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‘A fair go for the working people’ (1955)
This is a partly dramatised, newsreel-style sequence depicting the WWF’s appeal to the broader labour movement for help in fighting amendments to the 1954 Stevedoring Act. Waterside workers’ wives prepare food parcels and union organisers conduct rallies ... [read more]
The Aboriginal struggle (1972)
Gary Foley talks about white control of the Black movement accompanied by images of the Sydney Black Moratorium march to the Sydney Town Hall on 14 July 1972. [read more]
‘Our castle’ (2008)
A young man is rollerblading in a car park, while Owen and others are begging outside the Oasis youth centre. They all go to a squat where there is one mattress. Owen and Haley talk about their experiences with drugs ... [read more]
Menzies addresses the troops, Palestine (1941)
This clip from a Menzies home movie begins with the Prime Minister’s visit to one of the field hospitals in the Middle East during his trip to meet the troops in 1941. We see nurses, medical staff and injured troops ... [read more]
On the war in Iraq (2004)
At a conference in Jakarta, Malcolm Fraser speaks out against going to war in Iraq. [read more]
The garden scene (1987)
This is an excerpt from the garden scene in Act One of Voss. Nighttime in the garden of the Sydney home of the rich merchant Mr Bonner, who will help finance Voss’s expedition to cross the country. Two of his ... [read more]
Taxi driver (2000)
Romaine Moreton recites her poem ‘Taxi Driver’ over images of her riding in the back of a taxi heading to a performance in Sydney. [read more]
The happy years (1958)
This 10-minute film, seen here in full, showcases the School Medical Service provided by the NSW Department of Public Health for primary and high school students. [read more]
Java in the 1930s (1933)
Local Javanese and Europeans are gathered around two Rolls Royce vehicles which are loaded with the travelling party’s belongings. Javanese villagers are filmed walking along a road and washing at a water fountain. The tropical terrain is also shown. [read more]
A six way investment (1956)
This advertisement begins on a building site with a man loading a sheet of plywood onto the back of the new Holden utility. A voice-over describes purchasing the new ute as a 'six way investment’. Shots of the utility in ... [read more]
The social whirl (1928)
Cherry Carson (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) and James Carson (Gaston Mervale) arrive at a society masked ball. Carson’s business partner Karl Rossi (Arthur McLaglen) keeps an eye on guests. Note: The original aspect ratio is 1.33:1 (Academy full ... [read more]
‘The oldest trick in the book’ (1986)
Judith (Lindy Davies) coaxes Frank (John Hargreaves) and Malcolm (Colin Friels) to go for a walk. Malcolm wants Frank to explain how he gets the money in a stick-up, but the demonstration goes wrong. In the pub later, Frank’s friend ... [read more]
A critical housing problem (1957)
In Sydney in the mid-1950s, a housing shortage forces large families to live in dilapidated houses and single rooms in run-down tenement flats. Leonard Teale’s voice-over narration emphasises both the physical and psychological impact of living in such conditions and ... [read more]
A lash at the enemy (1944)
On an armoured patrol into the desert, men of the Australian 9th Division run into an Italian patrol. Peter Linton (Peter Finch) is wounded in the first skirmish. Bluey Donkin (Grant Taylor) and Milo Trent (Chips Rafferty) break off alone ... [read more]
A survivor (1976)
Harry Butler puts his hand into a rocky crevice and brings out a brown tree snake, also called the territory tiger. While expertly handling the snake, he tells us that this creature is one of the fauna that has thrived ... [read more]
A man without a past (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) is cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel (Nancy Black). She questions Joseph about the evidence of his identity being destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in the Second World War. Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) appears on ... [read more]
This is our place (1992)
The skinheads rush to their local pub to confront some young Vietnamese men playing pool. Gabe (Jacqueline McKenzie), Jacqui (Janei Anderson) and Bubs (James McKenna) arrive late, having been left behind. Gabe tries to stop Hando from hurting the younger ... [read more]
The South Mine, Broken Hill (1936)
At the South Mine in Broken Hill, horses are lowered into the mine in cages at the beginning of each shift. The cages are powered by electrical winding machinery which is filmed in close-up by Frank Hurley. The men who ... [read more]
A trip to the cinema (1941)
In a burst of colour, eight children of various ages happily stream out of a suburban house and pile (miraculously) into a car waiting outside. The film then cuts to the children getting out of the other side of the ... [read more]
Firestick farming (1997)
The narrator tells us that, according to Mandildjara beliefs, an evil spirit lives beneath the lake and wanders it searching for Mandildjara people to devour. In sepia tones, there is a re-enacted sequence of Warri and Yatungka breaking tribal laws ... [read more]
