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Little Fish (2005)
Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett) has been off heroin for four years, when old boyfriend Jonny Nguyen (Dustin Nguyen) comes back to Sydney. Tracy is 32, living with her mum Janelle (Noni Hazelhurst) and working in a video shop in Cabramatta. ... [read more]
Empire Day Pageant (c1915)
This silent actuality fragment from around 1915 shows people celebrating Empire Day in full costume. It appears to take place in a small country town. [read more]
One Man’s Instrument (1989)
On a lush banana plantation, a farmer views his crop and plays on his trumpet, coaxing the bananas to grow. Suddenly, on the horizon, a high-rise building appears with a thud and multiplies into more buildings, surrounding the farmer on ... [read more]
‘Flowers for Miss Manners’ (1931)
Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) prepares for an evening at the Hotel Plaza. In the hotel dining room she takes her first look at society matron Mrs Nash (Nellie McNiven) wearing the pearls her father has asked ... [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘Give Her Roses’ (1959)
This is a 60-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates from 1959. [read more]
Shifting Sands – Promise (1997)
A short drama about a grandmother’s tale of her promise marriage. [read more]
Nice Coloured Girls (1987)
This short film is about three Indigenous women and their night out at Kings Cross. [read more]
Duck, cat, baby (1998)
Ronnie (Miranda Otto) has slept through another attack, during which her 11 Muscovy ducks have been mutilated. Ida (Brenda Blethyn) leaves for church in the nearby town. Maurice (Ray Barrett) recalls how they got married – when he thought she ... [read more]
Blackbuster (2012)
Rowdy punters at a kooky Queensland pub stir an unusual awakening in pirated-DVD dealer Kainen (Jeremy Ambrum). As his crush grows for Tanika (Naomi Bowly), the daughter of the publican (Martin Sacks), his uncontrollable imagination takes us on a ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Bloodlines (2007)
Bloodlines, is about making a difficult phone call. The caller is Josh Barnett (Kirk Page) who is a young man that appears to have it all in his modern apartment. He doesn’t make the call as he is preoccupied with ... [read more]
A Pub With No Beer (1957)
Slim Dusty’s original recording of the Gordon Parsons song about a hotel that has run out of beer, based on a poem by Dan Sheahan. [read more]
Voice of a Nation (c1918)
This silent actuality footage from around 1918 captures returned Australian soldiers marching through a city street. It features soldiers on foot and horseback and scenes of horse-drawn Red Cross ambulances. [read more]
Swinger (1995)
A phone rings repeatedly in an apparently empty apartment. Unseen callers leave messages on an answering machine. These tell the story of the tenant’s last few days and suggest you never know when your luck is going to change. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Clive Barass, Australian Champion and Leader of the Troupe (c1926)
This newsreel shows Australian champion diver Clive Barass and his diving troupe performing individual and group dives at Clifton Gardens Baths near Mosman, Sydney. It is black-and-white and silent. [read more]
Leunig Animated – How Democracy Actually Works (2001)
How Democracy Actually Works (narrated by Sam Neill) illustrates with industrial imagery what happens to our ballot papers on election day. [read more]
Expedition South (1961)
The Thala Dan brings relief supplies and 33 new men to Mawson, Australia’s largest Antarctic station, in early 1960. They will relieve the winter party, who have spent a year on the ice. In fine weather, teams erect new huts ... [read more]
Hoota and Snoz – Series 3 Episode 3 (2003)
In this episode, Hoota and Snoz discover a set of swings. In true competitive spirit, Hoota tries to swing higher and higher with predictably dire consequences. [read more]
Big Girls Don’t Cry (2002)
A moving documentary about Indigenous women living with kidney disease. [read more]
Bridge construction (1967)
An aerial shot shows the completed steel false work for the bridge in preparation for the concrete stage. A concrete box unit is delivered by barge and elevated by lifting winch to the top of the steel arch where it ... [read more]
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Your Daily Diet (c1947)
A colour cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar cheese that focuses on nutrition, food groups and dietary habits. [read more]
