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A Pub With No Beer (1957)
Slim Dusty’s original recording of the Gordon Parsons song about a hotel that has run out of beer, based on a poem by Dan Sheahan. [read more]
What Makes a Champion (1959)
This sporting documentary made by the Shell Film Unit Australia answers the question ‘What makes a champion?’ by analysing championship performance and investigating the qualities in elite athletes that give them the ability to win. It focuses on six key ... [read more]
Think Twice (1958)
This short film about occupational safety amongst metal workers highlights the dangers of improper use of safety equipment and inadequate protective clothing. It highlights three main sources of injury – heat, rays and fumes – and illustrates safe and unsafe ... [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘A Milk Tray Day Today’ (c1955)
This is a compilation of three 30-second black-and-white advertisements from a Cadbury’s Milk Tray campaign dating from the mid-1950s. [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘Happiness for Two’ (c1960)
This is a compilation of three 30-second black-and-white television ads for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates with the slogan 'happiness for two’. [read more]
Alicia (1996)
Alicia Liley was a promising 18-year-old drama student when she sustained brain damage in a near fatal car accident. The documentary traces her recovery and her determination to live a full life. Her response to her disability was to start ... [read more]
Australia Daze (1988)
An observational documentary shot on the bicentennial anniversary of Australia’s European settlement. Twenty-nine directors working all over Australia have contributed segments as Australians celebrated 26 January 1988. [read more]
Maxonol Gramophone: Buy a Good Gramophone and Keep Her at Home (1925)
In this Maxonol Gramophone cinema advertisement a mother and father decide to buy a gramophone to keep their teenage daughter at home. They visit the Maxonol demonstration room and purchase their gramophone with successful results. [read more]
Rinso Soap Powder: Then Came Happiness (1931)
This cinema advertisement for Rinso soap powder from 1931 is a short drama about a woman, worn out by the drudge of washing day, who is introduced to Rinso by a girlfriend during a bridge night. [read more]
Big Hair Woman (1996)
Actress and comedienne Mary Coustas plays her most famous character, Effie, as she tours around Papua New Guinea. This docu-comedy is a sort of tongue-in-cheek travelogue. Effie gives the audience a Greek hairdresser’s tour of our northern neighbour, but also ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – All for a Good Cause (c1920)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel footage from approximately 1920 shows a surf carnival at Bondi Beach, Sydney in aid of the St John’s Ambulance Brigade. [read more]
West (2007)
Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips) are cousins and best friends, going nowhere in the west of Sydney. They are unemployed and shiftless – bored, drunk and stoned most of the time. When Jerry gets a girlfriend and a ... [read more]
Message Stick – Black Olive (2005)
Mark Olive (aka the Black Olive) uses native ingredients to prepare cuisine with a local flavour. [read more]
Efftee Film Productions Congratulates Miss Dorothy Fricke (1931)
This silent newsreel item from Efftee Film Productions shows the debutante celebration of Miss Dorothy Fricke, held at Chelsea Memorial Hall in Melbourne on 24 August 1931. It features men and women waltzing around a decorated hall. [read more]
For Love or Money (1983)
Using a vast array of historical footage, the film proposes a history of women and work in Australia, from 1788 to 1983. [read more]
Torque – Series 1, Episode 8 (1974)
A roundtable discussion arising out of the unacceptable road toll in Australia is introduced by program presenter Peter Wherrett and convened by Four Corners (2008) journalist Jim Downes. Those taking part include: Dr Michael Henderson, head of the traffic accident ... [read more]
Leunig Animated – How Democracy Actually Works (2001)
How Democracy Actually Works (narrated by Sam Neill) illustrates with industrial imagery what happens to our ballot papers on election day. [read more]
Fighting Blood (1951)
This Cinesound documentary directed by Clive Ross highlights the talents of Australian fighters, including Aboriginal boxers Alfie Clay, Elley Bennett and Dave Sands. It also features historical footage of one of Australia’s most well-known fighters, Les Darcy. [read more]
Tasmanian Tiger Footage (1932)
This silent black-and-white footage from 1932 contains some of the last known moving images of a living (now extinct) Tasmanian tiger, thylacinus cynocepalus or thylacine, that died alone in captivity at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. [read more]
Message Stick – Scotty Martin, Rodeo Boy, Don’t Say Sorry (2005)
A story about songman Scotty Martin, who inherited the role of composer of songs. This episode also features rodeo boy Bowman Button, a four-year-old cowboy, and a short film titled Don’t Say Sorry. [read more]
