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The bank you own (1950)
The ad begins with a narrator stating that ‘in this day and age the secret of success is careful planning’. He espouses the importance of having a ‘plan for the future’, and draws parallels between the ‘affairs of the nation’ ... [read more]
Radiance (1998)
Three sisters reunite for the funeral of their mother after having not seen each other for an extended period of time. [read more]
The year in review (1971)
This clip includes scenes of anti-apartheid demonstrations against South African sporting teams; John Gorton’s tour of Vietnam; William McMahon becoming Prime Minister; a wool fashion parade staged in the New Guinea Highlands; an unusual wedding celebrated underwater at Sydney’s Marineland; ... [read more]
Message Stick – Kurtal: Snake Spirit (2002)
Spider, an 80-year-old Indigenous elder and Wangkatjungka man, returns to the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia to perform a cleansing ceremony at a sacred jila, a water supply that never dries up. [read more]
Provincial Cities of Australia: Ballarat, Victoria (c1932)
This is a travelogue filmed by Arthur Higgins for Frank W Thring’s Efftee Film Productions. It surveys the Victorian town of Ballarat from the days of the gold rush up to the 1930s, and features voice-over narration by Thring and ... [read more]
Greetings from Wollongong (1982)
Greetings From Wollongong is a short drama about the lives of four unemployed young adults living in an Australian industrial city. The film follows the characters as they face rejection, boredom, social isolation, family tensions and lack of money. Set ... [read more]
Hunt Angels (2006)
Hunt Angels is a dramatised documentary based on the life of the virtually unknown filmmaker Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) and his collaborator, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill). It tells the story of a struggling filmmaker in the 1930s and ‘40s who ... [read more]
Sacred site (1991)
This clip introduces the Jawoyn peoples attending and giving evidence at the government inquiry into mining at Coronation Hill. [read more]
The Adams family (1956)
Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]
Winners – Top Kid (1985)
It’s 1947 and times are tough for ten-year-old Gary Doyle (Emil Minty), the third child of a large, poor Catholic family. Bright, and with a photographic memory, Gary is constantly picked on and beaten up by the boys at school. ... [read more]
Electric Stove Cinema Advertisement: Banish Drudgery (c1940)
This cinema advertisement from the 1940s illustrates the benefits of cooking with electricity and the new electric kooka range. [read more]
Australia Post – Lettergram (1988)
This is a set of three Australia Post television commercials (TVCs) promoting the Lettergram service. [read more]
The Holy City (1944)
Daily life in the streets of Jerusalem unfolds as it has for centuries. Muslims, Jews, Christians – from pilgrims to Bedouin tribesman – mingle in the narrow alleyways and open-air markets. Jews from all over the world pray at the ... [read more]
Four Corners – French Connections (1985)
An extraordinary docudrama created by reporter Chris Masters and producer Bruce Belsham about the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour and the death of a Portuguese cameraman who happened to be sleeping on board. The boat was scuttled, ... [read more]
Sunday School, Oodnadatta hostel (1947)
At the Australian Inland Mission hostel at Oodnadatta, the AIM sisters conduct Sunday School classes with some of the children. After their lessons, the children congregate for prayers and hymn singing. [read more]
A perfect holiday destination (1938)
Away from the bustle of the city and the strain of everyday life, the islands of the Great Barrier Reef offer a place for relaxation. In the bushland, birds fill the trees. Closer to shore, springtime has delivered an abundance ... [read more]
Mary and Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely penpals: plump, myopic little Mary Daisy Dinkle (voiced by Bethany Whitmore and then Toni Collette) growing up in suburban Melbourne and Max Jerry Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an obese, friendless New York man ... [read more]
Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
Celebrated crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) pockets the cash from an armed robbery when the bandits crash their getaway car. Detective Sergeant Ray Birch (Bruno Lawrence) suspects something, but has his hands full with a series of murders. School ... [read more]
Peach’s Gold – Finders Keepers (1983)
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 started a huge rush to the goldfields of the United States, including thousands of Australians. Among them was Edward Hammond Hargraves who returned shortly afterwards to his native Australia to try his ... [read more]
On Stream (1954)
This industrial documentary made between 1951 and 1954 by the Shell Film Unit Australia retraces the development, construction and opening of the Shell Oil Refinery on the outskirts of Geelong, Victoria. [read more]
