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Love’s Tragedies (1998)
The film follows Charles, a private investigator, on the job. He describes how he collects evidence of people in the act of being unfaithful and shares his feelings on the subject of adultery. Experts interviewed include sex therapist Bettina Arndt ... [read more]
McLeod’s Daughters – Welcome Home (2001)
After the death of her father Jack, Claire McLeod (Lisa Chappell) is trying to get on with running the family cattle station, Drover’s Run. But the business is in serious debt and the men on the station are not taking ... [read more]
Sam wakes up (1986)
It is morning in the share house. Tim (Nique Needles) is having breakfast. Sam (Michael Hutchence) wakes up and stumbles outside. A stranger (Deanna Bond) is sitting on the doorstep. [read more]
Crackerjack (2002)
Jack Simpson (Mick Molloy), a loud-mouthed slob, discovers a talent for lawn bowls when he’s called on to justify his membership of an inner-city bowls club. He’s been using his three memberships for access to the club’s free carpark, but ... [read more]
Australia Prepared (c1916)
Australia Prepared highlights the country’s contributions to the First World War, beginning with the recruiting of soldiers after war is declared. Segments include: footage of troops training at Liverpool Camp, NSW; the manufacture of rifles and ammunition; shipbuilding at Cockatoo ... [read more]
The 1930 Australian XI: Winners of the Ashes (1930)
Six members of the victorious Australian cricket team, including Don Bradman, speak about winning the Ashes during their 1930 tour of the UK. [read more]
The departure for Egypt (1915)
Having said goodbye to his family, Will (Guy Hastings) marches out with his unit to board a transport ship. As his ship sails, he reads his farewell letters. His mother (Ruth Wainwright) prays for his safe return as his girlfriend ... [read more]
Green Bush (2005)
A short film about an Indigenous radio DJ who struggles to keep his community functioning. Kenny (David Page) does the nightshift at a remote radio station, and must negotiate the nightly drama while still spinning the music. [read more]
‘Who the hell is Waldo?’ (1980)
Eagle (Hugh Keays-Byrne) visits Larry (Steve Bisley) in jail. Eagle tells Larry about Heinrich and WALDO. [read more]
Art (1974)
A personal point-of-view documentary about the meaning of art by cartoonist and animator, Bruce Petty. Petty uses his own drawings and other works of art to illustrate connections between art movements and historical and social change. [read more]
Balibo (2009)
Darwin, December 1975. Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia), a veteran Australian journalist, is approached by José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac), the charismatic Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the government of East Timor. Ramos-Horta tells East that his fledgling republic, which has declared ... [read more]
‘Everything is upside down’ (1990)
The tea party was ‘worth making a song and dance about’ but Rebecca (Hetherington), Blackboard and Mr Squiggle (both operated and voiced by Norman Hetherington) are waiting for Gus the Snail to arrive. In the meantime, it’s time for a ... [read more]
Growing up in foster care (2005)
Jabe talks about her troubled early life over images of a model streetscape. She looms like a giant over the houses and walks through the streets, ankle deep in houses. [read more]
Stolen Generations (2000)
A documentary using historical and interview footage to tell the story of three people removed as children from their families, who are now one of the many referred to as the Stolen Generations. The tapestry of life experiences is woven ... [read more]
So Simple, So Hard … (1997)
The documentary traces the steps taken by four women to find a life partner. The women – an opera singer, a hairdresser, an artist and a Chinese Australian – seek suitable male partners through introduction agencies, a fortune teller and ... [read more]
Cyclone Tracy (1974)
This is an excerpt from an ABC radio broadcast featuring Mike Hayes (1944–2003), a senior journalist with the ABC in Darwin. He gives a first-hand account of the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, down a poor-quality telephone line, to ... [read more]
Cinesound Varieties (1934)
This surviving 18-minute fragment is from an hour-long variety show directed by Ken G Hall and photographed by Frank Hurley for Cinesound in 1934. It contains a segment with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the ... [read more]
A mother’s worst nightmare (1982)
Police troopers bring Maydina (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) and the children back to Mrs McPhee’s property. Mrs McPhee (Julia Blake) asks to keep the children on the property but the decision is made to remove them to institutional children’s homes. Maydina protests ... [read more]
Fez Please (c1935)
A short silent documentary made by the Owen Brothers about Melbourne’s fast-disappearing cable trams. [read more]
Dancing Orpheus (1962)
A black-and-white nature program from the earliest years of ABC television featuring the unique lyrebird. [read more]
