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The Cheaters (sound version) (1931)
Bill Marsh (Arthur Greenaway) serves a 20-year prison sentence for embezzling from businessman John Travers (John Faulkner). On his release Marsh forms a criminal organisation whose members include his daughter Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’), and whose ... [read more]
Inside the sawdust arena (1949)
The procession of performers and circus acts passes by the camera to enter the big top arena including horses, clowns and elephants. Some of the acts are filmed including a female lion tamer, a cycling clown, performing elephants, and barebacked ... [read more]
Opening up the west (1963)
Graphics, paintings and voice-over tell the story of why it took 30 years for the settlers of New South Wales to cross the Blue Mountains and gain access to the fabulous pasture lands beyond. It needed a true bushman, one ... [read more]
Beginning of The Rocks (1983)
This clip uses old paintings and engravings to trace the early history of the Rocks area from its inception. [read more]
The AIM nursing hostel, Birdsville (1947)
At the Australian Inland Mission nursing hostel in Birdsville, the AIM sisters alternate between nursing and domestic duties. One of the sisters treats a young girl who has an injured finger. She washes and dresses the girl’s ... [read more]
The day in court (2006)
The McDougalls hold up a flag of a boxing kangaroo and say they hope to give the Americans a trouncing. We see them at home preparing for their day in court. They then drive into Perth for the hearing by ... [read more]
Chifley at the helm (1946)
The clip shows this ALP cinema advertisement, for the 28 September 1946 federal election, in its entirety. [read more]
The storm (1980)
The narrator, Charlie (Alwyn Kurts), strolls along the beach and recalls what made the ‘green year’ of 1929 a defining moment in his life. Charlie age 14 (Darius Perkins) is woken in the night by his ailing Grandfather (Tom Farley), ... [read more]
‘Fallen from the sky’ (2000)
The Japanese man (Rikiya Kurokawa) arrives at a suburban house in Australia to buy a car. A young blind woman (Rose Byrne) shows him into a crime scene, with blood and brains on the ceiling. She is a cousin, now ... [read more]
‘Concentration, the key to success’ (1958)
This advertisement for road safety begins with a cricket match. As Keith Miller bats, the male narrator speaks about concentration as one of his keys to success, with his 'eyes front all the time, or you’re out’. This tip is ... [read more]
The system (2007)
Drew (Aaron Pedersen), Sam (Kelton Pell) and Bella (Tammy Clarkson) discuss the next client, Debbie (Jedda Rae Hill), who tried to smuggle drugs to her husband in prison. When the court is in session, Drew raises a point of order ... [read more]
Mum’s the Word – Episode 9 (2003)
A group of women, including actress Zoe Carides and broadcaster Amanda Keller, discuss body image before and after pregnancy with presenter Rebecca le Tourneau. [read more]
‘A smack on the smeller’ (1928)
Billy Austin (played as a boy by Leo Meagher) and his pals march out of school after a reluctant day inside. Billy picks a fight with a schoolmate when he sees the boy talking to Gladys, the girl he wishes ... [read more]
Disturber of the peace (1945)
This five-minute film, made for the NSW Department of Health and seen here in full, emphasises the importance of sleep in maintaining good health and advises the people of New South Wales to reduce their noise level, particularly in ... [read more]
Against the Grain: More Meat than Wheat (1980)
Urban terrorist Ray Unit (Michael Callaghan) plants a smoke bomb at the Martin Place cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day. Travelling in disguise, Ray visits his mother, Elsie (Joy Burns), and family in suburban Perth. He discusses the predatory nature ... [read more]
‘The bow-wows now are all the rage’ (1939)
George (George Wallace) leaps into song in the courtyard of Mrs McAllister’s dog kennel (and boarding house). Jean McAllister (Lois Green) whips off her skirt to join him, dancing in hotpants. Henry (John Dobbie) and a large cast of passers-by ... [read more]
The Rocks after dark (1983)
A short sequence of contemporary nightlife in The Rocks, showing it active with live music, restaurants and tourist attractions. [read more]
Touring the historic Rocks (1983)
A look at the Rocks area, focusing on restored old buildings, and tourist attractions including retail outlets. [read more]
The superintendent’s dream (1970)
Superintendent Tilley (Nigel Lovell) is shaken after discovering that a drunken troublemaker he saw at the golf club and the detective he has nominated for an award are apparently the same person. That evening, he has a peculiar dream featuring ... [read more]
‘The men will protect us’ (1998)
While the two men search in the night for the feral cat, Ronnie (Miranda Otto) and Ida (Brenda Blethyn) get roaring drunk at the Stubbs house. Ida says she knows the men will protect them. Both women burst out laughing ... [read more]
