FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

SEARCH
LICENSING
ABOUT
CONTACT
MY ACCOUNT

Footage and Stills Search

Advanced Footage Search
Advanced Stills Search
General Search
View My Enquiry
      

Title Details

Add Title to Enquiry

Arising from the Ashes (1949-1970)

The post-war film world was dominated by Hollywood, but local heroes managed to achieve huge successes with local stories including Jedda and King of the Coral Sea.
Series : Celluloid Heroes, The | Episode : 3 | Year : 1995 | Total Duration : 55 Minutes | Producer : Anthony Buckley
Director : Donald Crombie |
Opening montage featuring archival B&W Aboriginal footage, early Australian films, stills of the Post Master General with a super of his speech, and an excerpt of an interview with director Tim Burstall.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135226 | 1 min 42 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W CU Prime Minister Robert Menzies speaking to camera and pans of 1949 Parliament members posed and CUs of various members. CU writer Alan Ashbolt speaking about the change in Australian life under Menzies.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135229 | 35 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Film World / NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of suburban domestic life in Australia from ÒThe Way We LiveÓ showing men delivering papers from jeep, woman emerging from house with tea on tray to join husband on verandah, men washing car in driveway and neighbours waving to each other across fence.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135231 | 20 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CUs producer Gil Brealey and writer Alan Ashbolt both talking about repressed 1950s Australian society. Archival colour footage of large removalist van delivering furniture to suburban house. VS suburban outdoor activities including people walking along footpaths, man trimming hedge and woman at clothesline. GS earthmoving in suburban park and GS builders and tilers. CU playwright David Williamson talking about careers in the arts in the 1950s.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135232 | 55 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
1950s colour archival footage of dancing with CU to feet dancing on black & white lino tiles. CU Gil Brealey speaking about lack of exposure to culture outside Australia. B&W footage of Prime Minister Menzies giving speech at the opening of Guthega Dam, 1955. VS of Snowy Mountains Scheme at work.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135233 | 43 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage of scuffle during rally in the Domain with biased anti-Communist commentary. CU writer Alan Ashbolt talking about poor standing of arts professionals in the 1950s. VS 1950s colour footage of Melbourne streets, parks, traffic, pedestrians and tram. CU producer Gil Brealey to camera.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135243 | 1 min 7 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from 1949 B&W production ÒBitter SpringsÓ depicting white settlers fighting with Aboriginal tribe. VS Michael Pate and Chips Rafferty. Photographs of Chips Rafferty, Lee Robinson & George Heath superimposed over footage. Voice over and CU colour interview with Lee Robinson describing unsuccessful meeting with then-Treasurer Arthur Fadden attempting to get support for the film industry. Zoom to still of Fadden.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135244 | 1 min 31 secs | 1940s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from 1949 B&W production ÒThe Phantom StockmanÓ featuring Chips Rafferty, Jeanette Elphick, Albert Namatjira and others. Interview with the film's assistant director, Director Joe Scully intercut with several shots from the film. CU producer Gil Brealey speaking to camera.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135245 | 2 mins 12 secs | 1940s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from B&W film ÒCaptain ThunderboltÓ made by director Cecil Holmes. CU interview with Eddie Allison talking about importance of the visuals. Producer Gil Brealey talking about the problems of making films in the 1950s.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135246 | 2 mins 2 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage of actress Ilma Aidee (from ÒThe King of the Coral SeaÓ?)with current day interview with her speaking about not being acknowledged as an actress. B&W sailing footage from ÒThe King of the Coral SeaÓ by Lee Robinson and Chips Rafferty set around Thursday Island. CU interview with actor Bud Tingwell. Tingwell relating background to some of the scenes with accompanying visuals.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135247 | 2 mins 13 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from 1956 film ÒWalk Into ParadiseÓ with Chips Rafferty shot in New Guinea. CU interview with Lee Robinson and interview with screenwriter Moya Wood. Discussion on differences that co-production with French producer Discifilm made.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135248 | 1 min 38 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage from 1955 film ÒJeddaÓ by Charles Chauvel. Photo of Charles Chauvel superimposed on screen.