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The Ice Capped Jungle (1993)
The documentary covers a hiking trip to the mountains in a remote area of Irian Jaya. The party consists of an expedition leader, a mountain climber, a biologist, two filmmakers and 70 indigenous carriers. The film also uses historical footage ... [read more]
Australia Today – Customs Officers Fight Against Drugs (1938)
This Australia Today newsreel contains three segments (two of which have been selected): Contraband about illegal drug importation and crime syndicates; Below the surface about working in Australia’s coal mines; and Backyard betting about SP bookmaking and gambling. [read more]
Arthur Boyd: Figures in the Landscape (1985)
Arthur Boyd is interviewed in his studio in Shoalhaven NSW. The internationally acclaimed artist paints two large works depicting water skiers on the river nearby. He talks about his work. The documentary reflects on his early life in Victoria ... [read more]
They Chose Peace (1952)
This documentary, made by the Melbourne-based Realist Film Unit, covers the lead up to, and convening of, the Youth Carnival for Peace and Friendship, which took place in Sydney from 15 to 23 March 1952. [read more]
Four Corners – Fixing Cricket (2000)
When Hanse Cronje admitted that he’d taken money to throw matches, the world of cricket was thrown into crisis. Then it was disclosed that players and officials had known for years that matches were being fixed, while the cricketing establishment ... [read more]
The Hand of the Artist (1906)
Photographic images are composed and brought to life on a whim, and then just as quickly transformed or reduced to immobility by the hand of the artist. After each animated sequence, the hand crumples the paper and disposes of it ... [read more]
La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or (1905)
A farmer and his wife discover that the hen they bought at a market is magical, laying eggs of gold. They amass a wonderful fortune and live a rich life, with their golden eggs hoarded in a secret basement. After ... [read more]
Kingswood Country – There’s No Place Like Rome (1980)
When Thelma Bullpitt (Judi Farr) wins a trip for two to Rome, husband Ted (Ross Higgins) refuses to leave Australia. Thelma takes son-in-law Bruno Bertolucci’s (Lex Marinos) mother along instead. While their wives are away, Bruno’s father Enzo Bertolucci (Joseph ... [read more]
The New Inventors – Series 1 Episode 8 (2004)
The three featured inventions on this week’s program are: a pool cleaner with a difference, invented by two brothers; a masterly way of turning landfill into compost; and an inflatable resuscitation mask that prevents the spread of communicable diseases. [read more]
Young Ramsay – Natural Selection (1979)
Young Ramsay is about the adventures of veterinary surgeon Peter Ramsay (John Hargreaves). Disillusioned with the ways of the high-powered horseracing world in which he previously worked, Ramsay joins a country practice in the fictional town of Jindarra, somewhere on ... [read more]
Travelling North (1987)
After retiring, Frank (Leo McKern) and his new companion Frances (Julia Blake) leave Melbourne to begin a new life in Port Douglas, in far north Queensland. He’s an irascible ex-communist civil engineer; she’s a sweet-tempered woman who believes in God ... [read more]
Lucky Miles (2007)
An Indonesian fishing boat dumps six Cambodians and six Iraqis on the remote coast of northwest Australia, in 1990. Muluk (Sawung Jabo), the captain, tells them to climb a dune to a bus stop, then sails away, knowing there is ... [read more]
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
Not Quite Hollywood is a documentary about Australian exploitation films of the 1970s and 80s. In the 1960s, local feature film production was virtually nonexistent and Australian film censorship was the most restrictive in the developed world. With new government ... [read more]
Breathing Under Water (1991)
A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mother of a young child, keeps a map ‘dredged from her dreams’ in a copy of Dante’s Inferno. Prompted by questions from her young daughter Maeve (Maeve Dermody), and feeling unease with ... [read more]
In Limbo (2002)
The documentary follows Australian-Vietnamese lawyer Hoi Trinh, as he attempts to secure Australian citizenship for 2,000 Vietnamese boat people who fled to the Philippines when the Vietnam War ended. He is assisted by a volunteer accountant from the USA, ... [read more]
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia (1919)
In 1919, Australian aviator Ross Smith and his crew became the first Australians to fly between England and Australia in under 30 days. Their journey took them over the Middle East, through Asia and the subcontinent, and on to Darwin. ... [read more]
Art + Soul (2010)
Senior art curator Hetti Perkins travels across the country meeting with leading Aboriginal artists in an endeavour to answer some fundamental questions. Why do artists make art? Why do they share their stories of home or their journeys away, their ... [read more]
Those Who Love (1926)
Sir James Manton (Robert Purdie), a wealthy society figure, bribes Bébé Dorée (Sylvia Newland), a female dancer, to vanish from the life of his son Barry (William Carter). Abandoning his parents and their money, Barry becomes a wharf labourer and ... [read more]
Bookmark – Tim Winton (1995)
Andrea Stretton introduces the wonderful children’s books of Jeannie Baker whose then newest work is The Story of Rosie Dock (1995), a magical journey into central Australia. There’s also a 1995 film adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel, That Eye, the ... [read more]
Wildside – Series 1 Episode 1 (1997)
A ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. Two of them, Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano) and Heidi Benson (Rose Byrne), seek ... [read more]
