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Beautiful Melbourne (1947)
This footage, put together by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1947, illustrates the conditions of inner-city housing in Melbourne, Victoria. It shows inner suburban housing in poor condition. This is compared with a family living in a Housing Commission ... [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]
Night (2007)
This documentary is a meditation on the nature of night and how people experience it. It combines beautiful and mesmerising images of the nocturnal with an exquisite and varying symphonic score. People of all ages, sexes and cultures, in voice-over ... [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]
Snakes and Ladders (1987)
Combining interviews, historical footage, quirky dramatisations and short animations, Snakes and Ladders gives an account of the achievements and setbacks of Australian women attempting to gain education equality in the 20th century. [read more]
Flat (2002)
A short drama about the day in a life of a young teenager, who captures Alice Springs through a video camera given to her by her mostly absent father. [read more]
Fashionista – John Macarthur (2003)
John Macarthur is from the Macarthur dynasty, the pioneers of Australia’s wool industry. He says he’s descended from the poor relations. This John Macarthur grew up in Bombala near the Snowy Mountains and took up knitting to get through the ... [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]
Snake Dreaming (2002)
A short drama written and performed by Indigenous children about the Stolen Generations. [read more]
Centenary Celebrations of Melbourne, Victoria (1934)
This unedited newsreel footage contains a speech given by the Duke of Gloucester opening Melbourne’s centenary celebrations. [read more]
A Big Country – Gulf Battlers (1982)
Elton and Maude are making a go of a cattle station in the Gulf country of northern Australia. It’s a tough life in an era before satellite phones and the internet, but this family seem to have pulled it off. [read more]
Bali Hi (c1971)
This is an amateur travelogue made by Alan Bresnahan and his wife during a trip to Bali in 1971. [read more]
A Breath (1998)
Artists Huang Miaozi and Yu Feng migrated to Australia in 1989. The Chinese octogenarian couple reflect upon their life in the 20th Century. They were artists in China during Japanese invasion, the Great Depression and several revolutions. Their survival and ... [read more]
North to Niugini (1979)
Malcolm Douglas and Brett Nixon navigate the east coast of Australia in a five-metre boat. They depart from Sydney then replenish their supplies and enjoy some good fishing on a remote beach in far north Queensland. They continue north to ... [read more]
Tombstone Unveiling (2000)
An observational documentary about the Torres Strait tradition of unveiling the tombstone of the deceased a year after death. Tombstone Unveiling is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe ... [read more]
Camp-Berlei Foundation Garments: Physiological Support (c1927)
This tinted cinema advertisement for Camp-Berlei foundation garments includes mannequins and live models wearing a range of dresses, coats and hats by various fashion designers. They are all underpinned by the ‘basis for all frocking’ – Berlei foundation garments. [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]
Let’s Go (c1956)
This promotional documentary made by the Shell Film Unit advertises the Shell Company of Australia’s extensive knowledge of motoring and Australian motorists’ needs. It focuses on the qualities of the Shell Touring Service throughout the country and their nationwide network ... [read more]
Four’s a Crowd (1957)
Four’s a Crowd is a short documentary that comically portrays four types of workers (all played by filmmaker Jock Levy) in the waterfront industry – Glass-arm Harry, Tiddly Pete, Nick-away Ned and Ron the Roaster. Each scenario illustrates the negative ... [read more]
Thursday Island and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea (c1925)
This 16mm actuality footage was recorded during the filming of two back-to-back feature films – The Hound of the Deep (1926) on Thursday Island and The Jungle Woman (1926) at Merauke in Dutch New Guinea. Scenes include the cast and ... [read more]
