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Tuckson (1988)

This biographical documentary examines the life and work of artist Tony Tuckson (1921-1973). Tony Tuckson was regarded by some as Australia’s answer to Picasso. From 1952 to 1973 Tuckson worked at the Art Gallery of NSW and was Deputy ... [read more]

Full Frontal – Series 3 Episode 4 (1995)

Full Frontal is a sketch comedy show that followed the successful Fast Forward in format and style but with a new crop of writers and performers. [read more]

Revolution by Referendum: Political advertisement by Mr Costello (c1932)

Made by Kinetone Productions, this unedited footage shows an unidentified man attempting to deliver a speech for what may be a public advertisement, to petition the Government in favour of abolishing the ‘Capitalistic system’. [read more]

Warlpiri (1993)

Netta Williams introduces her mother and Betty Napanangka who tell Dreamtime stories from Mt Theo, near Chilla Well in the Northern Territory, about the Goanna and the Blue Tongue Lizard. Women and children dig underground for bush potato – a ... [read more]

Safety First (c1936)

This short drama was made in the mid-to-late 1930s and sponsored by the Road Safety Council of NSW. It aims to raise children’s awareness of road safety rules and demonstrates the correct procedures to follow when using the roads. ... [read more]

We Have To Live With It (1974)

A community video made by Tom Zubrycki and the residents of Balmain and Rozelle that documents concerns held by residents and local businesses about the impact of an existing port terminal on their community. Residents give their perspectives on ... [read more]

Happy Little Vegemites (1959)

A chorus of children sing this radio jingle from the late 1950s. It proclaims the transformative power of their love for Vegemite, which has turned them into 'happy little Vegemites’. [read more]

Waltzing Matilda (1927)

This is the first recording ever made of the well-known and much loved popular Australian song. [read more]

Thursday Island and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea (c1925)

This 16mm actuality footage was recorded during the filming of two back-to-back feature films – The Hound of the Deep (1926) on Thursday Island and The Jungle Woman (1926) at Merauke in Dutch New Guinea. Scenes include the cast and ... [read more]

Lift Off – That’s Not Fair – Part B (1992)

This is part B of the episode That’s Not Fair, and has the usual Lift Off mix of live action, animation, puppetry, music, documentary and fantasy. The main storyline is about the Lift Off kids, interspersed with the other elements. ... [read more]

Country Gardens (1919)

Percy Grainger’s own performance of his best-known composition, ‘Country Gardens’, captured on a piano roll. [read more]

Shifting Sands – My Bed Your Bed (1998)

A young couple promised in marriage to each other as children, now move in together and the courtship truly begins. [read more]

Cousin (1998)

The narrator (voiced by William McInnes), tells the story of his childhood friend and Cousin, who has celebral palsy and always smells of liquorice. [read more]

All About Olive (2004)

Filmmaker Mike Rubbo takes 105-year-old Olive Riley back to her childhood home in Broken Hill, western NSW, to talk about her life. Rubbo enlists Olive’s help to faithfully recreate scenes from Olive’s early life, using locals dressed in period ... [read more]

Fourth Liberty Loan (1943)

This black-and-white cinema advertisement urges theatre-goers to support the war effort by buying national savings stamps and investing them in the Fourth Liberty Loan. [read more]

Round About Townsville (1926)

Townsville, Magnetic Island and the Hinchinbrook Channels are the subject of this scenic tour through northern Queensland’s attractive tourist destinations. Filled with steady pans and well framed static shots, this documentary also contains explanatory intertitles and colour-tinted and toned sequences. [read more]

Dimpel, Konrad: Canberra and Snowy Mountains (c1954)

This mute, colour home movie made by Canberra resident Konrad Dimpel shows various scenes in and around Canberra and includes a woodchopping competition at a local country show. [read more]

Murray-Will, Ewan: Ballet Russes (c1936)

This amateur footage, filmed by Ewan Murray-Will, captures two solo dancers from the Ballets Russes du Monte Carlo dancing on a Sydney beach and a grassy slope. [read more]

Anthem: An Act of Sedition (2004)

A documentary by filmmakers Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman addressing the contemporary events that have changed the political and cultural landscape. It travels from Australia to Iraq, Afghanistan and the United States between 2000 and 2004. It addresses the disempowerment ... [read more]

Man of Flowers (1983)

Charles Bremer (Norman Kaye), a retired, wealthy aesthete, regularly hires Lisa (Alyson Best), a young female artist’s model, to strip for him to the soundtrack of a Donizetti aria. Charles writes letters to his dead mother, plays church organ, loves ... [read more]

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