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135249 | 1 min | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from 1955 film ÒThree in OneÓ by Cecil Holmes. Photo of Cecil Holmes. CU interview with Jock Levy then with producer Richard Mason talking about Holmes's employment problems stemming from his membership with the Communist Party. CU interview with Eddie Allison talking about Holmes' attitude to life. Zoom in on photograph of Holmes.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135250 | 3 mins 59 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage from 1950 film ÒKangarooÓ directed by Lewis Milestone who imported an international cast as well as Chaps Rafferty, Bud Tingwell and others. CU interview with actor Bud Tingwell. CU interview with producer Richard Mason about meeting with distributor Sir Norman Ridge. CU photograph of Ridge. CU interviews with Lee Robinson and critic John Flaus. Dissolve to still of Sir Norman Ridge with PM Menzies.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135251 | 3 mins 59 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage from film ÒDust in the SunÓ featuring British actress Jill Adams. B&W footage of television tower, workers and VS television studios. CU colour interview with Lee Robinson about the detrimental effect the introduction of television had on the film industry.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135252 | 1 min 7 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU of television screen with Ò1956 Sep. 16Ó as the first broadcast image and B&W footage of the first host, Bruce Gyngell. B&W WS family with young baby in front of television in loungeroom and CU pan across ABC Weekly radio & television program. CU interview with Gil Brealey and montage of colourful program covers depicting American shows.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135253 | 50 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of radio actors onstage with shots of accompanying technicians. Archival colour shots of Her Majesty's Theatre, CU poster for ÒMy Fair LadyÓ featuring imported actors, WS of Tivoli Theatre and CU Tivoli neon sign with tilt down to street level. VS signs outside theatre.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135255 | 38 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU interview with screenwriter Moya Wood speaking about vacuous nature of plays in the 1950s. VS colour archival footage of play in rehearsal. B&W newsreel footage of exterior of Sydney's Elizabethan Theatre and VS of the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in progress, then of the cast taking final bow. Interview with writer Alan Ashbolt talking about the importance of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135256 | 1 min 27 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage of rehearsal at Brisbane Repertory Theatre and shots of the theatre exterior. B&W archival footage of ÒPension for VeteransÓ shot by Sydney waterfront workers who were also members of the New Theatre. CU interviews with two of the trailer filmers, Norma Disher and Jock Levy. B&W archival footage of unionist audiences watching the film in Leichhardt Stadium.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135257 | 1 min 13 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of ÒThe Hungry MileÓ shot by the Waterside Workers Film Unit. Voice-over and interview with Jock Levy about the rarity of workers making films for workers. MS archival footage of cameraman Keith Gow on location.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135288 | 55 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of ÒDesert PeopleÓ of Aboriginal man digging in bandicoot hole. Colour footage of Film Australia's ÒFrom the Tropics to the SnowÓ with a still of Stanley Hawes superimposed on screen. CU interview with Producer Joan Long talking about Stanley Hawes and his role in the Commonwealth Film Unit as well as the views on women in the industry.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135290 | 58 secs | 1940s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage from ÒMike and StefaniÓ with refugees boarding trains. Opening titles for colour film ÒStirring the PoolÓ directed by Peter Weir. Present day interview with Weir. B&W footage of archival advertisement for Kriesler Triple Throat.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135291 | 40 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Short shots from various documentaries and advertisements in the 1950s including B&W footage from ÒBack of BeyondÓ documentary, colour footage from Persil advertisement and Cinesound Review kookaburra newsreel logo. B&W footage from ÒOn the BeachÓ, one of the few Australian features made at the time.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135293 | 27 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
