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The Chaser’s War on Everything – APEC Episodes (2007)
Episodes 14 and 15 of The Chaser’s War on Everything’s second series contain the usual combination of comic pranks, commentary and send-ups, responding to current news and more general subjects. Many of the topical segments satirise the heavy security surrounding ... [read more]
Super 8 Soldiers (1991)
In the 1960s a group of Australian conscripts took 8 mm cameras to Vietnam. Super 8 Soldiers intercuts that footage with interviews with the men and their families in the early 1990s. The Vietnam veterans reflect on the war, the ... [read more]
A Street to Die (1985)
Colin Turner (Chris Haywood) and his wife Lorraine (Jennifer Cluff) buy a war service home in an outer suburb of Sydney. Their neighbours are all veterans, many ex-Vietnam, like Col. He visits a doctor about his persistent rashes and other ... [read more]
Public Enemy Number One (1981)
Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett reported the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. For this he was reviled as a traitor and a communist in the Australian media. He had been the first journalist into Hiroshima after the ... [read more]
You Can’t See ‘Round Corners (1969)
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is young, stylish and tough, an illegal 'SP’ bookmaker in the working class Sydney suburb of Newtown. Sent to train for the war in Vietnam, he goes AWOL and returns to his old haunts, but ... [read more]
The War Against the Rabbit (1954)
A documentary which addresses the problem of wild rabbit infestation on pastoral and farming land. It tells the story of Heck Bradley, a farmer who seeks help from the Victorian Department of Lands and Survey to conduct an eradication campaign. ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Maoris Give Their War Cry (c1922)
This newsreel from about 1922 shows a Maori rugby league team doing a haka war dance before a football match. The New South Wales team poses for the camera and a match is captured in progress. [read more]
Good Guys Bad Guys – Car Wars (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) has found love in the form of bombshell lawyer Carmen Francis (Belinda McClory). There’s one small complication: she’s taking his dry-cleaning business to court on behalf of a disgruntled customer. A conflict of interest? Elvis doesn’t ... [read more]
Roberts, John: Children playing war games in a suburban backyard (c1941)
In a suburban backyard in Adelaide, two siblings play war games with toy guns and pose for the camera. This silent, colour, home movie footage was filmed by John Roberts in 1941. [read more]
The Chaser’s War on Everything – Series 1 Episode 1 (2006)
This is the first episode of the satirical variety program, containing comic pranks, commentary and send-ups responding to topical issues and more general subjects. This episode covers topics including the late Kerry Packer, the Australian Wheat Board and sniffer dogs ... [read more]
Red Cross Cinema Advertisement: The Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme (c1941)
A community announcement promoting the Red Cross’s Prisoner of War Street Adoption Scheme. The advertisement consists of a three-minute address to camera by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson. [read more]
Australians Keep the Wheels of Industry Turning (c1943)
An animated Commonwealth advertisement made by the Owen Brothers and designed to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in National Savings stamps and the 4th Liberty Loan. [read more]
The Surfer (1986)
Vietnam veteran Sam Barlow (Gary Day) runs a surf hire shop on the beach at Surfers Paradise. When fellow veterans Jack (Gerard MacGuire) and Slaney (Stephen Leeder) are murdered, Sam’s investigations point to a conspiracy involving crooked cop Calhoun (Tony ... [read more]
Red Cross Activities During and After WWI (c1919)
Female Red Cross volunteers prepare food, bake bread and cakes, darn socks, spin wool, and make knitted dolls. Soldiers work with leather and create wooden toys. The Red Cross volunteers are also shown working in the linen rooms and serving ... [read more]
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
After his 21st birthday, Bill (John Jarratt) goes to fight in Vietnam, as part of the Australian forces. He’s in the Special Air Services, elite professional soldiers who look down on the ‘nashos’, the conscripted troops. Bill’s best mate is ... [read more]
Or Forever Hold Your Peace (1970)
A compilation of events concerning the moratorium to stop the Vietnam War in 1970. The film is an observational documentary without commentary that cuts between meetings, street protests, public speeches and concerts, and uses audio from a range of sources. [read more]
Allies (1983)
The documentary looks at diplomatic relations between Australia and the USA since the Second World War. Using interviews and archival footage, the documentary leads the viewer to question the role of the CIA and other US agencies in ... [read more]
Road to Tokyo (c1941)
An animated Commonwealth Government advertisement illustrated by the Owen Brothers and designed to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in war loans. [read more]
Convictions (1994)
The documentary is a series of recollections by the Australian soldiers who served in the Korean War (1950-1953). Forty years after the war, the men talk frankly and with immense dignity about their experiences as young Australian soldiers. The interviews ... [read more]
A Mountain Goes to Sea (1943)
This is a short documentary made by Charles and Elsa Chauvel for the Commonwealth Department of Information about shipbuilding during the Second World War and the thousands of iron and steel workers contributing to the war effort. [read more]
