The Case For Books (1966)
• January 1st, 1966 • 0h 22min
Documentary
Overview
This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Library with its varied resources and examples of State, University, special and public services suggesting their value in meeting needs for information at all levels. The library movement has become a vital part of Australian life. How libraries have fitted into society all over Australia, from the bustle of Sydney's Kings Cross to the remote outback.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Wild Cats 3D
Released on: 2015-09-11
Documentary
"Wild Cats 3D" is the story of the magnificent lions, cheetahs and leopards of southern Africa. Kevi...
Craftsmen of Canada
Released on: 1957-01-01
Documentary
Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found express...
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Released on: 2016-09-23
Documentary, Music
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.
The Militiaman
Released on: 2021-10-01
Documentary
In the hills of rural Pennsylvania, the leader of a local militia must prepare his men for the turbu...
Why I Killed Gandhi
Released on: 2022-01-30
Documentary
Indian freedom fighter Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. But what made Nathuram Godse to take t...
Volker Bradke
Released on: 1966-12-13
Documentary, History
As the only work in this medium by Richter, the film was created for the exhibition Volker Bradke th...
The Metal Detector
Released on: 2023-11-11
Documentary
Georg is an Austrian retiree whose mother witnessed the crash of an Allied B-17 near their home duri...
We Live Here: The Midwest
Released on: 2023-12-06
Documentary
Explore timely, personal stories of LGBTQI+ families who strive to build lives in their communities ...
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Released on: 2013-11-04
Documentary, Music
An account of the short life of genius musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-70), probably the most talented a...
In Honour of St. Gualter
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary
Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this francis...
Down in Dallas Town
Released on: 2023-11-17
Documentary, History
Through interviews with people on the street and songs recorded to memorialize JFK in the mid-1960s,...
Our Law
Released on: 2020-06-10
Documentary
At Western Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station, two officers learn language and culture ...
Judy in a Land Called Oz
Released on: 1992-01-01
Documentary
Ian Stahlhut's 1992 documentary of Judy Garland's 1964 Australian Tour.
Chairman for Life
Released on: 2021-03-01
Documentary
China’s President Xi Jinping is a force to be reckoned with. As leader of the Communist colossus, he...
Roots of Happiness
Released on: 1953-01-01
Documentary
Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permit...
Three Days in Auschwitz
Released on: 2015-07-24
Documentary
The director’s mother, Mirka Mora, avoided Auschwitz by one day. On his father’s side many perished ...
Black and White: Uptight
Released on: 1969-01-01
Documentary, History
Narrated by Robert Culp, this special examines racism in the sixties
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
Released on: 2018-10-02
Documentary
To the WWE Universe, Shawn Michaels made every match he competed in feel like a main event. No matte...
Tango
Released on: 1985-08-09
Documentary
A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Eur...