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It’s Academic – Episode 40 (1971)
A quiz show hosted by Andrew Harwood in which three school teams test their general knowledge and win prizes for themselves and their school. In rounds one and two, each team must answer ten questions from a numbered 'packet’ within ... [read more]
Angel Baby (1995)
Harry (John Lynch) falls instantly for Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) when he sees her at the mental health clinic. She doesn’t hang around with psychos, she tells him, but her feelings change when she receives a sign from her favourite television ... [read more]
Cadbury’s Crunchie – ‘Snap Goes the Crunchie’ (c1966)
This is a 30–second television advertisement for Cadbury’s Crunchie chocolate bar. [read more]
The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
Bill, AKA 'The Kid’ (Arthur Tauchert), a larrikin from the Sydney dockside suburb of Woolloomooloo, gets a six-month sentence when he’s caught in a two-up game. After he’s released, he falls for Doreen (Lottie Lyell), an upright young woman ... [read more]
Dame Enid Lyons: Maiden Speech (1943)
Dame Enid Lyons reads her maiden speech in this sound recording for radio broadcast. Lyons was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in Australia’s federal parliament. [read more]
Razorback (1984)
The infant grandson of Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr) is carried off by a giant razorback boar near the outback town of Gamulla. Acquitted of murder for lack of evidence, Jake becomes obsessed with proving the creature exists. American animal rights ... [read more]
Sons of Matthew (1949)
Irishman Matthew O’Riordan (John O’Malley) and his English wife Jane (Thelma Scott) have carved a farm from fickle acres at Deep Creek, in northern New South Wales. They battle drought, flood and fire to raise five boys and two girls. ... [read more]
Harlequin (1980)
Mysterious drifter Gregory Wolfe (Robert Powell) appears dressed as a clown at the birthday party of Timothy (Mark Spain), the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (David Hemmings) and his distant wife, Sandra (Carmen Duncan). Wolfe cures the boy ... [read more]
Strikebound (1983)
Strikebound is based on real events in Gippsland, Victoria in 1937, where Wattie Doig (Chris Haywood) is employed at the Sunbeam coal mine and his wife, Agnes (Carol Burns), is a member of the Salvation Army. Angered by poor pay ... [read more]
Petals – A Boot Full of Petals (1997)
In this first episode, the Petals find a mysterious object (a bright yellow gumboot) in their garden. Each character responds in their own unique way and soon they all find themselves trapped inside. [read more]
What I Have Written (1995)
As Christopher Houghton (Martin Jacobs) lies in a coma in hospital after a stroke, his wife Sorel Atherton (Angie Milliken) tries to make sense of their troubled marriage. Christopher’s colleague Jeremy Flizsar (Jacek Koman) approaches Sorel with a request to ... [read more]
Australia Post – Postcode Grandma (1988)
This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting the essential inclusion of correct postcodes when addressing letters, in order to guarantee delivery. [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]
Australia Today – Men of Tomorrow (1939)
Men of Tomorrow looks at the ‘city of shadows’ – life as it is for young people living in slum conditions in Sydney in the late 1930s. It contrasts the despair and poor social conditions of those living in densely ... [read more]
Maitland Floods (1955)
The devastation of the 1955 Maitland floods is captured here in this silent colour home movie footage, taken by Colin Johnston. It shows the fast-rising waters, flooding bridges, and submerged streets of the Hunter Valley town as well as the ... [read more]
Poisoned Daggers (c1941)
This short documentary by the New South Wales Department of Heath launches a state-wide drive to reduce infectious diseases such as dengue fever through preventative measures and increased community awareness. The film is introduced by the NSW ... [read more]
Beyond Tomorrow – Episode 39 (2006)
From building your own super car to the bus that drives itself and the most advanced robot in the world, this fast and furious program brings to the screen cutting edge technological advances that the Beyond team have combed the ... [read more]
Efftee Studio Opening in Melbourne: Speech by Frank Forde (1931)
This short promotional film, made by Frank Thring Senior’s production company Efftee Film Productions, records a speech made by Frank M Forde, then Minister for Trade and Customs, at the opening of Efftee Film Studios and the screening of the ... [read more]
Rusty Bugles (1980)
Rusty Bugles follows a group of soldiers posted to a remote base in the Northern Territory during the Second World War. [read more]
Dangerous Immigrant (1960)
Produced by the CSIRO Film Unit for the Commonwealth Department of Health, this documentary alerts the general public to the dangers of a destructive pest – the European house borer, or Hylotrupes bajulus – ... [read more]
