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The Phantom Stockman (1953)
Kim Marsden (Jeanette Elphick) inherits a cattle station near Alice Springs. Convinced that her father was murdered, Kim asks local Aborigines to send a message to ‘the Sundowner’, a legendary bushman who roams the outback. Adopting the name Ted Simpson, ... [read more]
Stateline – The Transcontinental Dream (2004)
Reporter Mark Bowling travels with the Ghan on its inaugural train journey from Adelaide to Darwin, arriving in its new destination at the Northern Territory on 3 February 2004. [read more]
The Beach (2000)
Inspired by Geoffrey Dutton’s book Sun, Sea, Surf, and Sand: The Myth of the Beach (1985), this film looks at how Australia came to be the most beach-conscious nation on Earth. This is reflected in the way the beach has ... [read more]
‘The dark is following me’ (1987)
In desperation, Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) decides to hike to her home valley, after seven years of isolation in the Tasmanian Highlands. She feeds the animals and leaves a note for Henry, and another for Gem, promising to come back. ... [read more]
Rats in the Ranks (1996)
In fly-on-the-wall style, Rats in the Ranks exposes the machinations behind the political process as Leichhardt Mayor Larry Hand tries to get the numbers to win his fourth term as mayor. As the main character, Hand is driven, charismatic and ... [read more]
Bankers, bookies and bad news (1920)
The Galloways have come to the city unannounced, to withdraw emergency funds from Mrs Galloway’s inheritance. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) abandons them at home while he goes to the races with Olive, his mistress (Marie La Varre). Jo Galloway ... [read more]
The war zoo (1915)
This clip begins with the hand of the artist (Harry Julius) drawing seven animals including a bear, bulldog, turkey and daschund, which surround a title card ‘the war zoo’. Three of the animals are introduced through a brief sketch: 'the ... [read more]
Not Only the Need (1957)
This sponsored film made for the Australian Council of Trade Unions proposes a Commonwealth solution to the housing problems facing families living in inner-city slums. It contrasts crowded and dilapidated city tenements with better homes in the suburbs, illustrates the ... [read more]
The Australians’ Final Campaign in 1918 (c1919)
The footage spans from September 1917, after the Third Battle of Ypres, to almost the end of the war a year later. Soldiers dig and revet trenches, laying duckboards to bring the trench floor above the mud. Railway crews build ... [read more]
Wheel of Fortune – Series 3 Episode 1 (1990)
Wheel of Fortune is hosted by John Burgess and Adriana Xenides, with voice-over by John Deeks. In this edition of the long-running game show, three contestants compete for prizes including a Holden car. Over three rounds Kelly, Mark and carry-over ... [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]
A Big Country – The Drover (1981)
Jack Tawney has been a drover most of his life. He left school at age 13 and has been moving sheep along the ‘long paddock’ ever since. A Big Country captures a day in the life of this iconic Australian ... [read more]
The battle begins (1928)
Captain von Müller (Louis Ralph) orders his ship to open fire on the Sydney. His offsider calls the gun coordinates. The Emden’s attack is initially successful, but the better armed Sydney soon gets on top, inflicting fatal blows to the ... [read more]
Service in the Sun (1957)
In 1956, after Australians have enjoyed the Melbourne Olympics, members of the American and Hawaiian surf lifesaving teams come to Sydney to show the latest surfing techniques, on their new lightweight balsawood boards. Young Australian boys meet the great Hawaiian ... [read more]
The Hard Word (2002)
The Twentyman brothers are released from Long Bay jail in Sydney to carry out an armed robbery. Dale (Guy Pearce) is the smart one, Mal (Damien Richardson) is dim but kind-hearted and Shane (Joel Edgerton) is an angry bundle of ... [read more]
The Hungry Miles (1955)
The Hungry Miles is a documentary made by the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit. It documents industrial relations on the waterfront since the 1930s and includes dramatised scenes of working conditions during the Depression. It also recounts the background to ... [read more]
The Hun’s Xmas wail (1915)
This clip begins with the Cartoons of the Moment title card featuring a kangaroo and lion. Cartoonist Harry Julius is shown sketching at his notepad against an ocean background. A headline from the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger newspaper reads ‘Germany is ... [read more]
The Australians at Messines (1917)
In the lead-up to the Battle of Messines in June 1917, Australian troops study a topographical model of the battle area, constructed on the ground. Small towers allow the men to peruse the ground from above. On 5 June, the ... [read more]
‘The Sydney’s first shot for Australia’ (1916)
A radar operator receives a brief message from an island near Cocos Island, saying that an ‘enemy cruiser’ has landed men on the island. The Sydney rushes to the scene as the Germans destroy the radio and capture the island’s ... [read more]
Painting the Town: A Film About Yosl Bergner (1987)
Painting the Town is a portrait of artist Yosl Bergner in the context of the Melbourne artistic milieu of the 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of his short but significant period in Australia, his life in Israel, and ... [read more]
