Titles tagged with ‘technology’

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Australia Post – Changing Times (1975)

This is an Australia Post black-and-white television advertisement informing the public of the impending changes to the then Postmaster-General’s Department.

Australia Post – Onward Speed (1970)

Produced by The Film House for the Australian Post Office, this is an amusing instructional film on maximising the effectiveness of business mail procedures.

Australia Post – Post Office Film (1942)

This is an unedited mute, black-and-white film record of the dismantling of the Sydney General Post Office (GPO) clock tower, as well as street scenes near and around ...

Australia Post – Post Office Speeds the Mail (1970)

This is a short program produced by Bennett Honda for the Australian Post Office to introduce and promote the new use of motorcycles by postal delivery officers.

Australia Post – Recruitment (1989)

This is a collection of short videos produced by Australia Post, each entitled ‘Australia Post Career Employment’. The collection profiles eight different career opportunities for individuals considering working ...

Australia Post – Security (1989)

This program, produced for in-house training use, outlines the operations of Australia Post’s Security and Investigation Service and alerts personnel to the range of potential mail crime.

Australia Post – Standard Letters (1974)

This is an Australia Post television advertisement informing the public of the new system of paying postage on domestic mail items, according to their standard or non-standard size.

Australia Post – This is the Mail (1966)

This is a black-and-white film, showcasing what was then the newly opened Redfern Mail Exchange. It looks at Redfern’s centralised system of mail collection and distribution. While detailing ...

Australia’s Land of Tomorrow (1962)

Australian Inland Mission (AIM) superintendent Reverend Fred McKay conducts his patrol through the north of Australia. Along the way he witnesses a prospering region where industry and agriculture ...

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Breathing Under Water (1991)

A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mother of a young child, keeps a map ‘dredged from her dreams’ in a copy of Dante’s Inferno. Prompted by ...

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Four Corners – Car Wars (2006)

Australia has one of the highest rates of car theft in the western world, so investigative reporter Chris Masters, explores how this has happened by talking to all ...

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Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today (2004)

An observational-style documentary about the making of a number seven boomerang by four senior traditional men from Central Australia. Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today is part of the ...

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Landline - Ethanol Special 2006 (2006)

Landline has put together a special bulletin about ethanol which presents both a history and a current snapshot of Australia’s position in relation to its use here. The ...

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The New Car (1953)

In the early 1900s, a well-to-do family eagerly await the delivery of their new Renault. When it arrives at their property, they pack a picnic lunch and go ...

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Satellite Dreaming (1991)

A documentary about the history of Indigenous media, including television production, in Australia, and the start of Indigenous media in the centre of Australia.

Super Flu: Race Against a Killer (2005)

The film reports on H5N1, the avian flu virus. It follows the scientific world’s attempt to defuse the flu and reports on the world’s preparedness for an airborne ...

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