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The 1930 Australian XI: Winners of the Ashes (1930)

Six members of the victorious Australian cricket team, including Don Bradman, speak about winning the Ashes during their 1930 tour of the UK. [read more]

Snowy Hydro – Conservation in the Snowy Mountains (1955)

Produced in 1955 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film traces the history of soil erosion in the Snowy Mountains and demonstrates the approach taken by the Snowy Mountains Scheme ... [read more]

Smoking the Baby (2001)

An observational documentary about the cultural ritual of smoking the baby to ensure their health and well-being. Smoking the Baby is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe means ... [read more]

Fire Guardians (1932)

This is a dramatised documentary which highlights the history and heroics of firefighters and culminates in the 're-burning’ of the Cumberland Paper Mills which were destroyed by fire in 1928. It includes an opening sequence of fire and smoke to ... [read more]

No Survivors: The Mysterious Loss of the HMAS Sydney (1993)

On 19 November 1941, the HMAS Sydney, just returned from Europe, was sailing off the coast of Western Australia when she was sunk by the German raider HSK Kormoran disguised as a Dutch merchant ship. Both ships sank. ... [read more]

The Healing of Bali (2003)

Produced one year after the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali, the film examines the impact on the Balinese and their recollection of the event. The film interviews victims, their families and those who have assisted in the recovery. ... [read more]

Crystal Voyager (1973)

A surfing biography about legendary design innovator and photographer George Greenough, shot largely in California. Greenough’s search for uncrowded waves drives his construction of a 37-foot ocean-going yacht that he claims is virtually unsinkable. With his surfing friends Richie West, ... [read more]

Legacy of the Silver Shadow – The Feral Element (2002)

Four kids’ lives are changed forever when they discover the secret lair of The Silver Shadow (Tayler Kane). The Silver Shadow is a long-forgotten superhero from the 1950s who is now just a voice and a grainy image on an ... [read more]

Round the Twist – Series One – Skeleton on the Dunny (1989)

Eccentric sculptor Tony Twist (Richard Moir), and his three children – thirteen-year-old twins Linda (Tamsin West) and Pete (Sam Vandenberg), and eight-year-old Bronson (Rodney McLennan) – move from the city to live in an old lighthouse in an ordinary seaside ... [read more]

The Black Balloon (2007)

Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) is 15 and his life is in chaos. His autistic brother Charlie (Luke Ford) creates havoc wherever he goes; their mother Maggie (Toni Collette) is pregnant and has to stay in bed. Their father Simon (Erik Thomson) ... [read more]

Ikara the Weapon Thrower (1963)

This film details the Australian military trials of the Ikara missile, a ship-launched anti submarine missile. [read more]

The Last Whale (1994)

The documentary was produced to promote a ban on whaling worldwide. Greenpeace and other organisations want the killing of all whales to stop. Japan and Norway argue that research has shown that the minke whale can be harvested without endangering ... [read more]

The Book Show – Germaine Greer (1992)

Andrea Stretton, co-host of The Bookshow with Dinny O’Hearn, interviews one of the world’s most famous feminists for this special edition of the show. She is talking to Germaine Greer about her then latest book The Change: Women, Ageing and ... [read more]

The Games – Series 1 Episode 8, Rural and Environment (1998)

The Games charts the progress of the fictitious Logistics and Liaison Division of SOCOG (the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games), the real-life authority charged with staging the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000. ... [read more]

Lift Off – That’s Not Fair – Part B (1992)

This is part B of the episode That’s Not Fair, and has the usual Lift Off mix of live action, animation, puppetry, music, documentary and fantasy. The main storyline is about the Lift Off kids, interspersed with the other elements. ... [read more]

National Treasures – ‘The Sentimental Bloke’ Film (2004)

Despite being one of the greatest Australian films ever made, the 1919 silent movie The Sentimental Bloke was almost lost to the audiences of today. So how was it recovered? [read more]

The Sun Worshippers (1922)

This footage is a fragment from a documentary covering a scientific expedition to Wallal, Western Australia for the 1922 Solar Eclipse. The eclipse occurred on 21 September. [read more]

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

In 1916, during the First World War when both sides have fought to a virtual standstill, Queensland miner Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell) joins up. He becomes a captain and leads his men, many of them fellow Australians with mining experience, ... [read more]

The FJ Holden (1977)

Kevin (Paul Couzens) and his best mate Bob (Carl Stever) share everything, even girls. They live in working class Bankstown in Sydney, and spend all their spare time restoring and cruising in Kevin’s FJ Holden. When Kevin meets Anne (Eva ... [read more]

Noah and Saskia – Tomorrow Never Knows (2004)

Feisty Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) seeks revenge when a faceless geek somewhere in cyber world steals her music. This opening episode of a 13-part series shows the start of the online relationship between two teenagers – the uncool but quick-tongued Saskia ... [read more]

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