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Swanston St Shamble; Two Day Jag (1944)
Graeme Bell and his younger brother Roger have been key players in Australian jazz for over 60 years and these historic recordings are their first commercially released tracks. They were made three years before their pioneering tours to Europe in ... [read more]
Flipper and Lopaka – The Secrets of Quetzo (1999)
Flipper the dolphin’s best friend is Lopaka, a young Polynesian boy, and they have many adventures in Quetzo, an ancient sunken city. One day, Lopaka finds an ancient carved stone buried near his village on the idyllic island of Iloka. ... [read more]
Walking Through a Minefield (1999)
The third largest uranium mine in the world, Ranger, was ending its operations. Twenty kilometres north, the Jabiluka uranium mine started operation. The documentary traces the protest movement to stop Jabiluka from operating. The film interviews protestors, locals, police and ... [read more]
The Overlanders (1946)
With Australia’s north under threat of Japanese invasion in 1942, the government orders the withdrawal of all people and resources – a ‘scorched earth policy’. Delivering his mob of 1,000 prime beef cattle to the meatworks at Wyndham in Western ... [read more]
Frontline (1979)
A biographical documentary about the working life of combat cameraman and correspondent, Neil Davis (1934–1985). The former Tasmanian went to Vietnam in 1974, working for the London based Visnews. He worked alone filming the Vietnam War and continued on into ... [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]
Road to Nhill (1997)
Returning from a day’s lawn bowling in a nearby town, a car runs off the road, trapping four lady bowlers upside down. Bob (Bill Hunter), the stock and station agent, recounts the humorous events that followed. Maurie (Paul Chubb), the ... [read more]
Size 10 (1978)
Size 10 portrays how women’s body images have been formed and deformed by advertising and sexism and analyses the separation of women from their bodies and each other. Four women tell their stories of the conditioning they received as teenagers ... [read more]
DAAS Kapital – Faith (1992)
Giant global conglomerate Shitsu Tonka Corporation has taken over the earth. The Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott) are stranded aboard Titanic 2, a giant submarine carrying the world’s great art treasures and historic artefacts. ... [read more]
Skippy Adventures in Bushtown – Trouble in Bushtown (1997)
Skippy the kangaroo is a capable, trustworthy, ‘copter flying park ranger who is the unofficial leader and resident good guy in idyllic Bushtown. In this, the first episode of the series, the aging Mayor is finally retiring and Skippy is ... [read more]
The Last True Action Hero (1995)
The fire and rescue service has always attracted recruits. The film follows young trainee fire fighters as they experience the dangers and challenges of their chosen profession. We learn that team thinking and reliance on others are key characteristics of ... [read more]
H20: Just Add Water – Hocus Pocus (2007)
In series one of H20: Just Add Water, three ordinary teenage girls discover an ancient underwater cavern and undergo a moonlit transformation that changes their lives – they become part-time mermaids with superpowers. Emma (Claire Holt) can instantly freeze water; ... [read more]
Whitlam – Visit to Bendigo and Eaglehawk (1973)
In Bendigo, assisting with the Labor Party’s campaign for the May 1973 Victorian state elections, Gough Whitlam opens the 2nd Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival and addresses a crowd in the Bendigo Trades Hall. [read more]
Prime Minister Rt Hon. WM Hughes visits Western Front (1918)
On 2 July 1918, in the final stages of the First World War, the Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM (Billy) Hughes and his deputy, Sir Joseph Cook, visited various Australian headquarters in France. They are seen arriving on the steps ... [read more]
The Evolution of a Chocolate (1925)
Presented by the Made in Australia Council, this documentary details the processes used in the making of confectionery at an Australian chocolate making factory. [read more]
The Alice (2004)
'Action and adventure meet magic and romance in Alice Springs’, say the publicity notes for this telemovie, and it’s not a lie. A disparate group of people are heading for the outback to watch a solar eclipse. Strange things begin ... [read more]
Tabaluga – The Last One of His Kind (1997)
Born at a time when he is needed most, the tiny, naïve but brave Tabaluga is the last dragon on earth. A delightful hero, Tabaluga uses courage and kindness, combined with his growing prowess at fire-breathing and flying, to outsmart ... [read more]
Aeroplane Jelly Song (1938)
A radio jingle recorded in the late 1930s promoting an Australian brand of jelly crystals. This is the most famous and best-loved version, sung by seven-year-old Joy King with the Radio 2SM Orchestra, conducted by John Dunne. [read more]
In the Wild with Harry Butler – Scars on the Landscape (1976)
Naturalist Harry Butler is in northern Queensland, where millennia of fire stick farming by Indigenous Australians has created the grasslands of that region. [read more]
The Pearl Fishers (1963)
A televised performance of The Pearl Fishers, an opera by Bizet with an improbable storyline but incomparable music. Zurga, chief of the pearl fishermen, and his great friend Nadir once vied for the hand of the beautiful priestess Leila. They ... [read more]
