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My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978)
A documentary about Indigenous woman Essie Coffey and her life in the township of Brewarrina, or Dodge City, as it is also known. [read more]
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
A young Aboriginal girl dreams of life beyond the blacks’ camp that sits on the fringe of white society. [read more]
Black Sunday (1926)
The ‘Black Sunday’ bushfires of Valentine’s Day 1926 swept across the Gippsland and Dandenong regions of Victoria and claimed 31 lives. This silent black-and-white footage contains scenes of the fires close up, the housing and bushland destroyed in its wake, ... [read more]
Sa Black Thing (2005)
A romantic comedy about a young corporate businessman whose computer is taken by a woman he offends on the beach. [read more]
Society Wedding (c1914)
This silent amateur 35mm footage of a society wedding from approximately 1914 shows the arrival at the church of the wedding party, including the bride, then shows the married couple leaving after the ceremony. It also features the wedding reception ... [read more]
Australia Post – We Deliver 1 (1988)
These are two of a series of television commercials (TVCs) promoting Australia Post’s new corporate identity as well as its products and services, and featuring the ‘We Keep Australia Posted’ song. [read more]
Smithy (1946)
A young Australian pilot in the Royal Flying Corps is shot in the foot while flying over the Western Front in 1917. Charles Kingsford Smith (Ron Randell) finishes the war with a Military Cross and a burning desire to do ... [read more]
Round the Twist – Series Two – Next Time Round (1992)
Pete has been hypnotised by Linda and every time someone says the word 'now’ he behaves like a chicken for ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can’t undo the hypnosis so Pete gets into some serious trouble at school. [read more]
For Love or Money (1983)
Using a vast array of historical footage, the film proposes a history of women and work in Australia, from 1788 to 1983. [read more]
Wildside – Series 1 Episode 1 (1997)
A ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. Two of them, Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano) and Heidi Benson (Rose Byrne), seek ... [read more]
The Book Show – David Malouf (1988)
A magazine-style program with presenter and interviewer Dinny O’Hearn talking to David Malouf, who has just won the Haskell award for his body of work. He also interviews Joanna Mendelssohn about her new book on Lionel Lindsay, the lesser known ... [read more]
Nicaragua: No Pasaran (1984)
This 1984 documentary examines the political story of Nicaragua. The Sandinistas overthrew the US backed dictatorship of Somoza. The Sandinistas then had to defend their country from the invasion of the US funded Contras from neighbouring Honduras and Costa Rica. ... [read more]
Underbelly – Series 1 (2008)
A 13-part drama series based on real events in Melbourne from 1994–2004. In 1994, power and influence in Melbourne’s underworld is held by the Moran family and old-school gangsters the Carlton Crew. Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley) is a little-known employee ... [read more]
Theme From ‘Blue Hills’ (1949)
This recording is a short excerpt from episode 528 of the long-running radio serial Blue Hills, including the theme music and opening announcement. [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]
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) has been trained from the age of six to become a ballroom dancing champion. His ambitious mother, Shirley (Pat Thomson), sees a golden future for Scott with his partner Liz (Gia Carides). But Scott’s desire to ... [read more]
Third Person Plural (1978)
Easy-going Terry (George Shevtsov) invites three friends on a weekend boating trip. Mark (Bryan Brown) is a biologist who studies ants. Danny (Linden Wilkinson) is making a documentary about senior citizens. Beth (Margaret Cameron) has an open relationship with husband ... [read more]
Loved Up – Our Bush Wedding (2005)
An observational documentary about the wedding between artist Gordon Syron and photographer Elaine Pelot-Kitchener. Syron went to jail in 1972 for killing a man who, in his view, was attempting to take the land belonging to his family. [read more]
Chant Vénitien (1904)
Dame Nellie Melba’s recording of ‘Chant Vénitien’ was among her first commercial recording sessions. Her performance, for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904, is accompanied by the composer of the song, Herman Bemberg. [read more]
Indefinable Moods (2001)
The animated short film Indefinable Moods is a journey through a vividly coloured Australian landscape. A series of images – both abstract shapes and representational objects – appear and metamorphose. The final shot is an assemblage of panels comprising animated ... [read more]
