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The Far Paradise (1928)
Cherry Carson (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’), who has spent years overseas, is on her way home when she meets and is attracted to Peter Lawton (Paul Longuet), son of attorney-general Howard Lawton (John Faulkner). While Peter’s father welcomes ... [read more]
The Finished People (2003)
The Finished People cuts between three stories of disadvantaged young people struggling to survive on the streets of Cabramatta, a suburb in south-west Sydney known for its high crime rate and also for its high concentration of Vietnamese Australians. Van ... [read more]
Without me you wouldn’t have jobs (2011)
Greg (Vince Colosimo) responds angrily after Hakim (Robert Rabiah) accuses him of underpaying his workers. He points out forcefully that if it wasn’t for him they wouldn’t have jobs. [read more]
Birth of the Red Kangaroo (1965)
This CSIRO documentary details the reproductive cycle of the red kangaroo, its mating habits and the early stages of a kangaroo’s development as it grows in the pouch. It includes animated diagrams to illustrate ... [read more]
‘Wild night’ (1982)
First contestant is Catherine from South Australia who sings ‘Wild Night’ in her debut television performance. [read more]
Young music (1986)
The young congregation takes the lead in reading from the Bible and singing catchy songs accompanied by guitar. Please note there are some intermittent audio and visual glitches in this clip. [read more]
The Clinic (1982)
Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD (venereal disease) clinic. Paul intends to study the work of Dr Eric Linden (Chris Haywood), Dr Carol Young (Rona McLeod) and Dr Hassad (Max Bruch). In the course ... [read more]
The Summer of 77 (2001)
The Summer of 77 utilises a combination of live action and animated effects. It begins in the present when 36-year-old Cathy (Mary-Ann Henshaw) reluctantly goes to a party following a failed relationship. There she meets a man (Nicholas Hope) whom ... [read more]
Siege of the South (1931)
Between 1929 and 1931, Sir Douglas Mawson led two summer expeditions to Antarctica in the ship Discovery as part of a British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE). The main purpose of the expedition was to conduct ... [read more]
Ask the Leyland Brothers – Episode 23 (1976)
In Ask the Leyland Brothers, adventurers Mike and Mal Leyland travel to different parts of Australia to make short documentary segments. Every story is a response to letters from viewers asking the Leyland Brothers to cover a person, place or ... [read more]
The Square (2008)
Married construction site manager Ray (David Roberts) is having an affair with Carla (Claire van der Boom), a neighbour who lives across the river in a leafy southern Sydney suburb. Carla persuades him to help her steal a bag of ... [read more]
The Bones of Building (1956)
This is an instructional documentary made by the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit on safety in the construction industry. It dramatises the case of Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) to illustrate how dangerous accidents can occur on building sites if workers ... [read more]
The Exploits of the Emden (1928)
In the German colony of Tsingtao (Qingdao), on the Chinese coast, the warship Emden puts to sea as war breaks out in Europe, in August 1914. Reservist Officer Fritz Ackermann must join the ship even though his wife Meta and ... [read more]
Sale of the Century – Series 1 Episode 1 (1980)
Host Tony Barber and co-host Victoria Nicholls introduce the quiz contestants on the first episode of Sale of the Century. Each player starts with $20 in the bank and competes to press the buzzer first for an opportunity to answer ... [read more]
The Last of the Nomads (1997)
A feature-length documentary about an expedition into the Gibson desert to find the last suriving nomadic couple, Warri and Yatungka. After breaking tribal marriage laws, they fled into the desert and have not been seen since. Using historical footage and ... [read more]
National Treasures – ‘Waltzing Matilda’ Song Sheet (2004)
Most Australians know that Banjo Paterson wrote the lyrics to 'Waltzing Matilda’ but who wrote the music? And what does it have to do with a rather oddly titled song called 'Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself’? [read more]
The Hand of the Artist (1906)
Photographic images are composed and brought to life on a whim, and then just as quickly transformed or reduced to immobility by the hand of the artist. After each animated sequence, the hand crumples the paper and disposes of it ... [read more]
Living in the 70’s (1974)
This iconic seventies song and debut album by the Melbourne band Skyhooks took Australia by storm. In 1975, soon after the devastating Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, the band was dubbed ‘Cyclone Skyhooks’. Their album featured the witty lyrics of Greg ... [read more]
Painting the Town: A Film About Yosl Bergner (1987)
Painting the Town is a portrait of artist Yosl Bergner in the context of the Melbourne artistic milieu of the 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of his short but significant period in Australia, his life in Israel, and ... [read more]
The War Against the Rabbit (1954)
A documentary which addresses the problem of wild rabbit infestation on pastoral and farming land. It tells the story of Heck Bradley, a farmer who seeks help from the Victorian Department of Lands and Survey to conduct an eradication campaign. ... [read more]
