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Menzies RG: Our Royal Visitors (1954)
This home movie, filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, records the official visit by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh to Melbourne in 1954. It shows the Queen and Prince Philip ... [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]
Kellogg’s Cornflakes: Tell Me a Story (c1943)
In this partly animated cinema advertisement for Kellogg’s Cornflakes, the benefits of a fast, nutritious and easy to prepare breakfast cereal are illustrated through a children’s story about Lady Kangaroo and her large family. [read more]
Sky Trackers – Is There Life On Earth? (1994)
In this eighth episode of the series, Shane (Che Broadbent), a visiting student at the Wright Foundation, is doing a project on SETI using the radio telescope. Nikki (Petra Jared) is very interested in the ... [read more]
Wicked Science – Episode 1, The Gift (2003)
On their first day back at Sandy Bay High School, Toby (André de Vanny) and Elizabeth (Bridget Neval) are zapped by a strange ray and become instant scientific geniuses. The battlelines are drawn when Elizabeth interferes with Toby’s first ‘scientific ... [read more]
Your Daily and Weekly News: The Making of Two Great Papers (1928)
This fragment from a newsreel produced by Australasian Films shows the production processes behind Melbourne’s Argus metropolitan newspaper. It shows the sheets of paper which are delivered in rolls every morning, the printing machinery, the reporters and typists who cover ... [read more]
Traffic Chaos Caused by Fusing of Electric Tram Wires (c1926)
This newsreel segment filmed by Gordon Gidney covers a traffic jam caused by the fusing of electric tram wires in Melbourne in the 1920s. [read more]
A Hard Rain (2007)
A Hard Rain explores the global nuclear industry, covering the nuclear fuel cycle from beginning to end, radioactive waste and weapons manufacture. It questions the agendas behind the pro-nuclear push in Australia and debunks the myths that nuclear power is ... [read more]
Summer City (1977)
In the early 1960s, Sandy (John Jarratt), Boo (Steve Bisley), Scollop (Mel Gibson) and Robbie (Phil Avalon) drive to the beaches north of Sydney for a surfing weekend. The boys are planning to give Sandy a memorable ‘one last fling’ ... [read more]
Down Under (1981)
‘Down Under’ was recorded for Men At Work’s first album ‘Business as Usual’ in 1981. It has become an Australian icon recognised internationally and considered by many to be an unofficial national anthem. [read more]
Pick a Box – Episode 170 (1963)
This episode of the classic quiz show Pick a Box, hosted by Bob Dyer with assistance from his wife Dolly Dyer, has two main segments. In the first, Dyer asks two contestants the same questions – sound-proof headphones prevent them ... [read more]
G.P. – Toss a Coin (1989)
G.P. is a television drama about the professional and personal lives of the staff at the Ross Street Surgery, a busy suburban medical practice run by doctors William Sharp (Michael Craig) and his nephew Robert Sharp (John McTernan). In this ... [read more]
Temple of Dreams (2007)
Fadi Rahman runs the self-funded ICRA Youth Centre, operating out of a converted Masonic Temple in the heart of Sydney’s Muslim community. When the Cronulla riots take place in December 2005, Fadi realises the need to accelerate and increase ... [read more]
Dingo (1991)
On a hot day in Poona Flat, Western Australia, in 1969, legendary American jazz trumpeter Billy Cross (Miles Davis) plays an impromptu concert on the tarmac after his plane makes an unscheduled stop. John Anderson (Daniel Scott), aged nine, decides ... [read more]
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997)
In a remote Tasmanian worker’s camp in the winter of 1954, Slovenian immigrant Maria Buloh (Melita Jurisic) abandons husband Bojan (Kristof Kaczmarek) and their three-year-old daughter Sonja (Arabella Wain). Sent to live with family friends for many years, eight-year-old Sonja ... [read more]
Matlock Police – Episode 1, Twenty-six Hours (1971)
A group of hippies on a road trip arrive in the country town of Matlock just as a frightening chain of events takes place. First, town matriarch Miss Falconer (Sheila Florance) is robbed and left for dead in her home. ... [read more]
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin (1992)
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin examines the life, work and death of German Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, his ongoing resonance in contemporary thought and his increasing recognition outside of Europe half a century after his death. [read more]
King of the Coral Sea (1954)
Ted King (Chips Rafferty), a pearler on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, finds a body floating in the water. Ted and his offsider, Jack Janiero (Rod Taylor), discover that head diver Yusep (Lloyd Berrell) and town drunk Grundy (Reg ... [read more]
The Clinic (1982)
Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD (venereal disease) clinic. Paul intends to study the work of Dr Eric Linden (Chris Haywood), Dr Carol Young (Rona McLeod) and Dr Hassad (Max Bruch). In the course ... [read more]
Strike Me Lucky (1934)
Broke and behind his rent during the Great Depression, ‘Mo’ McIsaac (Roy Rene) tries to find work to support a young orphan girl he finds dancing for pennies in the street. Miriam ('Baby’ Pamela Bevan) is really the missing daughter ... [read more]
