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Syme, Ken: Melbourne Olympic Games (1956)
The 1956 Olympic Games, held in Melbourne, was a high profile event for the city. Like many ordinary Australians at the time, Ken Syme took home movie footage of the event. His silent, colour footage captures the street celebrations and ... [read more]
Antarctic Voyage (1956)
At the port of Melbourne, a small Danish ship prepares for a voyage south. The Kista Dan will take 15 men to spend 1955 at the Australian Antarctic research base at Mawson station. Food, fuel, beer and special over-snow vehicles ... [read more]
The Naked Vicar Show – Series 2 Episode 2 (1978)
A variety show with sketch comedy, guest musical performances and commentary on news and politics of the day, filmed in front of a studio audience. [read more]
At the rodeo (1949)
June’s father, WJ Curzon (George Randall), gives her the prized horse Revolt on her birthday. June (Nonnie Peifer) attends a rodeo with Paul (Alan White) and is thrown by Revolt on the ride home. [read more]
A Mountain Goes to Sea (1943)
This is a short documentary made by Charles and Elsa Chauvel for the Commonwealth Department of Information about shipbuilding during the Second World War and the thousands of iron and steel workers contributing to the war effort. [read more]
The joy of living (1948)
To be bright and full of energy in the mornings, it is crucial to get a good night’s rest. A man who has a heavy dinner, reads horror books and tosses and turns all night is the perfect illustration of ... [read more]
Message Stick – Macumba: Outside Looking In (2003)
Macumba: Outside Looking In pays homage to the highly respected Aboriginal media legend John Macumba and to his legacy in Aboriginal radio broadcasting. It documents events in Macumba’s life that led to his career in Aboriginal media. It focuses on ... [read more]
The promised land? (1954)
As the Queen prepares to speak at a state banquet in Canberra, the nation gathers to listen. People dancing aboard ship, a stockman in the outback, Australian soldiers on exercise, a young family in their lounge room, businessmen in a ... [read more]
Queen of the Murray 1952 (1943)
This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay features participants in the Queen of the Murray beauty contest 1952 including Miss Red Cliffs, Miss Murray Bridge, Miss Renmark, Miss Wentworth and Miss Mildura. Three young men dress-up ... [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]
First Australians – Episode 6, A Fair Deal for a Dark Race (2008)
Episode six, 'A Fair Deal for a Dark Race’, explores Indigenous history from 1930–67, primarily in the south-eastern regions of Australia, through the lives of Yorta Yorta men Doug Nicholls and his uncle, William Cooper. Across the continent, the ... [read more]
Pathe Animated Gazette: 141st Australasian Edition (c1918)
News items featured in this Australasian edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette include: the opening of the New Melbourne Hospital, an annual foot race between competitors from Rose Bay and Double Bay, and the opening of Sydney’s State Parliament by ... [read more]
‘An issue the country could not ignore’ (1993)
Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledges past injustices perpetrated on Indigenous Australians and affirms the High Court of Australia’s Mabo decision to recognise native title. [read more]
Beautiful Melbourne (1947)
This footage, put together by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1947, illustrates the conditions of inner-city housing in Melbourne, Victoria. It shows inner suburban housing in poor condition. This is compared with a family living in a Housing Commission ... [read more]
Beautiful Middle Harbour (1927)
This silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Castlecrag Estate promotes the new Sydney suburb. It features panoramic shots of Middle Harbour, Sydney including footage of the surrounding bushland and foreshores, a newly built stone house, a rooftop party, people walking through ... [read more]
The light of day (2005)
Evelyn Grove (Graylands Hospital nurse), Frank Byrne and Justin Howard (Stolen Generations senior case worker) walk the corridors of Claremont Hospital. Evelyn talks about Maudie Yooringun, Frank’s mother, and how she loved going to the children’s ward to help look ... [read more]
Dimpel, Konrad: Jennings Germans (c1960)
This silent, colour home movie footage from 1960 shows bricklayers lay the foundations of a house while others carry out masonry work on a rough stone wall. Alongside them, a toddler in a pink dress explores part of a work ... [read more]
For a Price (1985)
The documentary illustrates and discusses the various forms of prostitution available in Sydney and Melbourne in 1985. [read more]
Black and White (2002)
Max Stuart (David Ngoombujarra), a 27-year-old mixed-race Aborigine from Alice Springs, is arrested in December 1958 in Ceduna, on the South Australian border. He is charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, Mary Hattam, whose body was ... [read more]
The benefits of methadone (1975)
During a live TV debate, Dr Wolf (Max Gillies) defends his use of methadone to treat addicts. At his clinic we see the effects of the treatment, as two patients in a stupor try to play table tennis, aided by ... [read more]
