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General Motors Holden – Holden Ute (c1956)
This television advertisement for General Motors Holden presents the Holden utility. [read more]
Making Venus (2002)
Making Venus is a ‘making of’ documentary about the production of a low budget feature film. Initially, the documentary sets out to record the development, funding, production and release of a feature film. Because of the low budget of the ... [read more]
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin (1992)
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin examines the life, work and death of German Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, his ongoing resonance in contemporary thought and his increasing recognition outside of Europe half a century after his death. [read more]
Last Ride (2009)
Kev (Hugo Weaving), a former convict on the run, and his 10-year-old son Chook (Tom Russell) get to know each other for the first and last time in this road movie set in South Australia. The pair’s relationship deepens as ... [read more]
Backchat, Episode 217 (1988)
In this program of audience response to ABC programs on television and radio, there’s appreciation for the ABC fillers, which can be seen behind the logo, as well as the ABC’s radio coverage of the Seoul Olympics. Tim ... [read more]
Australia Post – Recruitment (1989)
This is a collection of short videos produced by Australia Post, each entitled 'Australia Post Career Employment’. The collection profiles eight different career opportunities for individuals considering working for Australia Post. [read more]
Isle of Many Waters (1939)
Made for the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, this travelogue filmed and narrated by Frank Hurley promotes Tasmania as an idyllic holiday destination. [read more]
Compass – Gallipoli Pilgrimage (2006)
Australians are making their way in increasing numbers to Anzac Cove in Turkey each year to commemorate the ANZAC landing there on April 25th, 1915. This is the story of some of those who were present at the dawn ... [read more]
Wirth’s Circus Film (c1925)
This silent actuality footage shows circus proprietor and ringmaster Philip Wirth and his trick pony, Earl Dudley, as it performs a range of tricks in an outdoor arena. The final segment of this footage shows elephants and circus workers setting ... [read more]
Dog Dreaming (2001)
A documentary that uses observational footage and paintings to tell the Dreaming story of two ancestral dogs. [read more]
Loved Up – Yellow Fella (2005)
A documentary narrated by Tommy E Lewis, intercut with historical footage, tells of the journey of Tommy E Lewis to find the grave of his white father. [read more]
Petersen (1974)
Retired Australian Rules football star Tony Petersen (Jack Thompson) quits his job as an electrician and enrols at university to study for an arts degree. Married to Susie (Jackie Weaver) and the father of two young children, Petersen is having ... [read more]
Skippy Adventures in Bushtown – Trouble in Bushtown (1997)
Skippy the kangaroo is a capable, trustworthy, ‘copter flying park ranger who is the unofficial leader and resident good guy in idyllic Bushtown. In this, the first episode of the series, the aging Mayor is finally retiring and Skippy is ... [read more]
Compass – Islam on Parade (2005)
There are 250,000 Muslims living in Australia from vastly different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. In the wake of the terrorist bombings around the world, a young and dynamic Muslim couple from Melbourne, are working to dispel some stereotypes and to ... [read more]
Big People, Small People (1991)
This two-part documentary was produced for SBS's Connections program and was screened over consecutive nights. The film contrasts the rich and poor in Australian society. Commentators include historian Manning Clarke, politician John Howard, cartoonist Michael Leunig and ... [read more]
Public Enemy Number One (1981)
Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett reported the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. For this he was reviled as a traitor and a communist in the Australian media. He had been the first journalist into Hiroshima after the ... [read more]
Berlei Cinema Advertisement: It Isn’t Done (1930)
The ‘futility of careless dressing and the importance of correctly moulded figure lines’ is demonstrated through the fitting of a Berlei foundation garment underneath all frocking. [read more]
General Motors Holden – Holden’s Number One (c1966)
This is one of a series of black-and-white television advertisements for the Holden HD which use the 'Holden’s Number One’ jingle. [read more]
Winners – Room to Move (1985)
This is the story about the unlikely friendship between two girls – one a sporting champion, the other a dancer and an outsider. Carol (Nicole Kidman) is a top runner with great potential and her father runs her training program ... [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]
