Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
1940
|
Ants in His Pants |
William Freshman |
Will Mahoney, Ann Richards |
Comedy/Musical |
|
Dad Rudd, M.P. |
Ken G. Hall |
Bert Bailey, Connie Martyn |
Comedy |
|
Forty Thousand Horsemen |
Charles Chauvel |
Harvey Adams, Betty Bryant |
War |
|
Water Ballet: Sydney |
? |
Annette Kellerman |
Short |
|
Wings of Destiny |
Rupert Kathner |
Marshall Crosby, John Fernside |
Action drama |
|
1941
|
Advance to Libya |
Frank Hurley |
|
Documentary |
|
The Power and the Glory |
Noel Monkman |
Katrin Rosselle, Peter Finch |
Drama / Thriller |
Based on book of same title
|
Racing Luck |
Rupert Kathner |
Joe Valli, George Lloyd |
Adventure comedy |
|
That Certain Something |
Clarence G. Badger |
Megan Edwards, Thelma Grigg |
Drama |
|
Water Ballet |
? |
Annette Kellerman |
Short |
|
1942
|
100,000 Cobbers |
Ken G. Hall |
Ron Randell, Ann Richards |
Drama / Short |
|
Jewel of the Pacific |
Frank Hurley |
? |
Short documentary |
|
Kokoda Front Line! |
Damien Parer (camera) |
Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer |
War documentary |
18 September First Australian film to win an Oscar (for Best Documentary Feature)
|
Men of Timor |
? |
|
Short documentary |
|
Moresby Under the Blitz |
Ken G. Hall |
? |
War documentary |
|
Soldiers Without Uniforms |
Charles Chauvel |
? |
Short documentary |
|
A Yank in Australia |
Alfred J. Goulding |
Al Thomas, Kitty Bluett |
Comedy |
|
1943
|
Assault on Salamaua |
? |
|
Documentary |
|
The Bismarck Convoy Smashed |
|
Peter Bathurst (voice) |
War documentary |
|
1944
|
The Rats of Tobruk |
Charles Chauvel |
Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty |
War / Drama |
|
Red Sky at Morning |
Hartney J. Arthur |
John Alden, Dorothea Dunstan, Peter Finch |
Drama |
|
1945
|
Harvest Gold |
Mervyn Murphy |
Joe Valli, Harry Abdy |
Drama |
|
Mid East |
Frank Hurley |
|
Documentary |
|
1946
|
A Son Is Born |
Eric Porter |
Muriel Steinbeck, Ron Randell, Peter Finch |
Drama |
|
Indonesia Calling |
Joris Ivens |
Peter Finch |
Short documentary |
|
The Overlanders |
Harry Watt |
Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell |
Adventure |
|
Smithy |
Ken G. Hall |
Ron Randell |
Biopic |
|
Walkabout |
Charles Mountford |
|
Short/Documentary |
|
1947
|
Bush Christmas |
Ralph Smart |
Chips Rafferty, Thelma Grigg |
Adventure |
|
School in the Mailbox |
Stanley Hawes |
|
Short documentary |
Nominated for Oscar
|
1948
|
Always Another Dawn |
T. O. McCreadie |
Guy Doleman, Queenie Ashton |
War drama |
|
1949
|
The Inlanders |
John Kingsford-Smith |
David Low |
Documentary |
|
Into the Straight |
T. O. McCreadie |
Margo Lee |
Drama |
|
Sons of Matthew |
Charles Chauvel |
Michael Pate, John Ewart |
Adventure / Drama |
|
Eureka Stockade |
Harry Watt |
Chips Rafferty, Peter Illing |
Historical Drama |
|
Strong Is the Seed |
Arthur Greville Collins |
Queenie Ashton, Guy Doleman |
Drama |
|