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Jack Thompson Down Under – Episode 25 (1987)
A magazine-style program representing aspects of Australian life, culled from footage shot over the years primarily by the ABC and Film Australia and presented by Aussie icon Jack Thompson. In this program there’s an item about the ... [read more]
Fatal Bond (1991)
Small town hairdresser Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) is instantly attracted to mysterious drifter Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). Leonie packs her bags and heads south with Joe, who says he’s going to set up a car business with his brother Jack. ... [read more]
School, activities, food and leisure (1962)
Children run in races at the centre’s sports day, while parents look on. Some of the children play tunnel ball outside one of the housing quarters. The kindergarten provides toys and games for younger children. On the bowling green, older ... [read more]
2000 Weeks (1969)
Will Gardener (Mark McManus) is a Melbourne journalist at a crossroads. He wants to be a novelist, but he has a wife (Eileen Chapman) and two kids to support. His father (Michael Duffield) is dying in hospital and his mistress ... [read more]
Gerakiteys: Scenes of Greece and Canberra (c1954)
In this 16mm silent colour home movie, members of the Gerakiteys family, residents of Canberra, arrive in their town of origin in Greece where they meet relatives, visit local villagers and attend a wedding. [read more]
‘Just the way it is’ (2007)
The Anderson and Parker families go into the town for the day, for much-needed supplies. Ed Anderson (Xavier Samuel) and his friend Paddy Parker (Clarence John Ryan) go to the pictures, where a newsreel tells the latest news of Lionel ... [read more]
Media Watch – Series 9 Episode 1 (1997)
Stuart Littlemore QC(Queen’s Counsel), former journalist and now barrister, presents the first program for the year in the 1997 series of Media Watch. There’s a review of what’s happening in print media across the country and a stunning exposé of ... [read more]
Masterpiece Special – Robyn Davidson (1996)
Andrea Stretton interviews the expatriate Australian writer Robyn Davidson, who has just written a book about her experience of living with one of the last great nomadic tribes of the world in the desert regions of Rajasthan in northern India. ... [read more]
Super 8 Soldiers (1991)
In the 1960s a group of Australian conscripts took 8 mm cameras to Vietnam. Super 8 Soldiers intercuts that footage with interviews with the men and their families in the early 1990s. The Vietnam veterans reflect on the war, the ... [read more]
Roberts, John: Anzac Day march Adelaide, South Australia and other segments (c1941)
This compilation of home movie reel segments filmed by John Roberts includes black-and-white and colour footage, shot between 1939 and 1943. It shows a sailor returning home from leave, a War Bonds march from 1941 and a Nations Parade in ... [read more]
The land is sad (1993)
A sweeping aerial view of mountains jutting out of the flat desert-scape. A song of the area plays out in subtitles over the image. An elder tells us about the sacred Ancestor of this area, and his relation to him. [read more]
Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts I - IV (c1927)
This black-and-white home movie compilation, titled the Noorong Gazette, was made by the Archibald family between 1927 and 1928. The footage is silent and contains intertitles. [read more]
Snowy Hydro – Gardens of the Snowy Mountains (1967)
Produced around 1967 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film promotes the establishment and maintenance of gardens, for the beautification of the newly established townships in the Snowy Mountains. [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]
White Collar Blue – Series 1 Episode 21 (2002)
The Kingsway major crime squad arrive to investigate a shooting at a wedding. The groom is in a coma – but when interviewed, none of the guests seem to have seen anything. Is there an underworld connection? Meanwhile some money ... [read more]
Rinso Washing Powder: A Bachelor Grey (c1943)
Narrating the life of bachelor Henry, this cartoon-style advertisement for Rinso washing powder shows how this miraculous laundry product can turn anyone’s life around! [read more]
Aeroplane Jelly Advertisement: Spaceship (1959)
This black-and-white animated television commercial for Aeroplane Jelly shows the arrival on earth of two aliens who have come to discover what Aeroplane Jelly is like. When given a sample, they agree that ‘it’s jelly good’. [read more]
Miss Minnie Love in Impressions: Maurice Chevalier (c1931)
Stage performer Minnie Love adopts a French accent and straw hat to present an impression of French musical comedy star Maurice Chevalier performing the songs 'On Top of the World, Alone’ (which Chevalier sang in Innocents of Paris, 1929) and ... [read more]
Mademoiselle and the Doctor (2004)
The documentary explores euthanasia through the suicide of a healthy 79-year-old woman. The film also interviews Dr Philip Nitschke and follows several people who consult him. [read more]
‘Never too old’ (1986)
'Ma’ Bendall tells us how she was one of the first women to take up surfing when she was over 50 years old. She tells her story over wonderful 1960s black-and-white footage of her surfing. [read more]
