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Minter, R: South-East Asia, India and Rome (1958)
This silent colour 16mm home movie, filmed by Robert Minter, is of a world trip in 1958. It includes his travels to Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, India, Turkey, Greece and Italy. [read more]
Backchat, Episode 215 (1988)
On this week’s Backchat, viewers write in with praise for ABC current affairs programs The World At Six and The World Tonight, programs that copped tough criticism the previous week. There’s also viewers’ response to the BBC’s drama series, ... [read more]
Polska (1991)
The documentary looks at Poland in 1991 through the eyes of journalist national, Beata Ligman. She visits different areas of her country talking to the ordinary people about their lives. Reference is made to the German occupation during the Second ... [read more]
The Back of Beyond (1954)
Battling heat, dust, flood and sand, Royal Mail driver and everyman Tom Kruse completes the fortnightly run in his battered Leyland Badger, delivering mail, stores and supplies to the people along the 517 kilometre Birdsville Track in central Australia’s isolated ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – The Economy in Germany (c1915)
Cartoons of the Moment is an animated satirical segment created by Australian cartoonist Harry Julius during the First World War for the Australasian Gazette newsreel. In this edition from approximately 1914, Julius comments on the economic decline in Germany and ... [read more]
No More Needles Please (1997)
Twelve-year-old James Jarvis and his mother Catherine travel around the world to find a cure for James’ diabetes. This observational documentary, partly photographed by James, explores the options for people with diabetes – from pancreas transplant to insulin injections. [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]
Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy Choreographer (1989)
An observational documentary that explores the world of choreographer Graeme Murphy. The camera finds him in rehearsal, in performance and with his wife Janet Vernon. He was born and raised in rural Tasmania and he returns to visit his parents. ... [read more]
Terrible Lizards of Oz (2004)
A whimsical review of Australia’s palaeontology. The documentary looks at discoveries of animal life from 115 million years ago. The film shows animated dinosaurs, interviews with experts, digs and a clip from the 1915 film The Lost World. [read more]
Give Us This Day (1943)
This political advertisement directed by Ken G Hall for Cinesound Productions and the Department of Information compares the difficulties of food rationing suffered by Australian troops stationed in New Guinea during the Second World War with those of the civilian ... [read more]
Cartoons of the Moment – The Kaiser War (c1918)
Cartoons of the Moment was an animated segment by Harry Julius that appeared in wartime editions of the Australasian Gazette newsreel. This edition comments on events at the end of the First World War in Germany and on Australia’s wartime ... [read more]
The Human Journey – Episode 3 (1999)
In this, the third and final episode of the series, we learn that Homo sapiens left the Middle East for the new world of South-East Asia 90,000 years ago, in the long saga of the journey out of Africa. [read more]
Australia Prepared (c1916)
Australia Prepared highlights the country’s contributions to the First World War, beginning with the recruiting of soldiers after war is declared. Segments include: footage of troops training at Liverpool Camp, NSW; the manufacture of rifles and ammunition; shipbuilding at Cockatoo ... [read more]
We Can Be Heroes – Episode 3 (2005)
Mockumentary series We Can Be Heroes follows five very different nominees for the Australian of the Year award in the lead-up to the event. In this episode, former policeman bravery award recipient and wannabe motivational speaker Phil Olivetti secures his ... [read more]
Liberal Party Cinema Advertisement: The Golden Age (1946)
This is a Liberal Party cinema advertisement for the 1946 federal election. It proposes that in the post-Second World War period of growing prosperity, life for ordinary men and women under the incumbent Labor government is by no means as ... [read more]
Blowin’ in the Wind (2005)
This documentary warns of the danger of the side effects of weapons using depleted uranium. Filmmaker David Bradbury interviews victims of exposure to uranium, intercuts world-wide archival footage, and asks what the outcome of joint exercises with the US military ... [read more]
Compass – Saving Claymore (2002)
Fire-bombings, stealing and vandalism were the norm in the Sydney suburb of Claymore, where residents lived in fear and isolation. Then the Catholic Church moved in and introduced a project developed in the third world, which required the residents themselves ... [read more]
Road to Kokoda (1942)
This Movietone News special edition features Australian troops fighting on the Kokoda track in the Owen Stanley Ranges of Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. It uses footage taken by cinematographer Damien Parer for the Commonwealth Department of ... [read more]
Miss Minnie Love in Impressions: Maurice Chevalier (c1931)
Stage performer Minnie Love adopts a French accent and straw hat to present an impression of French musical comedy star Maurice Chevalier performing the songs 'On Top of the World, Alone’ (which Chevalier sang in Innocents of Paris, 1929) and ... [read more]
The Leaving of Liverpool (1992)
The story of two young lives caught up in the British child migration schemes of the 1950s. Lily (Christine Tremarco) and Bert (Kevin Jones), are transported from an orphanage in Liverpool, England to the other side of the world, to ... [read more]
