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- Original archival footage of the opening of the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England.
- This episode of the series takes a look at casting of 'Barbara Bach' as the Bond Girl in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); her makeup and wardrobe; the publicity and promotion of her; lighting, camera and screen tests; a photo shoot; and media coverage. Interviews with production personnel such as producer Albert R. Broccoli, director Lewis Gilbert and star 'Barbara Bach' are included.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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].
- 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.
- Religion takes control of the town when the rocks arrive from heaven.
- 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.
- American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss Le Chiffre while monitoring his actions.
- 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.
- 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 maniac is stalking and killing female students at a university.
- This episode of the series takes a look at the Production Design of the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). It covers production design, art direction, set construction, props as well as examining their role in the history of the James Bond movies together with the individual style, approach and method of production designer Ken Adam. A producer's view, by producer Albert R. Broccoli, is also given.
- 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).
- This episode of the series takes a look at post-production of the James Bond movie, _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_. Specifically, it looks at editing with John Glen and film composing with Marvin Hamlisch as well as the director Lewis Gilbert's role in post-production.
- 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.
- One thousand power workers went on strike against the South East Queensland Electrical Board (SEQEB)in February 1985 in protest against the introduction of contract worker hire. This documentary details the industrial relations dispute between the ensuing Joh Bjelke Peterson coalition government and the Electrical Trades Union in Queensland, Australia during 1985.
- Teaser promotional documentary made for theaters and exhibitors, shot in 1994 during pre-production to promote the then upcoming James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
- Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
- 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.
- A young couple is captured by terrorists in the Simpson Desert.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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.
- Promotional documentary television special celebrating the 25th Anniversary of James Bond and release of the then new James Bond film 'The Living Daylights' (1987).
- Promotional TV documentary to publicize the release of the then new James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Includes interviews with a number of key cast and crew production personnel.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Extra original 1979 footage filmed at the Hippodrome de Longchamp, Route des Tribunes, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France for the Circus Sequence in the James Bond movie Moonraker (1979).
- 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.
- This episode of the series takes a look at the Organisation Function and Scheduling of the James Bond movie, _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_. It involves interviews with the associate producer, first assistant director and second assistant directors, general catering manager, production runner, stunt arranger, casting director, and production secretary as well as star 'Richard Kiel' who played Jaws.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- This episode of the series takes a look at the Producing of the James Bond movie, _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_. It covers production design and art direction, financing and accounting, script-writing, title design of the opening sequence, producing and production management as well as featuring the actors who play two male leads, Roger Moore as the hero James Bond and Curd Jürgens as the villain Carl Stromberg.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- This episode of the series takes a look at the filming of Scene 330 of the James Bond movie, _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_. It takes a specific emphasis on acting with principals and how the director prepares for such a scene as the major confrontation between leading man, leading lady and villain.
- This episode of the series takes a look at the filming of Scene 341 of the James Bond movie, _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_. It takes a look at camera and lighting set-ups, wide shots, close ups and camera angles, cinematography, scheduling and planning, costs and budgeting, fight arranging and stunt work, and the various roles of the relevant production crew personnel.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare promotional films.
- 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.