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Documentary films of the 1970s

18 documentary films from Australia and New Zealand released 1970–1979, in order of release.

Films per year

19702
19711
19720
19733
19745
19753
19762
19771
19781
19790

Directors

More documentary by decade

1940s · 241950s · 181960s · 181980s · 221990s · 152000s · 732010s · 1352020s · 38All 373

Other genres of the 1970s

Drama · 76Comedy · 47Horror · 28Thriller · 18Action · 16Adventure · 13Crime · 14Fantasy · 10Comedy drama · 11All 1970s films
TitleYearDirectorGenreMinAwards
The Naked Bunyip 1970 John B. Murray Documentary 136
This Is New Zealand 1970 Hugh Macdonald Documentary —
Morning of the Earth 1971 Alby Falzon, David Elfick Documentary 79
Escape from Singapore 1973 John Power Documentary —
The London Rock and Roll Show 1973 Peter Clifton Documentary 90
The Stuntmen TV film 1973 Brian Trenchard-Smith Documentary —
A Bigger Splash 1974 Jack Hazan Documentary, LGBTQ 105
A Steam Train Passes Short film 1974 David Haythornwaite Documentary, Drama 21
Games '74 1974 Arthur Everard, Paul Maunder Documentary —
The Breaker 1974 Frank Shields Documentary —
Who Killed Jenny Langby? TV film 1974 Donald Crombie Documentary —
Australia After Dark 1975 John D. Lamond Documentary 81
Crystal Voyager 1975 David Elfick Documentary, Biographical 78
Protected 1975 Alessandro Cavadini Documentary —
Off the Edge 1976 Michael Firth Documentary 75
Trobriand Cricket 1976 Gary Kildea, Jerry Leach Documentary 53
World Safari 1977 Alby Mangels Documentary —
Hospitals Don't Burn Down Short film 1978 Brian Trenchard-Smith Documentary 24