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General Motors Holden – Monaro, Three New Models (1968)
This is a two-part television advertisement for the 1968 Holden HK Monaro coupe. [read more]
World’s oldest living culture (1988)
An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988. An Aboriginal speaker describes the invasion of Australia and the resulting problems of dispossession and poverty. She also says it is a day to celebrate the survival of ... [read more]
Dogwatch (1997)
A disgraced alcoholic sea captain (Steven Vidler) takes a rusty Chinese cargo boat to sea, with a small crew. Their job is to sink the ship for insurance money, but Heckle, the chief officer (John Brumpton) also plans a little ... [read more]
Pyongyang Diaries (1997)
Shortly after the death of the country’s leader Kim Il Sung, and again on a return trip two years later in 1996, filmmaker Solrun Hoaas embarked on a personal journey to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK ... [read more]
General Motors Holden – Make it Yours (1968)
This black-and-white 60-second television advertisement for the 'new generation’ 1968 Holden HK Premier features a voice-over narration by John Laws. [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Sharpeye (2007)
When 11-year-old Whalen (Ikaika Fa’aoso) sees a Special Forces dinghy approaching, he rushes to alert his Uncle Robert (Robert Poi Poi) of a potential invasion of their island in the Torres Strait. The men in the village change into army ... [read more]
Three Dollars (2005)
Eddie Harnovey (David Wenham) gets the sack. His job as a chemical engineer for a government department is abolished after he refuses to rubber-stamp a large residential development on land contaminated with pesticide. Eddie contemplates his future as he remembers ... [read more]
Cop Shop – Episode 485 (1983)
When a homeless man dies of natural causes in a laneway, it seems like an open-and-shut case. Henry Adam (Ted Ogden) was apparently penniless, leaving behind only a common-law wife, Faith Bloomfield (Elaine Lee). Then his nephew shows up. Law ... [read more]
Kerr’s Cur (1975)
On 11 November 1975, on the steps of Parliament House, the dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam delivers his now-famous verdict on the day’s events. [read more]
I Should Be So Lucky (1987)
I Should Be So Lucky was the second single from Kylie’s debut album, Kylie (1988). Penned by English pop writing-producing phenomenon Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman (also known as SAW), the song is a prime example of ... [read more]
Australia Post – Changing Times (1975)
This is an Australia Post black-and-white television advertisement informing the public of the impending changes to the then Postmaster-General’s Department. [read more]
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1999)
A short film based on a story by Archie Weller, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning is the story of a robbery gone wrong, an unplanned kidnapping and its consequences. A young white girl is kidnapped by three youths – two black, ... [read more]
Cannibal Tours (1987)
Using an observational style without commentary, the film follows tourists as they visit the Sepik River region in New Guinea. The film shows the tourists’ reactions in interviews and observes their behaviour as they photograph the indigenous people and purchase ... [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]
Jungle Road (c1963)
This film looks at the roles of Australian military personnel in Papua New Guinea – at the time known the Territory of Papua and New Guinea – in the context of Australia’s civil administration of the territory. [read more]
Serving Suggestion (1998)
Little Kevin (voiced by Philip Joseph) is a snotty boy who doesn’t heed his mother’s call at the supermarket. He steals lollies, gobbles them and spills them, causing an old lady to fall. He runs over her to get his ... [read more]
Dad’s Clock (2001)
Dad’s Clock is an abstract, autobiographical film which celebrates the life of the animator’s late father. The son, represented by a large metal bird, is re-united with his father (a bespectacled timber puppet), who, after being diagnosed with cancer, has ... [read more]
Romulus, My Father (2007)
Raimond Gaita (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lives with his father Romulus (Eric Bana) in a rundown farmhouse in central Victoria. It is 1960 and Raimond’s mother Christina (Franka Potente) returns for one of her infrequent visits. She leaves soon after and moves ... [read more]
Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour (1953)
This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Robert G Menzies, records the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the official ceremonies and parades associated with the event. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – A Unique Audience (c1920)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. [read more]
