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‘We wrote the map’ (1985)
Burke (Jack Thompson) and Wills (Nigel Havers) have reached the Gulf of Carpenteria. Lying in the sand, Burke asks Wills to be his best man when he marries Miss Julia Matthews on his return to Melbourne. Burke demands a solemn ... [read more]
Death is the only way (1984)
Stan has been placed in charge of security in the Japanese compound. His friend, Hayashi (Junichi Ishada) begs him to try to reverse the order to move some of the prisoners to another location. Stan desperately tries to understand what ... [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]
‘The embodiment of evil’ (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) and his daughter, Anne Winton (Carol Drinkwater), watch a current affairs television programme. During an interview with reporter Paul Jamieson (Nicholas Bell), Holocaust survivor Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) claims Joseph is in fact Franz Kessler, ... [read more]
Australia Post – Lettergram (1988)
This is a set of three Australia Post television commercials (TVCs) promoting the Lettergram service. [read more]
Alma enters the picture (2006)
Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses. As unimpressed studio executives watch his film in the cinema, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill), a secretary, enters with cups of tea and eagerly watches the footage. Brooks ... [read more]
Diving on the President (1984)
A group of divers explores the wreck of the ocean liner President Coolidge which sank in 1942 when carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo, when she accidentally struck two allied mines. They have to be aware of the effects ... [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]
The Berlei Figure Type Indicator (1930)
After taking Barb’s measurements, Ms Blake calls Ms Trent and asks her to check them against the Berlei Figure Type Indicator, which indicates she is a ‘slender average type’. A suitable foundation garment for evening wear is brought up to ... [read more]
Babakiueria (1986)
This is a drama pretending to be an ethnographic documentary examining the customs of the white natives of ‘Babakiueria’, from the perspective of the country’s black colonisers. Babakiueria is named as a result of first contact between the colonisers and ... [read more]
Performance at the Japanese disabled festival (1998)
The Big Bag Band performs ‘Hare Disco’ at the Japanese disabled arts festival. The Japanese audience is delighted. [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]
The adventures of HMAS Wyatt Earp (1949)
As the HMAS Wyatt Earp sets off for the Antarctic coast from Melbourne in late 1947, the senior scientific officer Phillip Law begins work with his colleague, the distinguished meteorologist, Dr Fritz Loewe. The little ship enters the Roaring ... [read more]
Thar She Blows (c1931)
This short documentary about whaling features members of the Norwegian Whaling Company on a whale hunt. It includes the capturing and killing of a whale, the dissection of the carcass, and the process by which the whale blubber is converted ... [read more]
Hurley’s boat, the Eureka (1921)
A shot of Hurley’s boat and his seaplane being unloaded off a ship from Sydney at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby. The people in their canoes help Hurley with his plane. [read more]
Browning Machine Gun (c1940)
An animated training film made by the Owen Brothers and commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces illustrating the operation of the Browning machine gun. [read more]
The scandal of intermarriage (1997)
An Indian woman talks about having chosen to marry a white Australian, and the effect of that on her family. Some people said she has no morals. Her mother felt degraded in front of her traditional Indian friends. [read more]
The Overland Whippet motor car (1926)
A cut-out picture of the Overland Whippet is accompanied by a caption describing it as ‘America’s first high-speed European-type light car’. The Whippet car lines up with a whippet dog to demonstrate its speed; a large stopwatch shows the car ... [read more]
Don’t Blame the Koalas - Episode 1, Fate Steps In (2002)
When Mrs Medlow (Eileen McEwan) dies, Kate King (Basia A’Hern) and her brothers Mark (Shaun Loseby) and Chris (Henry Nixon) discover that some unknown English relatives have inherited their run-down wildlife park, Wallaby Park. They look forward to the arrival ... [read more]
Kicking the oil habit (2006)
The United States is moving fast to offer motorists the opportunity to fill up with flexifuel, a mix of petrol and ethanol. However the world leader is Brazil, where drivers are using whatever mix of petrol and ethanol they prefer, ... [read more]
