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Codenamed Marcoo (1956)
The explosion of Marcoo, one of the four nuclear fission bombs tested at Maralinga between September and October 1956. [read more]
Vocational training for returned soldiers (1919)
In 1919 returned First World War soldiers, accompanied by their wives, inspect various forms of vocational training such as building construction, making Sunshine harvesters, assembling cars and bricklaying. The clip begins with the three returned servicemen with their partners ... [read more]
Overview of the Scheme (1969)
Using a graphic, this clip outlines each of the individual projects completed to date on the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and their relationships to one another. [read more]
Eternity is a long time (1994)
Arthur Stace writes the word 'Eternity’ in chalk on Sydney’s streets. Director of photography, Dion Beebe, uses black-and-white film to capture the mood and time of Sydney in the 1930s. [read more]
Australian night sky (1993)
Australian painter Tim Storrier creates a nocturnal landscape painting from photographs and his imagination. [read more]
The dreams of our pioneers (1958)
As the Eucumbene Dam (then called Adaminaby Dam) nears completion, the final building arrives at the new Adaminaby, and the waters of the new Lake Eucumbene begin to rise. [read more]
Creating a revolution (1993)
Historical footage of Dr Perkins at Sydney University, in the pool halls. Dr Perkins speaks of why segregation must be challenged, and the need for him to fight for the cause of his people. [read more]
Bankers and kids (1998)
We discover the hopes and dreams of a group of inner-city kids and a group of bankers who will pair off and work to create a project together over several months. The projects will reflect the personalities of each team. [read more]
Preparing the printing machine (1911)
Workers at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911 furnish one of the main printing machines in the pressroom with curved plates and large rolls of paper. [read more]
Sailing the high seas (1984)
A group of mountaineers and scientists take an old whaling vessel a record 850 miles in Antarctic waters to port using improvised sails. [read more]
What you need to know (1974)
This is one of the two television advertisements produced to facilitate the change to metric on Australian roads in July 1974. [read more]
Shaking hands with the enemy (1982)
After only a few weeks at Gallipoli, the overwhelming stench of the dead soldiers strewn around the rocky coast triggered a most unusual event. A ceasefire in order to allow each side to bury their dead. [read more]
The storming of parliament (1984)
Striking miners travel from Wollongong to Parliament House, Canberra, to protest the retrenchments. The protestors storm the entrance to Parliament House and break the doors in – a first in Australian history. [read more]
Beach scenes (1932)
A beach scene from the 1930s is captured on this home movie clip taken by Leslie Francis Farey. People are shown lying on the beach and a group of people swim between the flags while surfers catch waves using longboards. [read more]
Whitlam backs Marcos’s Asian forum idea (1974)
Then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, addresses the State Dinner at Malacañang Palace, Manila, hosted by President Ferdinand and Mrs Imelda Marcos on 11 February 1974. The dinner is followed by a performance from the Bayanihan Dance Company. The next day ... [read more]
Manila Bay cruise (1974)
The then Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos host a Manila Bay Cruise on 12 February 1974 for the then prime minister Gough Whitlam and his wife Mrs Margaret Whitlam. [read more]
The end of the tour (1974)
On 13 February 1974, the final day of his six-nation South-East Asian tour, the then prime minister Gough Whitlam addresses local and foreign media at a press conference at the Hotel Intercontinental in Manila. He and his wife Margaret then ... [read more]
Blair’s marriage (1994)
Dorothy Blair recalls how she met and fell in love with Harold. Mixed race marriage was unusual in the 1950s and both families objected. Dorothy’s sister Florence Trevail expresses her views on the marriage, while Harold’s sister Meryl Thompson recalls ... [read more]
Buddha and the Bodhi Tree (2001)
Dr Rachel Kohn takes us to India where the Buddha sat and meditated under the Bodhi Tree for four weeks, resolving to find the origin of suffering and the means to eliminate it. [read more]
‘The enemy within’ (1941)
This clip suggests that Nazi agents already reside in Australia and that government officials work day and night to stamp out the ‘enemy within’. The audience is called upon as ‘loyal citizens’ to do their part to assist by being ... [read more]
