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The three musketeers (1968)

As a bigger swell hits Noosa Heads in the winter of 1966, Nat Young, Bob McTavish and George Greenough try out their new boards, getting playful on the waves. [read more]

One Night the Moon (2001)

One Night the Moon is a film based on events that took place in 1932, about a young girl who goes missing on the night of a full moon. Her family, though desperate to find her, fail to employ the ... [read more]

The Tasmanian Tiger (1960)

This partly dramatised documentary is a brief look at Tasmania’s animals and birds. A young couple go looking for the elusive Tasmanian tiger. They interview experts and look at animals and birds in captivity. [read more]

‘A great day for the Murrays’ (1954)

‘Gelignite’ Jack Murray and his navigator and co-driver Bill Murray cross the finish line first at the Sydney Showground to loud cheers. At the State Theatre in Sydney, the Redex managing director and president of the Sporting Car Club present ... [read more]

Angel Baby (1995)

Harry (John Lynch) falls instantly for Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) when he sees her at the mental health clinic. She doesn’t hang around with psychos, she tells him, but her feelings change when she receives a sign from her favourite television ... [read more]

The garden scene (1987)

This is an excerpt from the garden scene in Act One of Voss. Nighttime in the garden of the Sydney home of the rich merchant Mr Bonner, who will help finance Voss’s expedition to cross the country. Two of his ... [read more]

Dressing the wounded in the field (1917)

Troops move forward in shallow trenches newly won from the enemy, past the wrecks of two tanks, and with shells bursting around them. Stretcher-bearers and walking wounded return in the other direction, past the wreckage of battle. In the field, ... [read more]

Land Mines – A Love Story (2004)

Shah, a former Mujahideen soldier in Afghanistan, courts a Tajik girl, Habiba, and marries her. The couple have both been the victims of landmines. The wars of the latter half of the 20th century have left 110 million mines hidden ... [read more]

An attack on the Sabbath (1949)

Government soldiers have taken up positions around the Eureka Stockade, early on the morning of 3 December 1854. The miners do not expect an attack on the Sabbath. It begins with a signal from a bugler. The miners react quickly, ... [read more]

‘You boys and Kiwi are the goods!’ (1914)

Two young boys are hired to polish boots at the Imperial Hotel, London, after their trial goes surprisingly well. The hotel manager exclaims 'You boys and Kiwi are the goods’! The advertisement ends with a close-up of an animated drawing ... [read more]

National Treasures – Endeavour Journal (2004)

Warren Brown leafs through the precious pages of James Cook’s 1770 journal to discover Cook’s first impressions and trace the beginning of Australia as we know it today. [read more]

The Good Woman of Bangkok (1991)

In Bangkok, Thailand, Australian filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke hires a prostitute, Aoi, and makes her the subject of the film. Glimpses of the red light area of Bangkok are intercut with Aoi’s views of her life and her place in the ... [read more]

The rabbit plague (1965)

Farmers employ various methods to control the rabbit population that is a threat to the available feed for the sheep. [read more]

Into battle (1964)

Damien Parer’s first taste of battle was with the British infantry in the Middle East. He quickly learned that if he wanted to get the shots that best showed men in action, then he needed to be up there on ... [read more]

Child soldiers of the UK and the USA (2002)

The UN has defined a child as under 18 years. In the USA 17 year olds are recruited for military service. In the UK 16 year olds are sent into active service. Gary Hope was sent to the Gulf ... [read more]

Petals – A Boot Full of Petals (1997)

In this first episode, the Petals find a mysterious object (a bright yellow gumboot) in their garden. Each character responds in their own unique way and soon they all find themselves trapped inside. [read more]

The final leg of the expedition (1930)

A title card announces the expedition’s crossing of the Katherine River. The first car wades across a shallow section of the river. The party then takes a break under the shade of trees, before a final shot of five men ... [read more]

The last innings of Victor Trumper (1915)

This newsreel footage shows part of the funeral procession of Australian cricketer Victor Trumper. A large group of men march in front of a horse-drawn vehicle carrying the casket of Victor Trumper as it approaches a Sydney cemetery. [read more]

Australian Cement in the Making (c1926)

This surviving 24 minutes from a silent documentary with intertitles shows the processes involved in the production of cement from raw limestone material to the final product at the Portland Cement operation in New South Wales. It also depicts the ... [read more]

The wonders of Rinso (1943)

Henry is a bachelor who lives alone in a small apartment. He has a ‘lady help’ who does his cooking and cleaning but will not wash his clothes. Henry is a ‘natty dresser’. But because he can’t get the laundry ... [read more]

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