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- Three stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future.
- 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.
- 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.
- The joys of living in Australia at Christmas time.
- 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.
- 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.
- The story of John Grierson, the British documentary movement, and Canada's National Film Board.
- 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)
- This is a training film for new entrants to the Commonwealth Taxation Office of Australia.
- A record of the 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land in the Northern territory of Australia by anthropologist Charles Mountford.
- Documentary series on Papua New Guinea.
- A classroom film for children aged 6 to 8 years. A family enjoys their visit to the beach.
- George Reynolds, recently discharged from the army, tells his father of his plans to marry and relax. Reynolds Snr tells his son that if Australia is to avoid another postwar Depression, its citizens need to work hard towards a better future.
- A short documentary showing some of Tasmania's national parks.
- Instructional film on motorcycle safety.
- A classroom film about the importance of roads in Australia.
- 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.
- This film shows the city of Canberra, including its gardens, buildings, and recreational activities. Filmed in Kodachrome.
- This theatrically-released road safety PSA spoofs American crime dramas.
- Short documentary about a cattle station in Northern Territory.
- A theatrically-released short documentary about astronomy.
- A short showing people working at the the Commonwealth Centre in the Australian capital city of Canberra.
- Scenes of life in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. Includes scenes of housing, industries, and recreation.
- A documentary showing swimmers in training.
- A colourful light-hearted documentary showing Australia's national parks.
- Two children and their mother visit Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo.