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Desert Walker: Gulf to Gulf (1985)
Fifty-two year-old adventurer Denis Bartell was the first person to walk across Australia from north to south – from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Gulf of St Vincent. The documentary covers his journey. [read more]
A Trip Along the River Murray (1925)
Surveying the settlements, townships and arable lands along the path of the Murray River, this silent documentary emphasises the river’s significance in Australia’s agricultural and natural history. [read more]
Ride On Stranger (1979)
This adaptation of Kylie Tennant’s novel Ride on Stranger (1943) is in four one-hour parts. The first episode, 'A Country Girl’, introduces the central character, Shannon Jones (Liddy Clark). Bright, stubborn and incomprehensible to her parents, she is sent to ... [read more]
Australia Post – Post Office Speeds the Mail (1970)
This is a short program produced by Bennett Honda for the Australian Post Office to introduce and promote the new use of motorcycles by postal delivery officers. [read more]
Li’l Elvis and the Truckstoppers – Caught in a Trap (1997)
Li’l Elvis (Stig Wemyss) is sick of performing Elvis music everyday in his parent’s roadhouse, but his parents Grace (Lynda Gibson) and Len (David Cotter) rely on him to keep the customers coming in, as they desperately need the money. ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Captain Johnno (1988)
Captain Johnno (Damien Walters) is a ten-year-old with a hearing impairment, and always in trouble. Living in a small fishing town in South Australia in the 1950s, his sister Julie (Rebecca Sykes) is his best friend and protector. Johnno’s ... [read more]
More Winners – The Journey (1990)
On an isolated Tasmanian mountain plateau, 12-year-old Ada Zuckermann (Christen Cornell) lives with her wealthy miner father Justus (Owen Weingott). They are cared for by housekeeper Martha (Judith Stratford), and her teenage daughter Agnes (Melanie Boomer). Unbeknown to Ada and ... [read more]
The Circus Comes to Town (c1943)
This silent documentary follows Wirth’s Circus and Zoo as it travels to Brisbane, Queensland. It shows the arrival of the circus train at the station and the elephants hauling equipment from the train. A large crowd gathers around the elephants ... [read more]
Broken Sun (2008)
In 1944 Jack (Jai Koutrae), a New South Wales farmer still suffering physically and psychologically from his experiences in the First World War, has been living a solitary existence until he discovers and captures Masura (Shingo Usami), a Japanese prisoner ... [read more]
Kokoda Trail, Cadets from Scots College (1972)
This silent colour home movie documents a trip by a group of Scots College students to Papua New Guinea. It includes their departure from Sydney and their seven day trek across the Owen Stanley Ranges and the Kokoda Trail between ... [read more]
Australian Visit (1967)
This ABC News production covers the five-day visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, Air Vice-Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky, and his wife, to Australia in January 1967. [read more]
Life at the Top: A Week with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (1977)
Life at the Top follows Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser for one jam-packed week as he goes about his various work responsibilities, from 7-13 October 1977. He visits Kalgoorlie and Wollongong, attends numerous meetings with advisers and joint Liberal-Country Party Coalition ... [read more]
The Felt Hat (1951)
A short murder-mystery made by the South Australian Amateur Cine Society (SAACS) and directed by John (CJ) Mack. A man lies dying on the side of a riverbed deep in the bush. A couple picnicking nearby witness the ... [read more]
A Town Like Alice (1980)
A young Englishwoman, Jean Paget (Helen Morse), is a prisoner-of-war in Malaya at the time of the Japanese occupation (1941-45). On an enforced trek across the country she meets an Australian soldier, Joe Harmon (Bryan Brown). When the cruel Captain ... [read more]
Making Venus (2002)
Making Venus is a ‘making of’ documentary about the production of a low budget feature film. Initially, the documentary sets out to record the development, funding, production and release of a feature film. Because of the low budget of the ... [read more]
Puberty Blues (1981)
Debbie (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) want to be accepted by the tough surfie chicks at their school, on Sydney’s southern beaches, but once in the group, they find it hard to conform. They’re expected to sit on the ... [read more]
Stateline – The Transcontinental Dream (2004)
Reporter Mark Bowling travels with the Ghan on its inaugural train journey from Adelaide to Darwin, arriving in its new destination at the Northern Territory on 3 February 2004. [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]
Australia Prepared (c1916)
Australia Prepared highlights the country’s contributions to the First World War, beginning with the recruiting of soldiers after war is declared. Segments include: footage of troops training at Liverpool Camp, NSW; the manufacture of rifles and ammunition; shipbuilding at Cockatoo ... [read more]
Activities of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia (c1935)
Filmed by John Mack at the Adelaide Parafield around 1930, this home movie recording captures some of the activities of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia. It includes footage of aircraft in flight and flying enthusiasts John Buckham and ... [read more]