VS of imported movie stars including Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Anthony Perkins in various films. B&W CU director Michael Powell shouting ÒCut!Ó. Archival colour footage from ÒAge of ConsentÓ. CU interview with Jock Levy about the lack of involvement and credit given to the Australian film industry for the foreign films shot in Australia.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135294 | 1 min 19 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU interview with screenwriter Moya Wood talking about ÒThe SundownersÓ and the lure of ÒAustralianÓ stories. Colour footage from ÒThe SundownersÓ with Australian and foreign actors and Australian scenes. Colour footage from ÒRobbery Under ArmsÓ.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135326 | 1 min 36 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Examples of English and American domination of Australian cinema. Colour footage from ÒSmileyÓ, 1956 featuring Australian actor John McCallum. B&W footage from ÒThe ShiraleeÓ, 1957. CU interview with writer/director Bob Ellis. CU interview with producer Gil Brealey.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135329 | 1 min 54 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage of 1960s dance and band. CUs winklepickers, dancers, girl dancing in bare feet. Archival B&W fashion parade, VS Beatlemania, WS Sydney Opera House under construction POV western Circular Quay and CUs workers on scaffolding over Opera House. Colour high angle pan across Melbourne city and high angle WS traffic and train on northern approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135331 | 54 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Montage sequence of promotional literature for Sydney Film Festivals and CU interview with writer/director Bob Ellis about the film possibilities presented by the festivals. CU interview with Director Nigel Buesst talking about the Melbourne University artistic scene. B&W footage from ÒThe Pudding ThievesÓ.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135332 | 1 min 35 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU interview with director Albie Thoms talking about seeing a Bruce Beresford film at a film festival. CU to Beresford's listing in programme. Footage from Thoms' first film ÒIt Droppeth as the Gentle RainÓ which had been banned. Footage from Thom's 1967 experimental film ÒBlutoÓ made with Ubu Films
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135334 | 1 min 22 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of television commercials for Palmolive soap, vegemite and salvital at a time when Australian made commercials were beginning to be made after much lobbying. CU interview with Lee Robinson.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135335 | 1 min 29 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Colour footage of 1960 Anzac Day parade with still of Liberal Senator George Hannon superimposed on screen. Montage of magazine covers showing American stars. Archival colour footage of Anzac Day wreath laying. Discussion on the Vincent Report. Scrolling of section from the Vincent Report over B&W archival Australian film footage including Ò40,000 HorsemenÓ, ÒMr Chedworth Steps OutÓ, ÒBroken MelodyÓ, ÒSmithyÓ, ÒDad Rudd MPÓ and ÒPhantom StockmanÓ.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135336 | 1 min 20 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Footage from Australian films with local commentary regarding the Vincent Report superimposed over them. Films include ÓKing of the Coral SeaÓ and ÒJeddaÓ and ÒCaptain ThunderboltÓ. CU interview with Director Ken Hannam about media assault on local drama.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135337 | 1 min 6 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage on old television screen of ÒHomicideÓ by Crawford Productions. CU interview with producer Gil Brealey about the breakthrough for local productions. Colour footage from ÒThey're a Weird MobÓ. CU interview with Lee Robinson. B&W archival footage of State Theatre exterior lit up at night with billboards for ÒThey're a Weird MobÓ.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135338 | 2 mins 7 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
CU colour footage on old television screen of ÒSkippyÓ followed by B&W footage from ÒThe Mavis Bramston ShowÓ then from ÒNumber 96Ó. CU interview with screenwriter Moya Wood.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135339 | 56 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of Vietnam protest march in Sydney with VS of crowds in streets around Town Hall. CU interview with writer Alan Ashbolt about the growing questioning of American values. B&W archival footage over packed crowds of Vietnam protestors.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135340 | 1 min 11 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W footage from 1968 film Ò2000 WeeksÓ. Behind the scenes footage with CU to Director Tim Burstall. CU interview with critic Phillip Adams about audience reaction. Montage of superimposed theatre names. B&W footage from Tony Buckley's B&W film ÒForgotten CinemaÓ.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135341 | 1 min 5 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
B&W archival footage of new Prime Minister John Gray Gorton being interviewed. CU interview with Dr H.C. (Nugget) Coombs about Gorton's sympathetic view of the Australian film industry. B&W footage of Gorton arriving at Parliament House. Interview with Barry Jones. Colour footage of Gorton in Parliament. CUs interviews with Phillip Adams and Gil Brealey.
Add Footage to Enquiry
Access No. 135342 | 4 mins 24 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Film World/ NFSA | Colour |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia