Australian National Film Board Movies

There was dancing in the street and tea on the river front when the Jacaranda Festival sprung to life in the last week of October in 1949. The...

This year the Musica Viva Festival will feature content from the NFSA's Film Australia Collection to be screened in the Bang & Olufsen Salon...

A documentary about the city of Broken Hill in New South Wales.

Made by the National Film Board 1949. Directed by Bern Gandy. The expanding activities of the Post Office to cater for communications in an ever...

A road safety lesson using puppets and animation kindergarten age children.

Canberra, the National Capital of Australia, is a city which has been planned; a place where modern living is enriched by a lovely setting. But the...

In Australia, children live in the Outback, too far from others to travel to any school. The Australian government has a school with no student only...

Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight...

In the estuaries and lagoons of the Northern Territory, freshwater and saltwater crocodile are hunted for their hides by both Indigenous and...

Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Catherine Duncan. Christmas in Australia is a mid summer festival, with temperatures rising high. ...

As a contribution to the cause of road safety Sir Donald Bradman world famous cricketer, played the lead in this film for children. The theme is...

Made by the Department of Immigration to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the New South Wales...

Made by the Department of Immigration to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the South Australian...

Original archival synopsis: The Japanese bombed Darwin many times during World War II because it was strategically important target number one in...

This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Library with its varied...

A documentary about mining.

In Australia with its rapid development there is a need for insistence upon town planning. This film illustrates what has already taken place in our...

Set to a poetic musical dialogue, this film shows the beauty of Melbourne and gardens as the bride, groom etc gather for a wedding at St John's...

Documentary short about job opportunities for British ex-servicemen in post-war Australia.

Life in Australia: Hobart shows scenes illustrating daily life, industry, recreation and the tourist features of Hobart, Tasmania.