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Richmond Carnival in Aid of Blind Soldiers, May 1918 (1918)

This item from a silent newsreel features scenes from a Melbourne carnival held in aid of blind returned soldiers in May 1918. It includes footage of crowds and recreational activities as well as a street parade. [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]

The Blainey View – Footprints (1982)

Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey takes us from the southernmost reaches of Tasmania to the edge of the continent in the Northern Territory to tell the extraordinary history of the first humans to live in Australia, from their earliest footprint on ... [read more]

Rydin’ Time (2005)

A documentary about three Indigenous rodeo riders, Kaleb Comollatti, Dallas McNamara, and John Stacey who ride at the Mt Isa Rodeo in 2005. Rydin’ Time is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (read more]

Syme, Ken: Melbourne Olympic Games (1956)

The 1956 Olympic Games, held in Melbourne, was a high profile event for the city. Like many ordinary Australians at the time, Ken Syme took home movie footage of the event. His silent, colour footage captures the street celebrations and ... [read more]

Revolving Door (2006)

An experimental, animated documentary examining street prostitution in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. Revolving Door cuts between different perspectives to create a snapshot of St Kilda’s illegal sex industry. Residents protest against the sex trade on their doorsteps. Police ... [read more]

Emily’s Eyes (1998)

Emily Wu, born with hydrocephalus, is hearing impaired and has sight in just one eye. The documentary traces the first five years of Emily’s life. Her parents and grandmother care for her and she receives special assistance for her hearing ... [read more]

Cactus (1986)

Colo (Isabelle Huppert) has come to Australia from France to stay with family friends, after the failure of her marriage. Tom (Norman Kaye) and his wife Beatrice (Monica Maughan) own a big house with a beautiful garden in the foothills ... [read more]

Size 10 (1978)

Size 10 portrays how women’s body images have been formed and deformed by advertising and sexism and analyses the separation of women from their bodies and each other. Four women tell their stories of the conditioning they received as teenagers ... [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]

Mparntwe Sacred Sites (2004)

A documentary about the sacred sites of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and how the development of Alice Springs affected the cultural traditions of the Arrernte people. [read more]

Aeroplane Jelly Song (1938)

A radio jingle recorded in the late 1930s promoting an Australian brand of jelly crystals. This is the most famous and best-loved version, sung by seven-year-old Joy King with the Radio 2SM Orchestra, conducted by John Dunne. [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]

Bit of Black Business – Nana (2007)

A Little Girl (Kiara Gibson) loves her Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and follows her as she hunts, sells art and patrols her Alice Springs community for drug runners. Nana has everything and everyone under control. [read more]

ALP: Frank Forde, Election 1946 (1946)

In an address to the public designed in newsreel format for cinema release, Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde makes an appeal to his Capricornia electorate for a vote for him and a vote for Chifley, prior to the September 1946 ... [read more]

Brother (1999)

The narrator (voiced by William McInnes) tells the story of his larrikin, asthmatic brother. Brother features their parents and the suburban world they live in. [read more]

Shadowland (1988)

Giant, vampiric winged insects attack humans. The humans evolve into winged creatures. The insects disappear and the first steam-driven machines appear. [read more]

Oyster Farmer (2004)

Jack Flange (Alex O’Loughlin) takes a job as an oyster farmer on the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. To help his sister (Claudia Harrison), who’s recuperating after a car accident, he robs an armoured van at the Sydney Fish Markets ... [read more]

Menzies 1948 Journey, Reel 2 (1948)

This home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, during a family journey through Europe in 1948, begins with a title card that says ‘I didn’t see enough of it’ and cuts to footage of the cricket at ... [read more]

Beyond Tomorrow – Episode 39 (2006)

From building your own super car to the bus that drives itself and the most advanced robot in the world, this fast and furious program brings to the screen cutting edge technological advances that the Beyond team have combed the ... [read more]

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