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Coming out to the family (1997)
This is a searingly honest moment in which Adam’s parents truthfully tell how they felt when Adam told them he was gay. They had anticipated the continuance of the family name and a mess of grandchildren. Nevertheless they stood by ... [read more]
Jack Johnson Training Film (c1909)
Historic footage of heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson at California training in front of a small crowd. [read more]
‘Outstripped by Cupid’s arrow’ (1989)
Whilst continuing to play music, Leo watches with growing concern as Consuela dances with her new suitor. Voice-over narration is by Ruth Cracknell. [read more]
Escaping from the Taliban (2002)
Three Afghans have escaped from the Taliban and arrived in Australia as asylum seekers. They express their views of life in Australia and the reasons for escaping from Afghanistan. [read more]
The evolution of the skirt (1915)
This animated clip begins with a white outline, gradually drawn in by the hand of the artist to show a woman dressed in 19th-century costume. A caption says ‘since the Colonial days, skirts have gradually shrunk’. The cartoon is then ... [read more]
Number 96 – Episode 910 (1975)
In this episode Herb Evans (Ron Shand) is keeping a whopping secret from Dorrie (Pat McDonald), Gary Whittaker (Mike Ferguson) has been stitched up by Liz Feather (Margaret Laurence) and Dudley Butterfield’s (Chard Hayward) dead cousin might not be so ... [read more]
Expedition South (1961)
The Thala Dan brings relief supplies and 33 new men to Mawson, Australia’s largest Antarctic station, in early 1960. They will relieve the winter party, who have spent a year on the ice. In fine weather, teams erect new huts ... [read more]
A man of the people (1981)
Sir William McKell was a boilermaker who rose to become premier of NSW from 1941 to 1947. While premier, he started the Housing Commission that built the landmark accommodation towers in Waterloo. McKell resigned as premier in 1947 after ... [read more]
Wirriya: Small Boy (2004)
An observational documentary about Ricco Japaljarri Martin, an eight-year-old boy who lives in Hidden Valley with his foster mother. Wirriya, Small Boy is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa ... [read more]
Life stages of the lobster (1998)
Shows the early life stages of a lobster: thousands of eggs hatch into larvae, which struggle to survive ocean currents for over a year before returning as juvenile lobsters. [read more]
Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977)
Len (Bryan Brown) and his wife Barbara (Kris McQuade) have separated after he beat her in a drunken rage. Len tries to woo her back, with a series of letters, but Barbara has her doubts. Whatever happens, she does not ... [read more]
The Johnnies and the Mehmets (2006)
A bus tour of Australians is on its way to Anzac Cove and the guide tells us the story of the Turkish losses. Ninety thousand Turks lost their lives and modern Turkey emerged under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, the ... [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]
General Motors Holden – Buy with Confidence (1968)
This black-and-white television advertisement for General Motors Holden features a family looking to buy a used car from their Holden dealer. [read more]
The end of Ted Parker (1980)
Club president Ted Parker (Graham Kennedy) is under pressure to resign, following allegations that he beat up a stripper at a club function. In the committee room, ex-coach Jock Riley (Frank Wilson) and administrator Gerry Cooper (Alan Cassell) engineer his ... [read more]
The addictive Antarctic (1998)
Explorer Douglas Mawson built huts in the Antarctic in 1911. In 1998 a team of restorers has travelled south to save the heritage site. After clearing the ice from the hut, the team are preserving the building and restoring the ... [read more]
Happy Little Vegemites (1959)
A chorus of children sing this radio jingle from the late 1950s. It proclaims the transformative power of their love for Vegemite, which has turned them into 'happy little Vegemites’. [read more]
Chinese Take Away (2002)
Chinese Take Away is an adaptation by filmmaker Mitzi Goldman of a one-woman theatre production written and performed by Anna Yen. Yen seeks to learn about a family tragedy and tells the complex story of the three generations of her ... [read more]
The frontline of the factory (1942)
A man is ready to leave for his night shift at the munitions factory when his young daughter, Topsy, runs up to him. Her mother has said that he works 'awful hard making bombs’ so that the Germans can’t attack ... [read more]
The choice (2004)
As Ganggu Mama (or Uncle Daddy, played by David Ngoombujarra) looks for the right tree to make a didgeridoo, his young nephew Jackson (Clarence Ryan) and his gang break into a car and steal a bag. [read more]
