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Tnorala: Baby Falling (2007)
Tnorala records an ancient central Australian Dreaming story about the formation of a large meteorite crater at Gosses Bluff or ‘Tnorala’, 175 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. [read more]
Betelnut Bisnis (2004)
This documentary follows several indigenous people of New Guinea as they attempt to earn cash by selling the psychoactive drug betelnut. The money is needed to pay for food, school fees and medicine. Betelnut is grown on the coast and ... [read more]
Choir of Hard Knocks – Episode 3 (2007)
Inspired by an article about a homeless men’s choir in Montreal, choirmaster and former opera singer Jonathan Welch forms a similar choir in Melbourne in association with local charity Reclink. Auditions are not required – anyone who is homeless, struggling ... [read more]
These Are Our Children (1948)
This silent dramatised documentary, commissioned by the Brotherhood of St Laurence and made by the Realist Film Unit, centres around the fate of two teenage siblings who live in the slums of Melbourne. [read more]
National Treasures – Bradman’s Bats (2004)
Warren Brown pulls on the gloves and picks up the willow at the State Library of South Australia for his choice among the treasured Bradman bats on display in the Adelaide collection. [read more]
Cannibal Tours (1987)
Using an observational style without commentary, the film follows tourists as they visit the Sepik River region in New Guinea. The film shows the tourists’ reactions in interviews and observes their behaviour as they photograph the indigenous people and purchase ... [read more]
Government Party Boards SS Lucinda (1899)
This actuality footage was shot in 1899 by Frederick Charles Wills, the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture. It shows Queensland politicians boarding the paddle steamer Lucinda, moored at a wharf on the Brisbane River. The parliamentarians board ... [read more]
Tennant Creek – Sacred Dances (1999)
We are introduced to Tennant Creek through the eyes of the Moonga Moonga dancers (lady dancers), and the women’s dances belonging to this area. [read more]
Waterfront – Episode 2 (1984)
Max Woodbury (Jack Thompson) is the iconic Aussie bloke. He’d far rather spend an evening at the Tivoli with his girl (Noni Hazlehurst) than take on the responsibility of the wharfies’ union. When the union boss (Ray Barrett) dies of ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Conversion (c1920)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the commencement of work at Victoria Parade for the electrification of the cable tram system of Collins Street, Melbourne, and informs us of the opposition to it. [read more]
White River of Life (c1950)
The Milk Board of NSW commissioned this short film to promote the value of milk in the daily diet. It is mostly set during a class at Parramatta Girls’ Home Science School. The cooking teacher asks the class to ... [read more]
Crocodile Dreaming (2006)
The removal of a sacred stone turns one small community in Arnhem Land upside down. Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil) returns to his homeland and, along with his estranged brother Charlie (Tom E Lewis), embarks on an epic quest to find the ... [read more]
Catalyst – Wollemi Pine (2005)
The discovery of a tree from the Jurassic period in the National Park in the Blue Mountains of NSW in 1994, was like finding a family of dinosaurs alive and well. Scientists are returning to this remote location to ... [read more]
Piano Making (c1924)
A silent, black-and-white, promotional film presented by the Made in Australia Council that shows the manufacture and assembly of Australian-made pianos. It ends with the slogan ‘wherever you trade, buy Australian Made’. The film uses intertitles to describe the manufacturing ... [read more]
Masterpiece Special – Wole Soyinka (1997)
The Nobel Laureate for literature in 1986, Wole Soyinka is in Australia for the 1997 Melbourne Writers’ Festival. He’s talking to Andrea Stretton about his early life in his native Nigeria and the terrible fate of his friend and fellow ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Mermaids Swim Well (c1931)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1931 shows highlights of the Bondi Ladies’ Annual Carnival at the local Bondi Baths, now known as the Bondi Icebergs. Edna Davey is shown well in front in the mile championship; the Bondi Club ... [read more]
Picturesque Portsea Provides Perfect Pageant (c1926)
This silent footage features a newsreel segment, filmed by Gordon Gidney, of bathers and holiday-makers on Portsea Beach in the 1920s. Intertitles are used throughout. [read more]
Endurance (1933)
The documentary footage taken by Frank Hurley during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton on a ship called Endurance in 1914-16 is bookended with a simple plot featuring a young boy who is eager to hear the dramatic story ... [read more]
Stingers – Ratcatcher (1998)
When a country schoolgirl goes missing after babysitting for a family called the Gallaghers, police suspect Ronnie Gallagher (John Brumpton) of foul play. Unable to find evidence, they turn to the undercover unit for help. Peter Church (Peter Phelps) and ... [read more]
Frontline (1979)
A biographical documentary about the working life of combat cameraman and correspondent, Neil Davis (1934–1985). The former Tasmanian went to Vietnam in 1974, working for the London based Visnews. He worked alone filming the Vietnam War and continued on into ... [read more]
