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1) Babe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lovable talking piglet makes friends with all the animals in the barnyard, proving to everyone on the farm that different types can get along.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 101 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color.
Language
English
Description
"A ghastly, vulgar film" - George Hannan, Liberal Senator for Victoria 1970-74. Reviled by the critics! Adored by fair-dinkum Aussies!In this fan-bloody-tastic classic, Australia's favourite wild colonial boy, Barry McKenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his Aunt Edna Everage to take a Captain Cook and further his cultural and intellectual education. Faster than a rat up a drainpipe, Bazza heads for Earls Court to catch up with a...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
2 online resources (2 video files, 162 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color.
Language
English
Description
Two of the most contraversial Australian horror films of the 70s, one banned for "indecency and obscenity", the other packed with sadistic violence and bare flesh.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Steve's birthday, and things can't seem to get better. After receiving a much awaited promotion, Steve returns home expecting to find his wife Alexandra and his two children waiting to surprise him. Instead, he discovers an abandoned house and a mysterious video tape that he is forced to watch.
5) Australiens
Publisher
Acort International
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
At the age of 10, Australian-born Andi Gibson had what she describes as a close encounter with a flying saucer. 17 years later, an airborne extra-terrestrial armada launches a nation-wide assault on Andi’s home country. Bloody hell, this is gonna be a long night.
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1954.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When Ted King, captain of a pearling lugger discovers a body floating in the Torres Strait, he becomes unwittingly embroiled in a people smuggling plot. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery he is joined by his first mate, Jack Janiero and the recently arrived owner of the pearling company, city playboy Peter Merriman. Merriman has to prove himself worthy, not only to the crew but also to win the affections of Ted’s daughter, Rusty.. Produced...
Publisher
f-reel pty ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Four different women are coaxed, tricked, or forced into revealing each of their well-hidden secrets. Through a veil of lies, the women flirt with the truth as they experience betrayal, ambition, loneliness, pain, and anger. But the lies they tell themselves might be the ones that hurt the most.. Winner of Best Feature Film at 2009 ReelHeART Film Festival and at the 2009 SkyFest Film & Script Festival. " … beneath its deceptively simple surface...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1972.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Young fisherman Marco Polo Junior discovers that he is the seventh son of the seventh son of the ancient explorer Marco Polo. His grandfather gives him half a gold medallion that was presented to his ancestor by the great Kubla Khan, with the other half held by the heir to the Kingdom of Xanadu. Evil Emperor, The Red Dragon controls the kingdom. He has imprisoned the rightful heir Princess Shining Moon and now seeks to destroy young Marco.. The voice...
9) Diggers
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1931.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Attending a reunion, two Australian ex-servicemen reminisce about their exploits in France during WW1. These include lying in a field hospital where they feigned deafness to extend their recuperation, stealing jars of rum from the Quartermaster and inventing an elaborate ruse to hide them and finally, the night before returning to the front relaxing in a French cafe where romance blossoms between the soldier and waitress as told through the song Mademoiselle...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An early Australian silent film depicting historical events on the Young district goldfields, then known as Lambing Flat. During the gold rush of 1861, tensions between Australian miners and immigrant Chinese led to rioting, with Chinese miners attacked and driven from the diggings. The film portrays these events as being the genesis – or birth – of the White Australia policy, a significant political issue of the day.. The film is a narrative...
11) Bluey
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (14 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This short drama by Darlene Johnson (director of The Redfern Story, Crocodile Dreaming, Gulpilil: One Red Blood and Stolen Generations) is a moving and powerful portrait of a young woman trapped in a cycle of violence, hopelessness and despair. She meets a mystery mentor who could change everything..."A searing portrait of one young woman’s attempt to reconcile past and present as we walk the tightrope of her self-destructive emotions."- Phillip...
12) Ellipsis
Publisher
LevelK ApS
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental, chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that sees the two strangers embark on a night of adventure and connection that challenges their separate lives.. "A high-spirited and humane dramedy with a sparkling joie de vivre and an infectious passion for people and their idiosyncrasies." - Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The story of a country girl, Dell Ferris (Doris Ashwin), drawn to the bright lights of the big city where her inheritance is soon frittered away through high society revelling.. A wiser Dell returns to Moonbi Station where she is beset by the cattle rustler Jack Bronson (ArthurTauchert). She finally finds peace and happiness with the faithful head stockman, Tom Resoult (Marsden Hassall).
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1951.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (67 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Shot almost entirely in ‘Kelly Country’, near the country town of Benalla, The Glenrowan Affair takes us back to the era of Victoria’s most notorious bushranger, showcasing thrilling action sequences and horsemanship as time and again the Kelly Gang outwit the law. The film begins with old timer, Dinny (some say he knows too much for an outsider) telling the story of the Kelly Gang to a visiting sketch artist.. His tale unfolds as Ned Kelly...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1977.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Australia in the 18th century, a harsh and unforgiving land - a burgeoning British colony where convicts are sent to make amends and begin a new life. Elizabeth Harrington (Jeune Pritchard), engaged to Captain McEwan (Martin Phelan) is a respected woman of action and influence, who sets out to help female convicts rise above their abject conditions. But when she liberates a group of convicts and decides to accompany them into the wilderness, nothing...
16) The Orchestra
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Imagine a world where a band of tiny musicians follow you and play a soundtrack for your life – communicating your emotions, fears and hopes. In this world lives elderly Vernon; a lonely man whose crippling shyness causes his orchestral musicians to perform terribly out of tune.. When Vernon and his little band fall for their new next door neighbour and her classical ensemble, they find themselves presented with perhaps their last chance at happiness...
17) Galore
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
It's a sweltering summer before the final year of school and Billie and Laura are friends who share every secret, except for Billie's biggest secret -- she's crazy in love with Laura's boyfriend, Danny. When Billie's mum, a social worker, takes in Isaac, a troubled teenager looking to get his life straight, the delicate balance of the three friends' lives is disrupted. As bushfires threaten the edge of their suburbs and they immerse themselves in...
18) Smithy
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1946.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Affectionately known as “Smithy”, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith astonished the world in 1928 with his pioneering Trans Pacific flight from America to Australia. He went on to establish Australian National Airways and set many air distance and endurance records. Director Ken G. Hall’s last feature film is a gripping and inspiring tribute to a national hero and his fellow pioneers. Contributing to the stunning aerial shots, Smithy’s famous plane,...
19) Uncivilised
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Master filmmaker Charles Chauvel delivers an exciting tale of high peril, inland exploration and forbidden romance in UNCIVILISED. Filmed on location in 1937, it tells the story of high society author Beatrice Lynn. Unfulfilled and looking for inspiration, she heads into the wilds of northern Australia in search of an indigenous tribe ruled by a non-indigenous man named Mara.. Embarking on a tumultuous journey, battling the heat and extremes of the...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
1918.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
“Woman like she refuses to divulge the name of him who wronged her.”. This 1918 Australian feature is one of the most significant surviving treasures of a silent film heritage which is now largely extinct. Comprising three interconnecting storylines, it finally resolves into a dramatic saga of love, honour, betrayal, seduction and revenge.. The story takes the concept of primitive justice – an eye for an eye – and extends it to ‘a sister...
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