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- An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten security. The biggest danger of a new heist lies from within the company's own ranks.
- In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away (1975), this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement. Exteriors filmed in Andamooka, South Australia.
- Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele', this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.
- Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
- A maniac is stalking and killing female students at a university.
- Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filming of the opening boat chase for The World Is Not Enough (1999).
- A woman doctor Dr. Kate Munro migrates to Gannet Island off South Australia in 1927. Conflict between traditional religious values and modern scientific medicine ensues as she forms a relationship with two men who are brothers, one a grazer and one a priest. This television mini-series is in the tradition of _"Thorn Birds, The" (1983) (mini)_ and was filmed on Kangaroo Island where December Boys (2007) was shot.
- Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash from Australian airlines company Qantas. This begins the start of a major international manhunt to catch a thief who is now living the high life from the spoils of his heist.
- The story of the unlikely friendship between two teenage boys from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Sparrow is a working-class street kid and Sebastien a middle-class boy of privilege. One day, they meet at a video-game arcade. Together, they become friends and embark on a journey of self-discovery to locate Sparrow's long-lost mother, an immigrant Vietnamese woman.
- Filmed on South Australia's glorious River Murray, this television mini-series is set during the 1920s and tells of the story of a runaway who escapes to the river to work on a paddle-boat steamer and his friendship with an old salt captain played by Bill Kerr. Based on an original novel by Max Fatchen.
- Promotional documentary television special celebrating the 25th Anniversary of James Bond and release of the then new James Bond film 'The Living Daylights' (1987).
- A young couple is captured by terrorists in the Simpson Desert.
- Australian sport documentary about the first ever winning of the America's Cup by a non-US country. Shows the background story of the preparation, design, construction, testing, and trials of Australia's winning yacht, the Australia II. Documents the preliminary races, elimination of British yacht Victory '83 and the final main race itself where Australia is victorious over the Americans on 26 September 1983.
- First in a Seven Up! (1964) like series examining the lives of three teenage girls in South Australia during the 1970s. A sort of 14Up Australia, the series has spawned three more installments and looks at issues such as boys and sex, abortion, marriage, pregnancy, career paths, and education.
- 90 minute documentary about Hollywood during the war years of World War II and the part they played in assisting the war effort and the kinds of movies and war movies that were made during that era. Features a large number of classic clips from old 1940s movies, newsreel footage, shorts and cartoons, in both colour and black-and-white.
- A documentary featuring archival footage of aviation starring Australian aviator Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and adapted from his book of the same name. The film examines the history of aviation from 1894 to 1934 and features "Smithy's" flights aboard his little Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane known as the 'Southern Cross'.
- Agatha Christie style whodunnit based on the novel by 'Jennifer Rowe'. This two part television mini-series was made by the South Australian Film Corporation and lensed in the luscious Adelaide Hills district. Mystery is set around during a fruitpicking harvest when a murder occurs during a family reunion one weekend.
- Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
- Documentary about a team of nine men and one woman who journey on an expedition to Antarctica to visit the decaying scientific hut of early 20th Century explorer Sir Douglas Mawson which was in desperate need of conservation and protection from the harsh ice environment elements which were threatening to destroy it.
- Promotional documentary television special celebrating the release of the then new James Bond film Moonraker (1979) (1979) and outside broadcast live cross to the 26 June 1979 Royal Premiere of the film.
- Australian feature length documentary about a poverty stricken family living in a squatter's dwelling in Manila, Phillipines. Doc is set during a three month period and tells the story of two parents with two little children who must sell cigarettes to survive. Ethnographic and anthropological film shows the crises the impoverished family must face and is the winner of a number of awards.
- A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare promotional films.
- Australian independent political documentary about the US installations in Australia at Pine Gap near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Covers the the Loans Affair and the sacking of the Whitlam Labor Government in 1975, the Christopher Boyce spy trial, the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in foreign territories and its former agent Victor Marchetti as well as government secrecy, security, intelligence, foreign affairs and policy.
- One hour documentary charts the journey of the late cerebral palsy movie star Heather Rose's departure from Adelaide, South Australia to the Cannes International Film Festival during May 1998 when the film Dance Me to My Song (1998) was selected to screen there in the Official Competition.
- Religion takes control of the town when the rocks arrive from heaven.
- Thirteen year old boy Sammy and his dad Oscar go on a road trip but the father and son team come across many obstacles and are hunted by the law in this delightful ten episode television series by South Australian children's films auteur Mario Andreacchio.
- Short documentary feature examining the 1982 Adelaide Festival of Arts in Adelaide, South Australia. Performances that are featured include original archival footage of the State Theatre Company of South Australia performing Patrick White's "Signal Driver"; the Sydney Theatre Company' s production of David Hare's "A Map of the World"; Playbox Production's performance of Sam Shepard's "Buried Child"; Pina Bausch's Kontakthof Wuppertaler Tanztaler; Graeme Koehne's "Sinfonietta" by the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra; and a live performance by cabaret act Circus Oz.
