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An Exercise in Discipline: Peel (1982)
A bickering red-headed family on a weekend road trip reach a standoff by the side of a country road. [read more]
A Pub With No Beer (1957)
Slim Dusty’s original recording of the Gordon Parsons song about a hotel that has run out of beer, based on a poem by Dan Sheahan. [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]
Give a Little Credit to your Dad; Lonesome for You, Mother Dear (1939)
Buddy Williams recorded six songs in his first recording session, on 7 September 1939 – the start of a career that would last 40 years and make him one of the foundation artists of Australian country music. Three of those ... [read more]
Rachel: A Perfect Life (2007)
Rachel, a single mother, has been having epileptic fits ever since she was 14 years old. Now 28, with two kids, she feels the disease is controlling her life. She makes the decision to have a radical brain operation that, ... [read more]
Australian Story – Of Droughts and Flooding Rains (2002)
This is the story of a man so obsessed by an idea that it has consumed his life and almost destroyed his family. Peter Andrews’s idea is that the land can be returned to a self sustaining ecology by some ... [read more]
Bushnell, K: Cyclone Tracy Aftermath (1974)
This unedited raw footage was shot by freelance cameraman Keith Bushnell in the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Tracy which hit Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. It captures the devastation and destruction of the city and the temporary shelter and food ... [read more]
Seven Deadly Sins - Envy (1992)
This one-hour drama is the sad and sordid story of two people eaten up with envy for what they can’t possess. The program is book-ended with iconic shots of the life and times of President Kennedy and his wife Jackie, ... [read more]
Archibald Family: Noorong Gazette: Parts I - IV (c1927)
This black-and-white home movie compilation, titled the Noorong Gazette, was made by the Archibald family between 1927 and 1928. The footage is silent and contains intertitles. [read more]
Nott, D: A Trip With the RAAF (c1970)
This silent colour super 8mm home movie includes scenes of New Guinea and Malaysia filmed by David Nott whilst travelling with the Royal Australian Air Force in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [read more]
Dog Dreaming (2001)
A documentary that uses observational footage and paintings to tell the Dreaming story of two ancestral dogs. [read more]
Patineur Grotesque (1896)
This short piece of actuality footage shows a man in costume on rollerskates performing a comic act for a gathering crowd. [read more]
Maranoa Lullaby (1950)
Born in 1924 in Queensland, Harold Blair developed a fine tenor voice singing in the cane-fields and local concerts. 'Maranoa Lullaby’ is one of several songs he recorded in 1950, arranged for voices and keyboard by British composer Arthur Loam ... [read more]
Mutt (2008)
Mac, a hardened outback farmer, his mellow cow Matilda and his playful dog Mutt are in conflict, yet are dependent on each other for their survival. [read more]
Winging It (1998)
A young man (voiced by David Brown) leaves his home and family for a far-off land, where a dangerous encounter inspires him to recall his father’s (voiced by Max Bannah) and grandfather’s advice on marksmanship. [read more]
Don Bradman in England (1930)
Don Bradman is interviewed in 1930 while on tour in England. He gives a demonstration of various batting techniques. [read more]
Mad Max (1979)
In the near future, in a collapsing society, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) patrols the highway in a super-charged patrol car, the Interceptor, like a modern-day samurai. When a bikie gang declares war on him and his family, Max takes justice ... [read more]
Third Liberty Loan: This Is Vital to You (1941)
This black-and-white cinema advertisement produced by the Department of Information in 1941 is a direct appeal from Australia’s Federal Treasurer, JB Chifley, to encourage all Australians to contribute to the Third Liberty Loan in order to support the war effort. [read more]
Last Breakfast in Paradise (1982)
The relationship between Stephen Smith (John Hargreaves) and Angela Jones (Penne Hackforth-Jones) is brought to its inevitable conclusion during the couple’s brief sojourn in a Surfers Paradise high-rise. [read more]
Yanks Down Under (1983)
This documentary, made in 1983, profiles some Americans who have made Australia their home, and become successful in the entertainment business. It features people like Don Lane, Marcia Hines and theatre director Hayes Gordon. [read more]
