Titles tagged with ‘cultures’
21 titles - sorted by title / by year
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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. Dissent ...
Australia’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Sydney (1938)
This home movie captures the parade on 26 January 1938 celebrating the 150th anniversary of Captain Arthur Phillip’s arrival on Australian shores. Parading down a city street are ...
Balinese Holiday (c1933)
This home movie footage was filmed in the early 1930s by Harold Beckwith on his travels throughout Europe and the islands of Bali and Java in the then ...
Beneath Clouds (2002)
A visually poetic feature film about two youths who in trying to find themselves, momentarily find each other on the road to Sydney.
Beyond Sorry (2003)
When she was eight years old, Zita Wallace was removed from her families by the authorities. This is a documentary about the Stolen Generations, and the journey of ...
Black Talk (2002)
A short drama about two cousins Tim (Russell Page) and Scott (Laurence Clifford) who are temporarily reunited when city-based Tim returns to visit his family.
China, the Long March (1986)
China, the Long March follows stills photographer Leo Meier as he travels the route of the Long March for seven weeks to photograph the people and places of ...
Cradle of Creation (1940)
A compendium of the Middle East filmed by Frank Hurley during his years working as an official war photographer in the Second World War. It covers Iran, Iraq, ...
Crocodile Dundee (1985)
A glamorous American reporter, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), goes to the Northern Territory to interview a man who survived a crocodile attack. Michael J ‘Crocodile’ Dundee (Paul Hogan) ...
The Dance of the Eyes (c1940)
The Dance of the Eyes is one of a series of travelogues made for screening in the first half of a cinema program in the 1940s and 50s. ...
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 6 (2004)
From the adventure of bush tucker in Kakadu to a huge Greek family feast at Easter, then Italian pastries followed by the seductively creamy custard apple and how ...
The Ice Capped Jungle (1993)
The documentary covers a hiking trip to the mountains in a remote area of Irian Jaya. The party consists of an expedition leader, a mountain climber, a biologist, ...
My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978)
A documentary about Indigenous woman Essie Coffey (1940–1998) and her life in the township of Brewarrina, or Dodge City, as it is also known.
Raccolta D’Inverno, Winter’s Harvest (1979)
The documentary records the traditional Italian community event of slaughtering a pig, butchering it for the meat, making sausages and having a feast with dancing enjoyed by the ...
Snowy Hydro – Operation Adaminaby (1958)
Produced in 1958 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film tells the story of moving the old town of ...
Snowy Hydro – Sound and Safe (1963)
Produced in 1963 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film lays out safety procedures for hard rock tunnelling.
Snowy Hydro – The Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
Completed somewhere around 1952, the film celebrates the achievements of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, now three years into its endeavour.
Temple on the Hill (1997)
The film looks at a number of people from an Indian community in Northern New South Wales who have chosen to marry outside their own ethnic community, and ...
Two Men of Fiji (1959)
This documentary, made by the Shell Film Unit, follows the story of two young Fijian men who leave their native village on one of the Lau group of ...
Yanks Down Under (1983)
This documentary, made in 1983, profiles some Americans who have made Australia their home, and become successful in the entertainment business. It features people like Don Lane, Marcia ...
Yellow Fella (2005)
A documentary narrated by Tommy E Lewis, intercut with historical footage, tells of the journey of Tommy E Lewis to find the grave of his white father.