- Promotional documentary predominantly filmed outside Buckingham Palace and Green Park in London for the parachute sequence of the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002).
- Documentary short about the promotion of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Portugal. Program is made up of original television footage of the movie's cast and crew meeting the press at the Palácio Hotel in Estoril, Portugal as well as rehearsing the Wedding scene for the movie.
- Memorial documentary tribute to actor Desmond Llewelyn who appeared in seventeen Eon Productions James Bond movies.
- Short feature docudrama about New Zealand born author and political activist Jean (aka Jane) Devanny (1894 - 1962). This biographical doc utilizes enactments and archival footage to illustrate the life of an important woman who was also a short story writer, communist and political writer.
- A docu-drama about one able-bodied and four disabled people vacationing on a houseboat in South Australia. Examines attitudes, psychology, public opinion, problems and issues relating to being handicapped with a physical disability. Made about a decade before the director helmed the Academy Award winning movie Shine (1996).
- Very short documentary focusing on the difference between different release prints of the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965). It discusses the alternate edits to a selection of sequences, scene deletions and various dubbing of actors' voices.
- Documentary about the cranio-facial unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia and the work done in cranio-facial surgery to perform facial reconstruction of disfigured faces. Case study examines a Vietnamese woman whose disfigured-face was caused by a napalm explosion during the Vietnam War.
- First feature length feature of 'Scott Hicks', this black-and-white experimental short feature film is about a young drifter who drops out of university and goes bush only to later return to his girl-friend. The theme of wayward youth roaming would again be revisited by Hicks in Down the Wind (1975) and Freedom (1982).
- Teaser promotional documentary made for theaters and exhibitors, shot in 1994 during pre-production to promote the then upcoming James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
- One hour black-and-white documentary about Australian Olympic swimming legend 'Dawn Fraser'. The film includes archival footage of the Olympic Games including Fraser's gold medal winning performances and interviews with 'Dawn Fraser' (qv and her family and friends and fellow team mates and coaching staff.
- DVD documentary short about the casting of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Program is made up of original television footage of the principal leads of the movie's cast meeting the press on the 7th of October 1968, two weeks prior to the start of principal photography.
- By way of a series of paintings by Australian painter Sidney Nolan the story of the landing of the troops at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 in World War I is told in this tribute to the servicemen who fought there during The First World War - The Great War.
- Silent film footage of the Black Sunday Valentine's Day Bushfires of 14th February 1926 which swept the regions of Dandenongs and Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. Thirty-one lives were lost and the township of Powelltown was mostly destroyed. This film was used as a promotional fund-raising film for a bushfire relief fund which raised many gifts and around £100,000 [Australian].
- Five part documentary series about Women Artists in Australia. Interviews with many women artists of Australia cover such topics as challenges, problems and issues; gender representation, image, and bias; immigration and environmental influences on their work such as the Australian landscape.
- This documentary examines the circumstances surrounding the crash of the airplane the 'Southern Cross Minor' that went down in the Sahara Desert. The film also surveys the recovery of the plane and the discovery of the skeleton of the pilot, Captain William Lancaster.
- Behind the scenes on-location documentary about the making of Sunday Too Far Away (1975), the first feature length movie produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. Features locations such as Port Augusta, the Port Augusta Town Hall and Carriewerloo Station, all in South Australia, Australia. Features on the set filming footage and interviews with director Ken Hannam and star Jack Thompson.
- Short documentary about the mass deaths of mainly native children in Papua New Guinea due to a stomach disease or enteritis commonly known as Pigbel or Pikbel. Documents the discovery, cause, medical research, treatment, and control of the disease as well as the vaccination and immunization of PNG's indigenous people from it. Filmed in Goroka, at Goroka Hospital, and in the Papua New Guinean highlands and villages.
- Three part television documentary series about the making of the South Australian Film Corporation feature film production, Blue Fin (1978). Part 1 is about pre-production and is entitled "Planning", Part 2 is called "On Location" and Part 3 is about "Post Production".
- Promotional documentary television special predominantly filmed outside Buckingham Palace and Green Park in London for the parachute sequence of the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002).
- Radio interview with author Ian Fleming reproduced for DVD and amalgamated with archival photographs. Includes discussion of his life in the navy and as a journalist, the writing process and the evolution of the James Bond novels as well as discussing the James Bond films "Dr. No" and "From Russia with Love".
- This short is a tour Of The Collingwood Football Club's Victoria Park headquarters comparing the clubrooms from the time the 1980 movie The Club was made to the clubrooms in 2003. The DVD short is accompanied by the song "Up There Cazaly" which featured in the movie.
- Original archival footage of the opening of the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England.
- Original 1965 re-cut version of the underwater battle from the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965) made as a promotional clip to promote a major boat-show in 1965.