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And the poor get poorer (1983)
This clip explains that Australian agricultural aid is not assisting those who truly need it in the Philippines. The pesticides, fertilisers and other aspects of Western farming practices are not freely given but must be bought, thus leading dirt-poor farmers ... [read more]
It’s only natural (1998)
Professor Roger Short, biologist, says that the bonds of love that help keep the family unit together serve to protect the offspring. [read more]
‘What a man!’ (2007)
Jean (Brenda Blethyn) is drunk after the funeral of a neighbour. Tim (Khan Chittenden), Jill (Emma Booth), Kelly (Katie Wall) and Mark (Richard Wilson) return to a frosty reception after an afternoon of ice-skating. For the first time Tim stands ... [read more]
A desperate situation (2004)
A few years into the life of the colony at Botany Bay, Mary Bryant (Romola Garai) and Will Bryant (Alex O’Loughlin) run a venture where they supply the colony with fish in return for a share of the catch. With ... [read more]
‘I wanted to get closer to reality’ (2006)
In an excerpt from the only surviving interview with Bob Mathews, one of the founders of the Realist Film Unit, he describes the beginnings of his interest in film. Meanwhile, filmmaker John Hughes looks through the old film canisters Mathews’s ... [read more]
Chasing a lump of pigskin (1980)
After another loss and a skirmish in the change rooms, unhappy recruit Geoff (John Howard) tells the coach Laurie (Jack Thompson) that he can’t stand football, or the club, and admits that he has just played a game stoned on ... [read more]
No place for a kid (1956)
Smiley (Colin Petersen) sings for pennies at Rankin’s Hotel. While the drinkers are distracted, Rankin (John McCallum) takes a package of opium from his safe and sends it off to King Billy in the hands of Jacky, a small Aboriginal ... [read more]
Harvesting the bark (1980)
Djiwul (Jack) Wunuwun cuts bark from a tree in the bush, with an axe. The narrator (David Gulpilil) says the best time to get the bark is in the wet season. [read more]
A truce at Gallipoli (2005)
Only a few weeks after the 25th April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove, the troops of both sides organised an unofficial truce in order to pick up their wounded, bury the dead and share a cup of tea. [read more]
‘A cosy little niche’ (1979)
After journalist Jenny Smith (Jacki Weaver) insists on venturing further inland to hunt for insurgents – and hopefully a good story – she finds herself stranded in the bush overnight with 'the Buffer’, Petty Officer Johnston (Danny Adcock). After a ... [read more]
‘True freedom is choice’ (1990)
Interviewed in a London club, Lord Alistair McAlpine, Broome entrepreneur, talks about his attitude to his investments in Broome, WA, and his attitude to business in general. [read more]
A ‘belly’ big upset! (1989)
Pete (Sam Vandenberg) and Rabbit (Stuart Atkin) are competing in a highly competitive spaghetti-eating contest, skilfully hosted by Tiger (Cameron Nugent). Gribble Junior (Lachlan Jeffrey) uses the remote control to help Rabbit eat multiple bowls of spaghetti but he eats ... [read more]
A unique audience (1920)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee screening of a film, arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. Injured soldiers travel in wheelchairs or are pushed ... [read more]
Merriman arrives (1954)
A traditional dance is held to welcome company boss Peter Merriman (Charles Tingwell) to Thursday Island. Ted’s daughter, Rusty (Ilma Adey), offers to show him around the island. [read more]
A very public breakdown (2005)
Craig Hamilton had a breakdown in September 2000, at the pinnacle of his career. He and an old friend, Chris Williams reminisce about that terrible and very public moment of the breakdown, as Craig was travelling by train to take ... [read more]
Choosing a dance (2000)
The Anangu (how the Indigenous people of the area refer to themselves) women have been invited by Stephen Page to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and are discussing which dance would best suit ... [read more]
Uranium supply a moral obligation (1981)
The then South Australian Minister for Mines and Energy, Roger Goldsworthy, says that Australia has a moral obligation to supply energy to the world. Arthur Baillie, a barman from Radium Hill, recalls the days of the mining town’s success. [read more]
The fever breaks (1987)
Buster (Rebecca Smart) has a high fever, the result of a bad cold caught while out on the road in the rain, and she’s in danger of dying. Lily (Noni Hazlehurst) thinks she should be in hospital but Mac (Bryan ... [read more]
‘The magic of the movies’ (2007)
New customer Helen (Penne Hackforth-Jones) has come to Chandon Pictures for a DVD slide show featuring her beloved dog Champion Charles Wink Monte Carlo. After Nick (Darren Gilshenan) notices her affection for the dog is so great that some ... [read more]
Off the record (1977)
There were finally three verbal confessions by Ryan (played in this re-creation by Bill Hunter) saying that he had shot the prison warder. None was signed by Ryan, who only signed documents saying that he would give no verbal testimony. [read more]
