Films and Videos Produced and Acquired by the Agency contains films that the Tasmanian government either made or acquired. They include footage of events and places, documentaries, training films, and some feature films. Some films within this series relate to children’s homes, foster care, and other child welfare issues.
Access Conditions
Closed B25 years
B25 means that these films are closed to the general public for 25 years from the date they were made. People wishing to see them should contact the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office in case they can make them available. Some films that are more than 25 years old have been digitised and are available online.
Records
Films within this series that relate to children’s homes, foster care, or other child welfare issues include:
- Item Number: AB869/1/325
Title: Film – Royal Tasmanian Society for the Blind and Deaf – training of blind and deaf people in North Hobart Blind and Deaf Centre
Date: 1960
- Item Number: AB869/1/390
Title: Film – Breakdown – shot on location at Royal Derwent Hospital New Norfolk – nervous tension unless controlled can lead to a complete breakdown film graphically depicts the cause and effect of this particular illness
Date: 1971
- Item Number: AB869/1/1321
Title: Film – Growing Up At St. Giles – the work of St Giles Home in Launceston – exercises and life of crippled children treatment etc
Date: 1958
This film provides historical information about the children at St Giles Home for Crippled Children, their disabilities, treatments, education, and lives.
- Item Number: AB869/1/1471
Title: Film – Home For Danny – prime purpose of film to encourage foster parenthood and traces Danny’s present life and possibilities for his future
Date: 1966
This film, created by the Social Welfare Department, features Malmesbury Receiving Home and Wybra Hall
- Item Number: AB869/1/1835
Title: Film – Mount St. Canice Disaster – ex ABC news includes Richard Greville’s commentary and interviews with rescuers and eye witnesses
Date: c.1974
- Item Number: AB869/1/2364
Title: Film – St Giles Advertisement
Date: 1960s?
- Item Number: AB869/1/2472
Title: Film – Slippery Slide AKA Alternatives – experiences of a boy & his sister having gone through the welfare system, given to foster parents & eventually ending up in jail. Ken Short, John Waters, Simon Burke, Arkie Whiteley. Dir. By Donald Crombie
Date: 1980
- Item Number: AB869/1/2578
Title: Film – Suggestions For The Treatment Of A Cerebral Palsied Child – Wingfield Home – illustrates and discusses methods of manipulation and treatment. Sponsored by Health Department
Date: 1963-1964
