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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]

Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Cinema and its Workings (1941)

An outing to the Saturday matinee screening of Pack Up Your Troubles (1940) at a local cinema is captured in black-and-white and colour by amateur movie maker Frederick Simpson Dyer. [read more]

Holden Car Cinema Advertisement: On a Tour of Tropical Australia (c1954)

This is a cinema advertisement for General Motors Holden in which a couple driving an FJ Holden sedan take a tour of tropical north Australia, including a boat trip on the Coral Sea. [read more]

Dad Rudd, MP (1940)

The Rudds are modernising the farm, with unpredictable results. Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) sets off to buy a new car and returns with an ancient horse-drawn fire-engine. Dave (Fred MacDonald) installs a new gas-powered stove for Mum (Connie Martyn), but ... [read more]

Addison Road Drop-In (1977)

A ‘process video’ by Tom Zubrycki that looks at some of the marginalised young people who come to the Addison Road Drop-In Centre in Marrickville. Many of them are on welfare benefits and the Drop-In Centre offers a safe space ... [read more]

Heritage (1935)

James Morrison (Franklyn Bennett), a dashing and ambitious young settler in the new colony at Sydney Cove, woos Biddy O’Shea (Peggy Maquire), a fiery young Irish girl, when she arrives in Sydney on 'the wife ship’, but fate intervenes and ... [read more]

Overland Whippet Motor Car: Advertisement (c1926)

This is a part-animated, part-live action cinema advertisement for the Overland Whippet – a high-speed light motor car that combines American comfort and style with European economy. [read more]

Come In Spinner (1989)

This is the story of women in wartime – those left behind while the men are away fighting. It’s the story of three very different women who work in a beauty parlour attached to a luxury hotel, during the Second ... [read more]

Harry’s War (2000)

Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) prepares to go to fight for his country in the Second World War, but his fight is also for the rights of the Indigenous people. Harry carries the hope that fighting for his country will make ... [read more]

Joe Leahy’s Neighbours (1988)

Joe Leahy’s Neighbours is the sequel to First Contact (1983) and is the second documentary in The Highlands Trilogy. This well-constructed film traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, one of the highlander sons of the gold prospector Michael Leahy. Joe ... [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]

My Mother’s Country Part 2 (2001)

My Mother’s Country is a personal account of the Coniston Massacre of 1928, in two parts. [read more]

Confessions of a Headhunter (2000)

A drama about two Indigenous men – Frank (Bruce Hutchison) and Vinnie (Kelton Pell) – who seek revenge for the repeated beheading of the statue of their ancestor warrior Yagan. [read more]

Eventide and Westbrook Farm Home: Brisbane City Mission (1950)

Operated through the Queensland State Government Department of Health and Home Affairs, the Eventide aged care facility is situated in the seaside suburb of Sandgate in Brisbane. In another area of the State, just outside Toowoomba in the Darling Downs, ... [read more]

Operation Buffalo – Colour Record (1956)

Operation Buffalo was the testing of four nuclear fission bombs at Maralinga in South Australia on 27 September 1956. This film is the official recording of the operation. It contains the mute raw footage of each of the explosions, shot ... [read more]

Stone Forever (1999)

For Stone Forever, the director Richard Kuipers interviews many of the original Stone (1974) cast and films the 25th anniversary of the film in 1998. The filmmaker makes extensive use of the rich sources of stills, black-and-white footage from the ... [read more]

Terrain Study of Phuoc Tuy Province South Vietnam (1967)

This Army training film looks at the terrain of what was known as South Vietnam, principally in the province of Phuoc Tuy. [read more]

Browne, George: Blue Mountains (c1930)

This compile of silent home movie footage was taken by George Browne in 1930 and records the scenery of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. [read more]

Waterloo (1981)

The film outlines the history of the redevelopment of the Sydney suburb of Waterloo. Residents are interviewed and archival footage is used to outline the history of change in the area. The documentary emphasises the need for consultation and shows ... [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]

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