South Wales (c1917)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel clip from approximately 1917 shows soldiers being despatched to the front during the First World War in a public parade in Sydney. It was hoped that the parade would encourage further recruitment. [read more]
Post-Second World War challenges (1947)
This clip begins with workers walking and cycling to work at the start of the day. As the narrator talks about the ‘working man’s paradise’, the images show scenes of negotiations between businesses and workers, labour disputes and conflicts between ... [read more]
Thanks Girls and Goodbye (1988)
Thanks Girls and Goodbye is the story of the Australian Women’s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film uncovers the amazing story of 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]
Two ways (2006)
Rupert Max Stuart, Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder oversees the preparation of kangaroo by his two descendents. He tells us that he never ate white man’s food growing up and was taught by the old men and ladies. Max is teaching the ... [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]
Teen marriage (1984)
Gladys Shoesmith is mother to two girls – Myree, 15, and Roslyn, 14. She expresses the hope that they choose wisely when they marry and says that she is letting her children discover the world in their own time. [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]
The Enemy Within (1918)
Late in the First World War, Jack Airlie (RL 'Snowy’ Baker) is recalled secretly to Australia after four years of 'special duty’ abroad. He returns to enthusiastic merriment at his gentleman’s club and society parties thrown by his oldest friend, ... [read more]
‘The Americans are coming’ (2005)
The US forces are to use Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland for a training base. Military officials say they are concerned about the environment and acting responsibly. Some locals are concerned about the pollution possibilities especially if depleted uranium (DU) ... [read more]
Imaginary two-up (1994)
Australian Korean War veterans recall their experiences as prisoners of war, including the efforts made by the enemy to indoctrinate them with communist propaganda. A veteran describes how one Chinese solider got so involved in an imaginary game of two-up ... [read more]
Kokoda Front Line! (1942)
This Academy award-winning Cinesound Review newsreel special shows Australian troops on the Kokoda track in the jungles of New Guinea during the Second World War. It features footage shot by war correspondent Damien Parer for the Commonwealth Department of Information. ... [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]
Snowy Hydro – Safety on the Snowy Scheme (1964)
Produced in 1964 by the SMHEA photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al. with narration by James Dibble), it’s one of the many films made for the Snowy Mountains Joint Safety and Rehabilitation Council. The film sets out a range ... [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]
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
In 1916, during the First World War when both sides have fought to a virtual standstill, Queensland miner Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell) joins up. He becomes a captain and leads his men, many of them fellow Australians with mining experience, ... [read more]
