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Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Your Daily Diet (c1947)
A colour cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar cheese that focuses on nutrition, food groups and dietary habits. [read more]
These American Tourists Leave Melbourne After Breakfast (c1926)
This silent home movie footage captures a group of American tourists leaving the Federal Hotel in Melbourne with thier luggage, part of their flight in a DH 50A biplane and scenes of what is probably the Qantas workshop at Longreach, ... [read more]
The Kinema News Reel (1932)
This silent black-and-white newsreel footage captures the arrival of the eighteenth touring English cricket team in Perth in 1932 and part of a match against Western Australia at the WACA ground. [read more]
The Golden West (1940)
This travelogue, made by magician Will Alma, features the scenery of Perth and parts of Western Australia. The film is silent with intertitles. [read more]
The Singing Chef (1952)
In this mostly black-and-white cinema advertisement for Nestlé's packaged soups, entertainer Bobby Limb is a singing chef, impressing a table of guests for dinner. [read more]
Life Guards at Bondi Beach (c1929)
A fragment of actuality footage that shows lifesavers marching on Bondi Beach, a demonstration rescue of a person from the surf and lifesaving boats being rowed out into the surf in front of onlooking crowds. [read more]
Kolynos Dental Cream Advertisement: Next Please (c1944)
Mrs Howard and her 12-year–old daughter Nancy sit in a dentist’s waiting room. Nancy has a sore tooth. If Nancy brushes her teeth correctly and uses Kolynos Dental Cream, her next check-up report card will read, ‘teeth checked – perfect ... [read more]
Red Cross Cinema Advertisement: The Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme (c1941)
A community announcement promoting the Red Cross’s Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. The advertisement consists of a three-minute address to camera by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson. [read more]
Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts IX - XII (c1928)
This black-and-white home movie compilation, titled the Noorong Gazette, was made by the Archibald family in approximately 1928. The footage is silent and contains intertitles. [read more]
Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts XXI - XXIV (c1930)
This silent black-and-white home movie compilation, titled the Noorong Gazette, was made by the Archibald family in approximately 1930. It is one of a series of seven gazette compilations that span from c1927 to c1932. [read more]
Family Antics (1945)
A curious documentary featuring the talents of an acrobatic father and son, and their three terriers. [read more]
Gerakiteys: Greek Scenes (c1955)
This home movie footage is from a four-part compilation of 16mm silent colour home movie footage of the Greek community, filmed by Emmanuel Gerakiteys and his family between 1949 and 1955. Scenes in this 1955 compilation include the family ... [read more]
Snapshots around ‘Madras’ (c1926)
This silent home movie footage filmed by Gordon Gidney captures family members in their back garden at their home ‘Madras’ in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Eliza. They are filmed waving, smiling and talking to the camera in a series ... [read more]
The Cremation of a Balinese Chief at the Hotel Bali (c1930)
This silent actuality footage, filmed by Bastian Clasie, includes part of a Hindu cremation ceremony as well as scenes of Balinese villagers receiving vaccinations from a small medical team. [read more]
McIlwraith, Peter: Brisbane Show and Moonbi Park (c1950)
This silent colour home movie, filmed by Peter McIlwraith, is of the annual Brisbane Exhibition (or 'Ekka’) in the 1950s. It features the showgrounds, crowds and rides, as well as footage of Moonbi Park and a family wedding party in ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – Australia’s Prime Minister Delights the Empire (c1915)
In this edition of Cartoons of the Moment, cartoonist Harry Julius comments on the war in Europe and Australian Prime Minister Hughes’s policy of restrictions on trade with Germany. [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger (1915)
This edition of Cartoons of the Moment by cartoonist Harry Julius appeared in the Australasian Gazette, providing satirical comment on events in Australia and Europe during the First World War. [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – The War Zoo (c1915)
A segment from an animated political series created by cartoonist Harry Julius for wartime editions of the Australasian Gazette newsreel. In this edition, zoo animals are used to depict the major warring countries including: a lion (Britain), an eagle (the ... [read more]
Snippy is an Artful Dodger (c1925)
This short film, with animation by David Barker, features a young boy (Snooks) and a cartoon character named Snippy. Snooks is asleep in his garden, dreaming, when Snippy appears. Snooks chases him around the garden, but Snippy eludes capture. [read more]
Toora Vale Ice Company, Berri: The Ice Man Was Never Like This (c1934)
This animated cinema advertisement for Toora Vale Ice Company promotes the benefits of ice refrigeration. [read more]
