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National Treasures – Gallipoli Boat (2004)
How did a lifeboat, left to rot on the shores of Gallipoli, come to have pride of place at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra? [read more]
Building a Railway Engine (c1925)
This short film shows some of the work carried out at the Islington railway engine construction and repair plant of the South Australian Railways, just outside of Adelaide. [read more]
Shoalwater: Up For Grabs (1992)
The documentary follows rock musician and president of the Australian Conservation Foundation Peter Garrett to Shoalwater Bay on the central Queensland Coast after permits have been issued by the Government to sand mine parts of the area. Garrett visits the ... [read more]
Fighting in Flanders (1917)
Australian soldiers prepare for a ‘stunt’ with physical exercises and rifle drill. Well-rested troops display their prowess at marching, as artillery units prepare for a major offensive against German positions east of the Belgian city of Ypres. Field Marshal Sir ... [read more]
Rebels With a Cause (1994)
The film looks at Cecil Waters and his unorthodox methods of bringing up his three sons on a farm on the Central Coast of NSW. Ces rules the family with a ‘rod of iron’, and is training his sons ... [read more]
Lousy Little Sixpence (1983)
A documentary using historical footage and interviews with Indigenous people who belonged to the generation that were forced into unpaid servitude by the Australian government. The title refers to the amount of pocket money the indentured workers were supposed to ... [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]
Dimpel, Konrad: Jennings Germans (c1960)
This silent, colour home movie footage from 1960 shows bricklayers lay the foundations of a house while others carry out masonry work on a rough stone wall. Alongside them, a toddler in a pink dress explores part of a work ... [read more]
Birth of a Car (c1948)
In 1948, the year that the first Holden was released, Roland Litchfield produced Made to Order for General Motors Holden. This documentary on the first model Holden was shortened later that year and released as Birth of a Car. Birth ... [read more]
Island Fettlers (2006)
A documentary that uses historical footage, with current interview and observational footage, about the journey of Torres Strait Islander men who moved to the Pilbara to work on the railways and after the job finished stayed on. [read more]
Ballarat Beauty Competition (1911)
This silent newsreel shows the first 15 contestants in a local children’s beauty competition held in the Victorian town of Ballarat in 1911. [read more]
Weapons Research Establishment Project WRESAT (1967)
Produced by the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) Film Unit, Department of Supply, this is a documentary record of the WRESAT Project – the launch of the first Australian satellite from Woomera on 29 November 1967. [read more]
Christmas Hustle and Bustle: Crowds Leave for Well-deserved Holiday on 22 December (1928)
This item from a silent newsreel shows Melburnians during the Christmas season of 1928, including Christmas shoppers crossing Swanston Street in the pouring rain and two swagmen drinking in a Melbourne park. The newsreel contains intertitles. [read more]
That’s Cricket (c1931)
This featurette was directed by Ken G Hall for Australasian Films and made with the cooperation of seven members of the successful Australian XI cricket team, including Sir Donald Bradman, who toured England in 1930. It promotes cricket and its ... [read more]
Monday Conference – PNG (1971)
Robert Moore is the moderator and Donald Hogg and Richard Beckett are the interviewers of the impressive New Guinea politician John Guise, later to be knighted Sir John Guise. They’re asking him about his country’s timetable to independence and the ... [read more]
Caddie (1976)
In Sydney in 1925, Caddie (Helen Morse) gets a job as a barmaid, after walking out on an unfaithful husband. She has no money and two children to feed. The working conditions are appalling, but she learns the trade, with ... [read more]
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) is living in New York with his new girlfriend, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski). He misses the Northern Territory but keeps occupied by fishing in the Hudson River with sticks of dynamite. Sue’s ex-husband, a reporter (Dennis ... [read more]
Menzies’ Wartime Tour – England (1941)
This home movie filmed by Australia’s longest serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, captures England during the Blitz in 1941. It features footage of the Churchills in their home, close-ups of various political leaders and prominent figures of England including ... [read more]
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]
