Bikes for Africa

Bikes for Africa is an entertaining, insightful and moving documentary following the life adventures of Hap Cameron and Mandy Todd, and their attempt to help implement a self sustainable bike workshop in rural Namibia with a container load secondhand donated bikes from Melbourne. The film investigates how a bicycle can fundamentally change the lives of rural Africans, and brings to focus the great works of two-wheeled charities Bicycles for Humanity and the Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia.

2013-05-15 | en

Fermentation Workshop DVD with Sandor Katz

A two-hour dvd of one of Sandor’s fermentation workshop, including demonstrations of making kefir and sauerkraut, as well as the history of fermentation and cultured foods, tips on fermentation vessels and storage, and information about micro-organisms, pre-digestion, and food safety (botulism, surface mould, and other fears de-mystified).

2010-09-30 | en

Little Sahara

Those who do not know the Sahara think there is only sand in the desert. But in the desert there are children who play and draw and make movies, and who would like to not have to think about the war. In the desert there's a European colony, an occupied country called Western Sahara, where there are thousands of Sahrawi refugees living a hard life in exile. "Little Sahara" tells their story, the story of a supportive, resilient people who try to thrive and grow in the Hamada, where everything has a hard time growing.

2023-07-22 | es

Simply Metric

A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.

1973-01-01 | en

Comprehensive School

The joys of 1960s modern education - as seen at a not-exactly-typical local comp.

1962-03-13 | en

Still Life: Ron Mueck at Work

2013-04-16 | fr

The Gambler

This late 1940s/early 1950s rather graphic color film about carelessness and safety operating heavy machinery is presented by Caterpillar.

1950-07-01 | en

Copy Book Please

This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.

1948-01-01 | en

Youth (Spring)

This film was shot between 2014 and 2019 in the town of Zhili, a district of Huzhou City in Zhejiang province, China. Zhili is home to over 18,000 privately-run workshops producing children's clothes, mostly for the domestic market, but some also for export. The workshops employ around 300,000 migrant workers, chiefly from the rural provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan and Jiangsu.

2023-11-10 | zh

Planning For Emergence From Public Shelters

A training film for public shelter managers explaining when people should be allowed to leave the shelter after a disaster.

1963-03-01 | en

Public Shelter Organization and Staff

Created in 1963 at the height of the Cold War, this Civil Defense training film uses a dramatic premise to show how emergency staff should manage and organize a large public fallout shelter during a crisis. A Shelter Manager is shown immediately taking control of the situation in the shelter, speaking calmly to those who have made it into the facility, closing the door promptly once the shelter is full, and sticking to the "shelter plan" as the situation unfolds. Some of the areas discussed in this nuclear war drama are the safety plan, regular inspections, supervised public entry into shelters, ventilation, first aid, sanitation, fire prevention, decontamination of personnel, and more. "Shelter living is different," the Manager states, "But we have a trained staff that will make your stay in this shelter livable for us all."

1963-02-01 | en

Operations in Public Shelters

A heavily dramatized Civil Defense film that demonstrates how a public fallout shelter is supposed to function after a nuclear attack. This scenario takes place in a fictional any town called "Middlebury". The film describes the situation in a public shelter in Middlebury following an attack on the United States.

1963-07-01 | en

Public Shelter Supplies: What Does The Government Supply

Training film for shelter managers. Food, water, sanitation, medical, and radiation detection systems are explained.

1963-04-01 | en

Information Program Within Public Shelters

This Cold War film "Information Within Public Shelters" (1953) takes place in a fallout shelter, showing how a well-trained staff that provides information to shelter occupants, can keep them busy and calm during nuclear armageddon. This film was produced as the U.S. Government began to shift from promoting privately-owned "family" fallout shelters to the concept of large, public shelters.

1963-05-01 | en

The World of Budgerigars

Sid James learns of the joys of owning a budgerigar.

1976-01-01 | en

National Milk Cocoa

Drinking chocolate flashes before your eyes and makes an offer you can't refuse.

1944-03-04 | en

Women After the War

A provoking film on the place of women.

1946-03-08 | en

Burns and Scalds

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.

1947-12-01 | en

Playing with Fire

You're asking for trouble when you play with fire - and this public information film is the stuff of nightmares.

1947-12-03 | en

Women in Industry

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them.

1948-03-08 | en