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The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
Concerned about profit margins in Australia, the Coca-Cola company sends its top trouble shooter Becker (Eric Roberts) to its Sydney office. The company’s Australian boss, Frank Hunter (Max Gillies), tells Becker about T George McDowell (Bill Kerr), an old-style soft-drink ... [read more]
For the Defence (1998)
A 'day in the life’ of a law firm. Solicitors and barristers consult with clients and reveal their method of operation. Cases discussed include a sexual assault action, a murder trial and a petty theft and damage action. The film ... [read more]
Prices and the People (1948)
This dramatised documentary made by the Realist Film Unit supports a ‘yes’ vote in the 1948 federal referendum on the continuation of price control. [read more]
A Big Country – On the Hook (1976)
In the mid-1970s, when this program was made, the waterside workers were in well paid, full-time jobs. Few viewers would have known of their traumatic history and the growth of the union that protects the rights of workers on the ... [read more]
The Bones of Building (1956)
This is an instructional documentary made by the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit on safety in the construction industry. It dramatises the case of Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) to illustrate how dangerous accidents can occur on building sites if workers ... [read more]
Sky Trackers – Is There Life On Earth? (1994)
In this eighth episode of the series, Shane (Che Broadbent), a visiting student at the Wright Foundation, is doing a project on SETI using the radio telescope. Nikki (Petra Jared) is very interested in the ... [read more]
Sea Patrol – Cometh the Hour (2007)
Patrol ship HMAS Hammersley’s navy service is coming to an end: she is due to be decommissioned and her crew relocated. She heads out on her last voyage, in pursuit of villain Rick Gallagher (Martin Lunes) and a shipment ... [read more]
The New Gladesville Bridge (1967)
A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads (DMR) by Kingcroft Productions documenting the construction of the 1000 foot (305 metre) New Gladesville Bridge, a pre-stressed concrete bridge that connects Gladesville with Drummoyne ... [read more]
The Summer of 77 (2001)
The Summer of 77 utilises a combination of live action and animated effects. It begins in the present when 36-year-old Cathy (Mary-Ann Henshaw) reluctantly goes to a party following a failed relationship. There she meets a man (Nicholas Hope) whom ... [read more]
All the Rivers Run (1983)
This is a four-part mini-series filmed on 16mm, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Nancy Cato. In the dark pre-dawn a young Englishwoman, Philadelphia Gordon – ‘Delie’ (Sigrid Thornton) – is tossed onto Australian shores ... [read more]
This Day Tonight – The Last Program (1978)
This last TDT program captures a unique interview with the former Governor-General Sir John Kerr, appointed by Prime Minister EG Whitlam in 1972. Kerr had dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975 and had not spoken to ... [read more]
The Surfer (1986)
Vietnam veteran Sam Barlow (Gary Day) runs a surf hire shop on the beach at Surfers Paradise. When fellow veterans Jack (Gerard MacGuire) and Slaney (Stephen Leeder) are murdered, Sam’s investigations point to a conspiracy involving crooked cop Calhoun (Tony ... [read more]
Against the Grain: More Meat than Wheat (1980)
Urban terrorist Ray Unit (Michael Callaghan) plants a smoke bomb at the Martin Place cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day. Travelling in disguise, Ray visits his mother, Elsie (Joy Burns), and family in suburban Perth. He discusses the predatory nature ... [read more]
The Woman Suffers (1918)
The Woman Suffers is a complicated silent melodrama of revenge and sexual betrayal, only part of which survives. In the first two reels, which have been lost, a woman caught in an abusive marriage runs away with her infant son ... [read more]
The Cheaters (silent) (1929)
Bill Marsh (Arthur Greenaway) serves a 20-year prison sentence for embezzling from businessman John Travers (John Faulkner). On his release Marsh forms a criminal organisation whose members include his daughter Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’), and whose ... [read more]
Come In Spinner (1989)
This is the story of women in wartime – those left behind while the men are away fighting. It’s the story of three very different women who work in a beauty parlour attached to a luxury hotel, during the Second ... [read more]
The Colony (2005)
A six part 'living history’ series, in which four families and several single people – chosen to match the social fabric of the 1800s as convicts, political exiles, free settlers and Aborigines – all travel back in time to relive ... [read more]
City in the Sun (1946)
This documentary directed by Alasdair Loch, possibly used to promote Australia as a destination for migration, intends to reflect the ‘mood of metropolitan life’ by showing the bustle and vibrancy of the modern city of Sydney. [read more]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘A Little Sign of Love’ (c1969)
This 30-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. [read more]
Homicide – The Superintendent (1970)
A young girl, Alice (Jessica Ball), is heartbroken when homicide detectives take away ‘Jennifer’, her new favorite toy. Jennifer is a human skull with a bullet rattling around inside. Senior Detective Patterson (Norman Yemm) needs Alice to tell him where ... [read more]
