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Australia Post – Joint Stamp Issue (1988)
This program records Australia Post’s release of a special joint Australian and United States bicentennial stamp and a commemorative bicentenary book of stamps. [read more]
Painting the dunes (1992)
Peter Garrett visits the untouched Shoalwater area with Army major Sam Hassall. They examine the sands that are proposed for mining. The sand contains iluminite, rutile and titanium used in the manufacture of white paint. Footage of sandmining in New ... [read more]
Shit Skin (2002)
A short drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she may reconnect with her surviving family. [read more]
The 7.30 Report – Pneumococcal Vaccine (2003)
This is a good example of an effective 7.30 Report episode. The program begins with a news story from Iraq where seven weeks after the invasion, there are still no signs of the weapons of mass destruction. This is followed ... [read more]
General disquiet on the Western Front (1918)
The Australian prime minister, Mr WM Hughes, arrives at one of the châteaux used as headquarters by the Australian Imperial Force during 1918, accompanied by the newly appointed commander of the Australian Corps, Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash. Later, the deputy ... [read more]
Grandad Rudd (1935)
The battling pioneer settler Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) has now become a grandfather and a prosperous grazier, but no less careful with his money. His sons Dave (Fred MacDonald), Joe (William McGowan) and Dan (George Lloyd) do most of the ... [read more]
The great debate (1984)
This clip lampoons the National Press Club lunch with its invited guests, the egotistically preening Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Max Gillies) and the pompously patrician leader of the Opposition, Andrew Peacock (Max Gillies). They are being challenged by well-known members ... [read more]
The long wait (1993)
It is 1955 and the ship Joyita has disappeared in the Pacific Ocean. The narrator talks about the weather, the storms, the wet season, and the difficulty of predicting what might have happened to it. There is a lot of ... [read more]
Addressing the letter (1970)
This segment illustrates the rights and wrongs of addressing a business letter. [read more]
‘This is what comes of Empire building’ (1979)
Morant (Edward Woodward) and Handcock (Bryan Brown) march to their executions. Their lawyer, Major Thomas (Jack Thompson) lingers in their makeshift cell – which looks to be a stable – to consider the epitaph that Morant has requested: 'And a ... [read more]
Land Mines – A Love Story (2004)
Shah, a former Mujahideen soldier in Afghanistan, courts a Tajik girl, Habiba, and marries her. The couple have both been the victims of landmines. The wars of the latter half of the 20th century have left 110 million mines hidden ... [read more]
Starring – the house (1988)
The real estate agent (Peter Felmingham) comes to look over the Georgallis family home and makes a few suggestions on how it could be improved for sale, upsetting most of the family along the way. His reaction to Con’s masterpiece ... [read more]
The eggs transform (1905)
The hen that lays the golden eggs transforms into a beautiful woman who is joined by her fellow chicken women in a dance in full-stencilled colour. The dance ends as the golden hen lays another mound of golden eggs. [read more]
‘A game of skill, touch and patience’ (2002)
Jack Simpson (Mick Molloy) has been ordered to turn up to play bowls, or lose his membership in the club. Club president Len (Frank Wilson) thinks there’s some mistake, because he’s never seen Simpson before. Team skipper Stan (Bill Hunter) ... [read more]
The spirit people (1968)
Percy Trezise is a pilot who searches for Aboriginal rock paintings in his spare time. He’s uncovered some magnificent paintings of the ancestral spirits known as Quinkan beings, who are of special significance to the Aboriginal people of the Peninsula. ... [read more]
The right tree (2005)
Elders Crook Hat and Camphoo are walking through the bush searching for the right tree to make spears. They tell us that the old people used to cut down the Acacia tree to make spears. The wood of the Acacia ... [read more]
The defence case (1977)
Professor Gordon Hawkins plays the role of McLeod Lindsay as he walks through the night he came home from his work at the pub and found his wife brutally bashed. [read more]
Jack O’Hagan: Vocalist Composer (1931)
In his only filmed performance, broadcaster, singer, composer and performing artist Jack O’Hagan recites five of his compositions, 'Carry On’, 'By the Big Blue Billabong’, 'In Dreamy Araby’, 'After the Dawn’ (1926) and – most famously – 'Along the Road ... [read more]
The wool industry (1938)
A close-up of a ‘modern stud’ sheep is shown to be the product of a ‘century’s breeding’. Sheep are hand-shorn by manual clippers; a flock of sheep at shearing season is shown; sheering sheds are filled with men shearing sheep ... [read more]
Sunshine Sally (1922)
Sally (Yvonne Pavis) resigns from her job at a laundry after supporting her friend Tottie (Joy Revelle), who has been sacked. She rejects marriage proposals from Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) and Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson), who embark on a boxing ... [read more]
