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- Three stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future.
- 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)
- Bored during the summer holidays and escaping the heat, a group of kids discover a limestone cave with a huge underground lake. Meanwhile, a detective investigates a stolen car and some sinister kangaroo shooters.
- The film portraits Australian composer Richard Meale as he composes and conducts his sextet "Incredible Floridas". The work is an hommage to French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Weir's short documentary tells the story of both composer, work and poet.
- 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.
- In 1940 and 1942 well-known Australian anthropologist C P Mountford made scientific expeditions into central Australia for the University of Adelaide. He travelled in desert country to the west and southwest of Alice Springs and photographed material which, in 1946 he edited into two films, Walkabout and Tjurunga. Mountford's films are an irreplaceable ethnographic record of the life of the Pitjantjatjara people of this area, before extended contact with European culture. In Walkabout, he narrates his experiences on a journey through central Australia with a group of Pitjantjatjara people. Walkabout records food gathering and preparation, hunting, fire making and family life as well as scenes near and on the sacred rock formation, Uluru. In 1974, at the request of the local Aboriginal community, certain sequences showing ceremony were removed from the film, and the two films were combined into one. Mountford's original narration has been retained.
- A documentary about a day in the life of a Taxi driver.
- From the series of short documentaries "Adults Learning". This entry presents a group of people spending some time in the countryside of Australia dealing with agricultural matters and materials, learning about how to deal with the technology available to improve quality work on the field.
- A record of the 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land in the Northern territory of Australia by anthropologist Charles Mountford.
- The story of John Grierson, the British documentary movement, and Canada's National Film Board.
- 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.
- Instructional film on motorcycle safety.
- A look at Sydney Harbour.
- An Australian short film documentary about a national campaign against tuberculosis.
- Theatrically released public service announcement. A couple are enjoying drinks while listening to a jazz band. But tragedy strikes when they go for a drive.
- A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of Australia's federation on 1st January 1901.
- A short showing people working at the the Commonwealth Centre in the Australian capital city of Canberra.
- Two children and their mother visit Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo.
- This film shows the city of Canberra, including its gardens, buildings, and recreational activities. Filmed in Kodachrome.
- This account of the cattle industry in northern Australia includes such aspects as mustering, dipping and droving, together with some description of a typical outback station.