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‘He’s not real … he’s typing!’ (2004)
Babbling with excitement, Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) tries to explain Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent) to Renee (Emily Wheaton). Saskia is overwhelmed by the gorgeous Max, but who is he really, and where is he? [read more]
I have seen it all (2004)
A teenage band put together by Sammy Butcher performs for an audience. Sammy talks about the kind of songs he and the children write together, and one song ‘Ngayulu Nyangu’ which means I have seen it all, is about the ... [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]
Prices and wages (1948)
A woman in the butchers can only afford to buy cheap meat; a young boy doesn’t have enough money for a chocolate; a woman is outraged by the cost of vegetables from the grocer; a man in a café is ... [read more]
Ange and Annie (2007)
Ange and Annie were dating and decided to cool off. In this clip we witness their reunion. [read more]
Stormalong’s last race (1936)
After failing several times to kill the horse, Hops Warton (Lynton Moore), an Australian criminal working for an international syndicate, promises to shoot the horse during the Melbourne Cup. Tommy (Frank Leighton) rushes to thwart the plot, but Warton throws ... [read more]
‘What are we fighting for?’ (1940)
Red (Grant Taylor) gives his horse some water during a long and tortuous patrol in the desert. An officer tells him to save it for himself. Red, Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) cool off on the dunes. They ... [read more]
The Australians are coming (1940)
The German commander at Beersheba (Eric Reiman) is temporarily befuddled by an artillery barrage that’s designed to throw up dust. Out of this murk come hundreds of Australian Light Horsemen, in a great charge across open ground, followed by heavy ... [read more]
What have those little monsters been telling you? (1978)
Laura (Susannah Fowle) joins the other girls for an illicit midnight feast, with her cake and other supplies stolen from the kitchen. Maria (Sigrid Thornton) terrifies them with stories of what happens in childbirth. During a break in her piano ... [read more]
‘As much right as anybody’ (1986)
The girls walk into a cafe for milkshakes. They are told to drink them at the counter. Trilby (Kristina Nehm) urges her family to sit down in a booth. The white patrons taunt them with racist remarks. [read more]
‘Only the fit survive’ (1996)
David’s music teacher Mr Rosen (Nicholas Bell) pleads with Mr Helfgott (Armin Mueller-Stahl) to let David take up an offer of a music scholarship in America. Mr Helfgott has no money and does not wish to use a bar mitzvah ... [read more]
Power of the atom (1981)
In the mid 1950s above ground atomic tests are carried out in South Australia. The bomb is dropped by aircraft and the blast is seen. Various people recall the tests including RAAF driver Ric Johnston, RAAF wireless operator ... [read more]
The youth conference (2007)
Fadi introduces the workshop session of the youth conference. The attendees and facilitators break into discussion groups and talk about a range of issues. [read more]
Metropolitan life (1946)
A montage of modern city life in Sydney is accompanied by descriptive and romantic voice-over narration to build a picture of the metropolis during the day. The ‘city in the sun’ is shown through scenes of flower stalls, street vendors, ... [read more]
‘The white man’s here, he’s here to stay’ (1989)
As the tourists sit in their hotel room and watch a broadcast of the re-enactment of white settlement on television, they give their responses to what they are seeing. The most vocal of these is American Paul Crank who says ... [read more]
The convent must change (1991)
Mother Superior (Sandy Gore) asks the nuns to spend some time reading and thinking about how they might deal with the changes suggested by Vatican II. Sister Catherine (Josephine Byrnes) is keen to discard old practices that she feels have ... [read more]
The mine in the jungle (1958)
The Chauvels have gained entrance to one of the well-guarded secrets of 1950s Australia: Rum Jungle, a uranium mine said to be the richest in the world. [read more]
The rat’s tale (1932)
Rat tails bring a reward of sixpence each (equivalent to about $5 today) and Lord Howe Island locals join the hunt for the pests. Two women take their three fox terriers to smoke out a family of rats hidden in ... [read more]
In the seaplane (1931)
Heading westward along the Antarctic coastline from King George V land, the Discovery is held up by dense pack ice. The Gypsy Moth seaplane is launched to survey what lies ahead and report back its findings. Hurley films from both ... [read more]
The breakout (2008)
Kamimura (Kuni Hashimoto), the Japanese prisoner leading the outbreak, addresses his fellow prisoners and prepares them for the glory of imminent death. The men then begin their breakout in a brief sequence that quickly segues into a flashback set in ... [read more]
