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‘Shakes after a heavy night’ (1991)
Alwyn Peter started drinking at age sixteen. He has periods of sobriety but these are rare. He shows his two children the horses at the rodeo. He says that his riding skills are affected after heavy drinking. [read more]
Masters of disguise (1987)
A criminal and ‘master of disguise’ (voiced by Patrick Frost) has taken on the form of a moustachioed dustbin, but Great Detective Alex Holmes (voiced by Lachlan Haig) and his faithful but reluctant canine assistant Watson (voiced by David Burchell) ... [read more]
Coober Pedy (1949)
Along Skipper’s patrol route through the inland of Australia, Coober Pedy is a community like no other. Its inhabitants live and work underground in dugout houses to avoid the extreme weather conditions above. Miners dig for opals underground, Skipper drops ... [read more]
Wealth and poverty (1955)
This clip contrasts the wealth of the shipping industry business executives and their partners with the workers who struggle to get a larger share of the profits. In a dramatised sequence, a group of affluent people are on their way ... [read more]
Dreams of whiteness (2000)
Historical news footage of Aboriginal girls removed from their families and being adopted by a white family as a result of the assimilation policies. Henry Reynolds tells us why Aboriginal children were removed from their families, and the policies that ... [read more]
Homecoming (1945)
This clip begins with Mrs Sprod and her daughter Kathleen preparing for the homecoming of their loved ones. Kathleen’s baby daughter Jill gives them a hand. They fix their wooden fence, trim the hedges, mow the lawn and mop the ... [read more]
Timber truss bridges (2001)
An RTA timber bridge maintenance worker explains the characteristics of historic timber truss bridges in New South Wales, including the special quality that timber bridges have over their concrete or steel counterparts. An example is the ... [read more]
Anti-fascist exhibition (1987)
The Contemporary Art Society of Australia, of which Yosl Bergner and fellow artists are members, mounted an anti-fascist exhibition in Melbourne and Adelaide in late 1942. Bergner talks about his paintings of Aboriginal people. [read more]
Bridge construction (1967)
An aerial shot shows the completed steel false work for the bridge in preparation for the concrete stage. A concrete box unit is delivered by barge and elevated by lifting winch to the top of the steel arch where it ... [read more]
Now showing: final day (2009)
This clip looks at the closure of Canberra’s independent Electric Shadows art-house cinema in December 2006. Dr Paolo Cherchi Usai, former head of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, says that Electric Shadows was an intellectual and subversive ... [read more]
The girl of Lockie’s dreams (2006)
It’s enrolment day for Lockie (Sean Keenan) at his new high school and his brother Phillip (Corey McKernan), sister ‘Blob’ (Georgina Schober) and mother Joy (Briony Williams) accompany him. After failing to impress teacher and counseller John East (Ewen Leslie), ... [read more]
Werribee Sewage Farm (1957)
This clip features the Werribee Sewage Farm (now known as Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant) west of Melbourne, which treats the city’s water by land and grass filtration. Open channels guide the sewage across the farm’s acreage and link to ... [read more]
’There is no excuse’ (1929)
Paula Marsh’s (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) attempt to rob the Travers family safe is interrupted by the arrival of Lee Travers (Josef Bambach). [read more]
‘There is no joy for us’ (1938)
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has returned to the theatre after seeing his father in hospital. He conducts the final act of his new opera, unaware that the young singer playing the understudy is his former lost love, Ann Brady (Diana ... [read more]
Bush tucker (2004)
Aboriginal brother and sister (Luke Carroll and Kyas Sherriff), who are used to life in town, are trying to find and cook bush tucker for the German tourists they’ve offered to look after. The menu will include witchetty grubs and ... [read more]
Manly pursuits at Bondi (1954)
At Bondi Beach, the Queen observes an Australian surf carnival, a gathering of teams from surf clubs around the country and New Zealand, all wearing the traditional neck-to-knee surfing costume that was required just after the turn of the century, ... [read more]
Trans-Australian Railway (1940)
A stationary train sits on the tracks while workers carry out maintenance. Intertitles and a map show the route across the Nullarbor, followed by shots of sparsely occupied landscape. From on board the train, Alma films houses, red dirt and ... [read more]
Luskintyre Bridge (2001)
Workers replace a rotted timber girder on one of the approach spans on the 1904 Luskintyre Bridge. A crane is used to lift a one-tonne replacement girder into position under the bridge, parallel to the rotted girder. Workers underneath the ... [read more]
Fisher of women (1934)
The Reverend Cyril Maitland (John Longden) and his best friend, Dr Everard (John Warwick) go to the beach after visiting the home of Alma Lee (Charlotte Francis). Alma approaches the pastor as he fishes alone on the point. He resists ... [read more]
‘Tell the past of the future they’ve made’ (1985)
Mike (Daniel Cordeaux) and Katrin (Rebecca Rigg) arrive on the island, but Katrin is very sick. Mother Teresa (Jeanie Drynan) tells Mike that she knows he comes from the past and that he will have to go back. But Mike ... [read more]
