Film and media

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are kindly advised that this website includes images, sounds and names of people who have passed.

All users should be aware that some topics or historical content may be culturally sensitive, offensive or distressing, and that some images may contain nudity or are of people not yet identified. Certain words, terms or descriptions may reflect the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written, but are now considered inappropriate in today's context.

Key to library resources

	In the Library (or anywhere with a Library card for NSW residents)
	Only in the Library
	Publicly available

Use these eresources to find:

Documentaries
Digitised pictures and objects
Historical newsreels

Trove: Pictures, Photos, Objects [external website]
Find digitised images from cultural heritage collections around Australia to complement your research on topics. Use keywords to find digitised copies of posters, postcards, photographs and cartoons.
Australasian Video Online [eresource]
Search by keywords for Australian documentary and educational videos from sources such as the National Film and Sound Archive and SBS. Make sure to search by Current channel for access to videos within our subscription. You can also filter your results by Subject, Publisher or Person.
Ethnographic Video Online [eresource]
Find videos created by indigenous film makers from around the world, including Australia and New Zealand, from sources such as the National Film and Sound Archive and SBS. Search by Current channel for access to videos within our subscription. You can also filter your results by Subject, Publisher or Person.
Frank Hurley's World War 1 Photography [external website]
Find photographs taken in the trenches in northern Europe and Palestine by Australian photographer, Frank Hurley. Click on the link to the 'Exhibition of war photographs' listed at the end of the page to go to the catalogue record and view the fully digitised collection.
Timeline World History documentaries [external website]
Browse this Youtube channel to view free documentaries on topics such as World War I and II, Elizabeth I amongst others.
Alternate History Hub [external website]
Browse this Youtube channel for an alternative look at events in history such as what would have happened if Germany won World War II or if America won Vietnam?
British Pathe [external website]
Browse by collection to find newsreels spanning the years from 1896 to 1978 with footage from around the globe of major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, science and culture. Collections of interest may include newsreel footage of the Russian revolution, Women in WW1 or the Holocaust. You can also search by keyword to find related newsreel footage.
Days in Conflict 1916: Fromelles and Pozieres [external website]
Explore the battlefields with this interactive app narrated by Hugo Weaving, featuring battle scenarios from trenches, close combat fighting and artillery, images, maps, soldiers’ diaries, and interviews with historians. Download the free app designed for tablets, or explore some content online.

WWI video resources

The Library has produced a range of short videos looking at World War I primary sources, including the collection of World War I diaries.

War Artists
Cartoonist Warren Brown shares his love for the illustrations and cartoons drawn by diggers, held in the Library's WWI collection.

Stretcher Bearer Diaries
Looks at the role of stretcher bearers during WWI through some 20 hand-written diaries of stretcher-bearers held by the Library.

Youth in War
Learn about some of Australia’s teenage soldiers, including 15 year-old Keith Harris and Colonel Douglas Marks, through their personal diaries.