Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 125
- This is a condensed version of a series of films made in 1965 and 1967 of trips to the Western Desert region of Australia. The object of these trips was to film the daily life of the nomadic Aboriginal people living in the Gibson Desert of Central Australia. Although this land is one of the most arid regions of Australia, the people who lived there regarded it as rich in resources. The series was devised as an ethnographic record and was sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies for the then Commonwealth Film Unit. (From the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia)
- Where Dead Men Lie is a short drama based on a "script" written by Henry Lawson in 1896 in the earliest days of moving pictures. Anticipating the development of dramatic cinema, Lawson wrote his story, The Australian Cinematograph, with clear directions for the camera.
- One of Australia's most famous photographers and explorers, Frank Hurley, presents this absorbing film on the history of Australia's first expeditions to the Antarctic continent between 1911 and 1954. In the summer of 1911, a group of pioneers set off from Hobart on the tall ship Aurora to an unknown land. Their send-off was captured by Hurley in remarkable, archival footage. Buffeted by blizzards, and with the ever-present threat of crevasses, they made Cape Dennison in Commonwealth Bay their base for one year. Hurley describes his subsequent expeditions to the region with Shackleton, Wilkins and Campbell. Campbell's expedition in 1947 saw the establishment of scientific stations at Heard and Macquarie Islands. In 1954, Hurley joined the expedition led by Phillip Law on the Danish ice-breaker, the Kista Dan. Hurley's original footage shows the ship edging its way across the pack ice to the safety of the harbour where the first permanent Australian post in the Antarctic, Mawson Station was established. A rare film which reveals the true hardship and courage of these early pioneers.
- A look into beekeeping.
- A film created to encourage British people to move to Australia. Includes scenes of recreation, industry, housing, etc.
- A documentary about the Northern Territory, which looks at the way of life of the people there and shows some of its tourist attractions.
- A look at Sydney Harbour.
- An Australian short film documentary about a national campaign against tuberculosis.
- A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of Australia's federation on 1st January 1901.
- Australian short film of the Northern Territory Eisteddfodd held between July 4-13, 1964.
- Documentary film of the voyage of the "Kista Dan", a ship of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, to Antarctica during 1954 and 1955, for the relief of personnel at the Mawson Base.
- An Australian short film documentary of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
- Classroom film, depicting a young boy and his mother taking a train ride.