All titles produced in 1973

11 titles

Alvin Purple (1973)

Alvin (Graeme Blundell) is an average Australian bloke, except that women find him irresistible. At 16, schoolgirls chase him on bicycles and his teacher’s wife (Jill Forster) seduces ...

The Breaker (c1973)

A documentary of Henry ‘Breaker’ Morant’s life. It covers his disputed parentage, his variety of names, and his adventures as a bushman in Queensland and New South Wales. ...

Chequerboard – It’s A Big Day In Any Girl’s Life (1973)

Two very different weddings are contrasted. One of them cements the ties between a landed family and a family of high standing in the district. The other is ...

Crystal Voyager (1973)

A surfing biography about legendary design innovator and photographer George Greenough, shot largely in California. Greenough’s search for uncrowded waves drives his construction of a 37-foot ocean-going yacht ...

Daddy Cool (1973)

Daddy Cool, a successful Australian rock band of the 1970s, perform their music including the famous Eagle Rock. Interviews with band members are interspersed with the songs.

Monday Conference – Rhodesia or Zimbabwe (1973)

Robert Moore interviews Senator Glen Sheil from Queensland, who has just returned from a week-long fact-finding tour of Rhodesia. His belief that Rhodesia is a fine and progressive ...

Monster or Miracle? Sydney Opera House (1973)

A celebratory film about the construction and opening of the Sydney Opera House. Made just prior to the official opening in 1973, it traces the history of Bennelong ...

Seven Little Australians (1973)

This is the story of the Woolcot family – Captain John Woolcot (Leonard Teale) from the NSW Regiment, his young second wife Esther (Elizabeth Alexander), and his seven ...

Whitlam – Visit to Bendigo and Eaglehawk (1973)

In Bendigo, assisting with the Labor Party’s campaign for the May 1973 Victorian state elections, Gough Whitlam opens the 2nd Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival and addresses a ...

The Wreck of the Batavia (1973)

A dramatised documentary tracing the story of the Dutch ship Batavia. The ship was sailing from Holland to Batavia (Jakarta) when it was shipwrecked 50 miles off the ...

The 8th Wonder of the World (1973)

A documentary looking at the newly completed Sydney Opera House, produced at the time of the official opening in 1973. The film looks at the architecture, art and ...

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