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Australia Post – Intelpost (1987)
This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting Intelpost. [read more]
Port Botany: A Planning Dilemma (1979)
A documentary that examines the environmental and community impacts of the Botany Bay port development and the conflicts between the different parties involved. [read more]
Those Who Love (1926)
Sir James Manton (Robert Purdie), a wealthy society figure, bribes Bébé Dorée (Sylvia Newland), a female dancer, to vanish from the life of his son Barry (William Carter). Abandoning his parents and their money, Barry becomes a wharf labourer and ... [read more]
Bonjour Balwyn (1971)
Kevin Agar (John Duigan) has left a job in insurance to start his own magazine, called Bolo. His middle class parents don’t understand it, and very few people buy it. As his debts mount, Kevin loses his girlfriend, his friends ... [read more]
Winging It (1998)
A young man (voiced by David Brown) leaves his home and family for a far-off land, where a dangerous encounter inspires him to recall his father’s (voiced by Max Bannah) and grandfather’s advice on marksmanship. [read more]
Alyawarre Country (2001)
A documentary about how, in January 1889, cattle arrived in the Frew River area, and changed the lives of the local Indigenous peoples forever. [read more]
Terrain in South East Asia (1964)
This is an army training film containing a detailed study of the terrain of Thailand and Malaysia (then called Malaya). [read more]
Advertising Missionaries (1996)
Wokabout Marketing is a troupe of performers who visit remote villages in Papua New Guinea and perform vignettes to promote the sale of Western products like soft drink and washing powder. Multinational companies have been paying for the actors for ... [read more]
Final Insult (1997)
The documentary examines multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Sufferers are interviewed about their symptoms and medical practitioners offer solutions. The film asks, what do you do when you are allergic to the 20th century? [read more]
Al Daff (1975)
Filmed in 1975, Al Daff talks about his career and offers advice for Australian filmmakers. Al Daff was born in Melbourne before the First World War. He started in the despatch department of a film distribution company in Melbourne and ... [read more]
Eternity (1994)
Recreating Sydney in the 1930s, the documentary is the story of Sydneysider, Arthur Stace. Arthur had a hard life that deteriorated into alcoholism and despair. In 1930 he heard the call of God at the Baptist Ministry. Although illiterate, he ... [read more]
National Treasures – First Surfboard (2004)
Warren Brown gets the lowdown from former world champion surfer Midget Farrelly on the first surfboard in Australia. [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]
John Safran’s Music Jamboree – Episode 2 (2002)
John Safran’s Music Jamboree is a ten-part comedy-documentary series about music and pop culture. In episode 2, John Safran stages a Footloose-inspired dance protest at his former high school and helps nine young men gain entry into an exclusive Melbourne ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – 10,000 Miles around Australia (c1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1926 shows the arrival of Mr and Mrs F Dean in Melbourne after their trip around Australia by touring car. The trip was sponsored by the Shell company who supplied their petrol. Buffalo horns ... [read more]
Daddy Cool (1973)
Daddy Cool, a successful Australian rock band of the 1970s, perform their music including the famous Eagle Rock. Interviews with band members are interspersed with the songs. [read more]
Has Beans (1998)
While snoozing peacefully, a plump little kidney bean is accosted by two malicious lima beans. Kicking the little bean as if it were a ball, the lima beans amuse themselves with the kidney bean’s pain. The maligned bean complains to ... [read more]
(I’m) Stranded (1976)
Loud, raw and catchy with trademark deadpan vocals, '(I’m) Stranded’ has remained popular, both in Australia and internationally. The song gave a first taste of the emerging punk movement and proved to be hugely influential for many of the punk ... [read more]
Newtown Railway Station (1899)
This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a static view of commuters meeting an incoming train at a railway station in Sydney’s inner west. The clip cuts to the view from the back of the train after it has passed ... [read more]
General Motors Holden – Buy with Confidence (1968)
This black-and-white television advertisement for General Motors Holden features a family looking to buy a used car from their Holden dealer. [read more]
