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He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Aspiring writer Daniel ‘Danny’ Kirkhope (Noah Taylor) has lived in 46 share households. At house number 47 in Brisbane, he moves in with Flip (Brett Stewart), a nerd; Sam (Emily Hamilton), an icy English intellectual; couch potato Jabber (Haskel Daniel); ... [read more]
Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)
In this Eric Porter animation of ‘the grasshopper and the ant’ fable, Willie Wombat lazes and plays all summer. He laughs at his animal mates devoting time to collecting and depositing food in their local bank. Winter arrives and Willie, ... [read more]
Vegemite Cinema Advertisement: Sister Knows Best (c1948)
A black-and-white cinema advertisement for Kraft Vegemite outlines the benefits it has if added to one’s diet, especially for children and infants. [read more]
Beneath Clouds (2002)
A visually poetic feature film about two youths who in trying to find themselves, momentarily find each other on the road to Sydney. [read more]
Playing Beatie Bow (1985)
When troubled teenager Abigail Kirk (Imogen Annesley) encounters a mysterious young girl while playing in a park in modern day Sydney (circa 1985), they both find themselves transported back to the 1870s. The girl, Beatie Bow (Mouche Phillips), takes Abigail ... [read more]
Macauley’s new burden (1957)
Back from the bush, Macauley (Peter Finch) walks in on his wife Marge (Elizabeth Sellars) at their flat in Sydney, but she’s not alone. He bars the door and attacks the man Donny (George Rose), then gathers up his five-year-old ... [read more]
Beautiful Lies: A Film About Peter Carey (1986)
The title comes from Mark Twain’s description of Australian history which he found so curious and strange that it read ‘like the most beautiful lies’. Peter Carey recounts the relationship between the country he draws inspiration from and his novels. ... [read more]
Eyes Right (c1950)
This short film produced by Castlereagh Film discusses how to protect and care for the eyes. Addressed to children and their parents, it explains how the eye sees by comparing it to a camera, and advises on how to avoid ... [read more]
Pick a Box – Episode 170 (1963)
This episode of the classic quiz show Pick a Box, hosted by Bob Dyer with assistance from his wife Dolly Dyer, has two main segments. In the first, Dyer asks two contestants the same questions – sound-proof headphones prevent them ... [read more]
Mad Max (1979)
In the near future, in a collapsing society, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) patrols the highway in a super-charged patrol car, the Interceptor, like a modern-day samurai. When a bikie gang declares war on him and his family, Max takes justice ... [read more]
Society Wedding (c1914)
This silent amateur 35mm footage of a society wedding from approximately 1914 shows the arrival at the church of the wedding party, including the bride, then shows the married couple leaving after the ceremony. It also features the wedding reception ... [read more]
Where Angels Fear To Tread (1997)
Northern Territory medical practitioner Dr Philip Nitschke assisted terminally ill patients to die after the Northern Territory passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. Seventy five percent of Australians support euthanasia but the federal parliament, through the Andrews Bill, ... [read more]
Billy and Percy (1974)
This dramatised documentary is based on the diaries of Percy Deane, who became the private secretary of Prime Minister WM Hughes during one of the most controversial and exciting periods of Australian history. It was during the First World War ... [read more]
Rinso Washing Powder: Easy Does It (1946)
The advertisement for Rinso washing powder uses a musical sales pitch to sing the praises of this fantastic product. [read more]
Play School – Bags Wednesday (1984)
Noni (Hazlehurst) and John (Hamblin) compete in a sack race then invite the children at home to sing and jump with them. Noni feeds a tiger, elephant and seal version of John in a ‘pretend’ zoo. John reads a book ... [read more]
Willigan’s Fitzroy (2000)
A documentary about Fitzroy Crossing presented through the eyes of local characters. Willigan’s Fitzroy is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe means 'ours’ in the Pitjantjatjara and Arrernte ... [read more]
Australia (1934)
Semi-professional filmmaker Gordon Donkin, accompanied by his wife, travelled more than 25,000 kilometres over 18 months filming throughout Australia. The resulting documentary presents a comprehensive and realistic picture of life and work in 1930s Australia with an emphasis on the ... [read more]
Kemira: Diary of a Strike (1984)
The documentary follows what happened when Kemira Colliery, in Wollongong, NSW, retrenched two hundred miners in 1983. Thirty of the men stayed down the mine for two weeks in an attempt to get their jobs back. The film includes ... [read more]
A Big Country – Peninsula People (1968)
Peninsula People was the seventh A Big Country program to be broadcast and was filmed in black-and-white. It presents in magazine format the lives of some of the characters that live in the Gulf country, from stockmen to station owners, ... [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]
