Part 1 of the History of Australian Cinema series. Australian cinema from the very beginning, from the newsreels, ethnographic and actuality films, to the controversy of "The Story of the Kelly Gang" and the success of "The Sentimental Bloke".

Journey to a secret valley in Australia, where a nervous baby kangaroo named Mala faces hungry dingo...

"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first Britis...

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.
In August 1911, Serbian producer Svetozar Botoric and Louis de Beery (former Pathé’s cinematographer...

With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turb...

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.
A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on hi...

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need...
The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which...

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels...

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest survivi...

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

A stationary camera looks west across Niagara Falls from the United States' side (the Niagara River ...

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astrid...