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I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (2004)
This is a comprehensive and enlightening documentary about comedian, writer and performer Spike Milligan, as seen through the eyes of his immediate family, his close friends and his show business colleagues. Along with testimony from his loved ones, the documentary ... [read more]
Toora Vale Ice Company, Berri: Welcome Mr Ice Man (c1934)
This cinema advertisement for Toora Vale Ice Company promotes the use of block ice for refrigeration to preserve and cool food. [read more]
Chopper (2000)
In 1991, Mark 'Chopper’ Read (Eric Bana) is in jail watching himself on television. He has become the most famous criminal in Australia, a standover man who claims to have robbed and killed only drug dealers and other criminals. The ... [read more]
Concrete City (1994)
Residents of Pyrmont, a suburb next to the city of Sydney, try to secure meaningful consultation with the various government bodies involved in a proposed redevelopment in their area. Planners and developers also explain their point of view. The documentary ... [read more]
Look Both Ways (2005)
On the way home from her father’s funeral, Meryl (Justine Clarke), a young artist, sees a man killed by a passing train. Nick, a newspaper photographer (William McInnes) is sent to cover the accident, a few hours after being told ... [read more]
Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story (1985)
Produced on the centenary of John Curtin’s birth, Hellfire Jack: The John Curtin Story is an absorbing portrait of the life of the prime minister who led Australia for the vast majority of the Second World War. Hellfire Jack ... [read more]
Effie: Just Quietly – Make-Ups and Makeovers (2001)
Effie (Mary Coustas) interviews a range of people on the subject of beauty. They include make-up artist Napoleon Perdis, fashion designer Alannah Hill, cosmetic surgeon Dr Darryl Hodgkinson, 80-year-old cosmetic surgery enthusiast Dalma Edwards, actor Rowena Wallace, health sociologist Dr ... [read more]
Australia Post – Post Office Film (1942)
This is an unedited mute, black-and-white film record of the dismantling of the Sydney General Post Office (GPO) clock tower, as well as street scenes near and around the GPO, in 1942. [read more]
Theme From ‘Blue Hills’ (1949)
This recording is a short excerpt from episode 528 of the long-running radio serial Blue Hills, including the theme music and opening announcement. [read more]
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Cinema and its Workings (1941)
An outing to the Saturday matinee screening of Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) at a local cinema is captured in black-and-white and colour by amateur movie maker Frederick Simpson Dyer. [read more]
Chandon Pictures – Champion Charles (2007)
Tom Chandon (Rob Carlton) is an aspiring feature documentary director with one credit to his name, the largely unseen Oh No Bonzo: The Clown that Killed a Child. With producer Lucy Cannon (Rebecca Massey) and cinematographer Nick Brenner (Darren Gilshenan) ... [read more]
Majestic Fanfare (1943)
The original 1943 recording of the ABC’s much loved ‘Majestic Fanfare’, used in various forms since 1952 to introduce news broadcasts. [read more]
Gold Gold Gold: 4 x 100 Metres Men’s Medley Relay (1980)
Norman May’s radio commentary of the 4 × 100 men’s swimming medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [read more]
Feeling Sexy (1998)
Greg (Tamblyn Lord) and Vicki (Susie Porter) are in love. He is studying to be a doctor. She is a painter. They marry, have children and settle into a life together. But Vicki finds her creativity stifled by the monotonous ... [read more]
Antarctic Vigil (1952)
Beyond the Roaring Forties, an Australian ship lumbers south through heavy seas towards Antarctica. The ship passes beautiful icebergs sculpted by the sea into graceful arches. At the forbidding Balleny Islands, claimed by New Zealand, the terrain is impressive and ... [read more]
Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008)
A prominent socialite and Hollywood film producer in the 1960s and ’70s, Dominick Dunne fell into alcoholism before re-emerging as a novelist and Vanity Fair reporter covering celebrity trials. Filmed during the murder trial of record producer Phil Spector, 82-year-old ... [read more]
First Australians – Episode 4, No Other Law (2008)
Episode four, 'No other law’, explores the history of white settlement in Central Australia and the stories of homicidal police officer Constable Willshire, who brings mayhem to the Arrernte nation. Authorities turn a blind eye before telegraph operator Frank Gillen ... [read more]
All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front (1963)
At Manly in 1963, police step up patrols to curb gang violence between surfers and ‘rocker’ groups from the outer suburbs. The narration says that there have been fights almost every weekend between rival gangs, and there is a threat ... [read more]
Snowy Hydro - Where Giants Meet (1948)
Produced in 1948 by Cambridge Film Productions for Industrial Sales and Service (ISAS) and the SMHEA, the film is both a domestic recruitment promotion for the Snowy Mountains Scheme and an ode to the International TD-24 bulldozer. [read more]
Bran Nue Dae (1991)
This documentary by Tom Zubrycki traces the development and production of the successful stage musical Bran Nue Dae. The writer of the play, Jimmy Chi, talks about how his experiences and education led to his writing of the semi-autobiographical musical. ... [read more]
