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General Motors Holden – Range of Products (c1960)
This two-minute television advertisement presents a range of products produced by General Motors Holden including motor vehicles and kitchen appliances. It also features parts and accessories manufactured by GMH for other subsidiaries. [read more]
Building Construction (1899)
This actuality footage, filmed in 1899, shows demolition workers carrying rubble away in wheelbarrows. A wall then crashes down. [read more]
‘You’ve done it this time Pansy’ (1979)
Pansy (Mike Preston) assaults a company engineer (Sean Myers) and is fired by Old Arthur (Gerry Duggan). Pansy’s workmates threaten to walk off the job in solidarity. [read more]
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
Harvek Milosz Krumpetzki (voiced by Julie Forsyth) is born with Tourette syndrome in a tiny snowbound hut, deep in the Polish countryside. Regarded as a miracle by his illiterate, peasant parents, Lilliana (voiced by Julie Forsyth) and Maciek, he is ... [read more]
Australian Story – Absolute Beginner (2006)
Just over eight years ago, Marg Ward lost her husband when he died suddenly of a heart attack. Marg was 56. After two terrible years, she began again with a new life. She went to university to build on her ... [read more]
Magical Powers (1936)
A young man (Doug Rosenthal) who falls asleep in his front garden finds magical powers that allow him to conjure a new car, move furniture and create a feast. However, as he finds out, all is not what it seems. [read more]
Flat (2002)
A short drama about the day in a life of a young teenager, who captures Alice Springs through a video camera given to her by her mostly absent father. [read more]
Perth (1940)
Shots of Perth’s main streets capture the people, transport and architecture of the city in the 1940s. Solid brick homes are shown in leafy residential suburbs. The camera then focuses on a variety of Western Australian flora, concluding with the ... [read more]
A quick grope (2011)
Athol Shreve (Colin Friels), a politician tipped to be Australia’s next prime minister, makes a pass at Dorothy (Judy Davis) in the back of his limousine. After Dorothy rejects him, she learns something about her mother she wishes she hadn’t. ... [read more]
‘Let’s get down to it’ (1989)
As a sketch titled ‘Junkies – the sitcom’ draws to a close, ‘Gwen from ABC Documentaries’ (Genevieve Lemon) is not amused. She demands that Denton carry out a serious interview. Moving from fiction to reality, Denton begins an interview ... [read more]
A Sydney story (1985)
Sydney, Australia, is established as the location of the film and the narration introduces the film’s premise and establishes the filmmaker as the story-teller. [read more]
Double-decker Bus and Rail Motor (c1936)
This footage, shot by Mr Waddington of Smith and Waddington Ltd, displays a range of newly constructed buses including a double-decker bus. [read more]
Amy (1998)
Tanya Rammus (Rachel Griffiths) moves back to Melbourne with her daughter Amy (Alana De Roma) after a scrape with child welfare workers in the bush. Amy, aged eight, has become deaf and dumb since witnessing the death of her rock ... [read more]
Australia Post – Joint Stamp Issue (1988)
This program records Australia Post’s release of a special joint Australian and United States bicentennial stamp and a commemorative bicentenary book of stamps. [read more]
Creation (1992)
Benny Tjapaltarri and Mick Ngamurarri tell us the significance of the Dreaming, and how the Dreaming ancestors created the landscape. [read more]
Eagle Rock (1971)
‘Eagle Rock’ is a classic rock song by Melbourne band Daddy Cool. Their first single, it was composed by lead vocalist Ross Wilson, who also plays guitar and harmonica. [read more]
Samson and Delilah (2009)
Samson and Delilah is the story of two Indigenous teenagers growing up in a socio-economically disadvantaged community in central Australia. Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) struggle to find the strength, courage and resilience to rise above the challenges ... [read more]
Higgins, Bryce: Family and Holiday Scenes: 1909-1924 (c1909)
This home movie footage, filmed mostly by Ernest Higgins, includes scenes of a family picnic at Mt Wellington, Christmas celebrations, children’s birthday parties, picnics, holidays and other family gatherings between 1909 and 1924. [read more]
Jack Johnson Training Film (c1909)
Historic footage of heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson at California training in front of a small crowd. [read more]
Kakadu National Park (1991)
This clip presents the natural and cultural heritage of the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. [read more]
