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Blood Oath (1990)
On the Indonesian island of Ambon in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Australian soldiers force Japanese military captives to dig up a mass grave of Australian soldiers. The dead men were prisoners in the island’s Japanese read more]
Green Tea and Cherry Ripe (1989)
This insightful and moving documentary features six Japanese women who came to Australia as 'war brides’, having married Australian servicemen after the Second World War. They share their stories through candid interviews with director Solrun Hoaas, talking about their experiences ... [read more]
Harp in the South (1986)
A two-part miniseries following the life and times of the Darcys – an Irish-Australian family – in the aftermath of the Second World War. The impoverished Darcy family, exiles from the bush, live in Surry Hills, a housing commission enclave ... [read more]
1915 (1982)
Billy (Scott Burgess) and Walter (Scott McGregor) are mates. They’re young men from the bush always on the lookout for action and adventure. Walter is from a solid farming family while Billy has a dysfunctional family life and a drunken ... [read more]
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004)
This documentary is a biography of photographer Frank Hurley. Hurley went to Antarctica several times to record expeditions with his still and movie cameras. He photographed the First and Second World Wars and made films in Papua New Guinea. The ... [read more]
Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines (1984)
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who undertook a one-man volunteer mission which saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi extermination camps in 1944–45. Through many interviews and extensive use of historical footage, the film outlines the ... [read more]
King Billy’s First Car (1939)
In this animated advertisement for Super Shell, King Billy invents an animal-made and animal-powered car. [read more]
Just the Beginning (1971)
Recorded in 1971, the album 'Just the Beginning’ by the Don Burrows Quartet was the culmination of decades of playing live in various styles of jazz: Latin and classical influences mix with more traditional and modern jazz. The album went ... [read more]
Only the Brave (1994)
Alex (Elena Mandalis) and Vicki (Dora Kaskanis) are best friends, growing up in the industrial suburbs of outer Melbourne. Vicki’s parents are Greek migrants. Alex’s parents were musicians, but her Greek mother left the family years earlier, and Alex longs ... [read more]
Incidents in Connection with the Funeral of Captain Baron von Richthofen (1918)
After the death of Captain Manfred von Richthofen on 21 April 1918, the wreckage of his plane was brought to the headquarters of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, at Poulainville, near Amiens in France. We see observers and pilots ... [read more]
Searchlight on Japan (c1948)
This documentary surveys Japan under Allied occupation at the end of the Second World War. It includes the impact of democratisation, re-education and the ‘rehabilitation’ of the Japanese people and its institutions of power. [read more]
The Western Distributor (1973)
A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads by Kingcroft Productions which documents the construction of the first stage of the Western Distributor, providing a route from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through to Ultimo ... [read more]
The Stranger – Series 1 Episode 1 (1964)
One rainy night a stranger (Ron Haddrick), suffering from amnesia and with no discernible heartbeat, is found unconscious on the doorstep of the Walsh family home. He is welcomed inside by high school principal Mr Walsh (John Faassen), his wife ... [read more]
Good Guys Bad Guys – Car Wars (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) has found love in the form of bombshell lawyer Carmen Francis (Belinda McClory). There’s one small complication: she’s taking his dry-cleaning business to court on behalf of a disgruntled customer. A conflict of interest? Elvis doesn’t ... [read more]
Kokoda Front Line! (1942)
This Academy award-winning Cinesound Review newsreel special shows Australian troops on the Kokoda track in the jungles of New Guinea during the Second World War. It features footage shot by war correspondent Damien Parer for the Commonwealth Department of Information. ... [read more]
The Land That Waited (1963)
This remarkable documentary tells the early history of colonial Australia through etchings, paintings and drawings produced by the first colonists. It features voice-over narration written by Max Harris and original and evocative music composed by John Antill. [read more]
The Piano (1993)
In the mid-19th Century, a sailing ship deposits a young Scottish woman on a beach in New Zealand, with her daughter, her trunks and a crated piano. Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) has not spoken since she was six, but her ... [read more]
WWI Troops Embarkation and Charity Bazaars, Sydney (c1915)
This silent actuality footage captures various aspects of the domestic war effort in Australia during the First World War, and the people’s relationship to the Australian Imperial Forces recruits. It shows newly recruited troops embarking for service; life on board ... [read more]
Thanks Girls and Goodbye (1988)
Thanks Girls and Goodbye is the story of the Australian Women’s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film uncovers the amazing story of the ... [read more]
Vivien Straford 1927–1937 (1927)
This is a 9.5mm home movie compilation of footage filmed by Vivien Straford of his family between 1927 and 1937. It includes scenes in the family garden and at a picnic, and features Vivien’s wife, their parents, their son Jim ... [read more]
