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Launching the lifeboat (1933)
This montage of still and moving images taken by Frank Hurley shows the launching of a lifeboat during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1914-16. As indicated on the map, they hoped to sail the boat 800 miles ... [read more]
Remembering the beginning (1982)
Over a glass of champagne Angela (Penne Hackforth-Jones) and Stephen (John Hargreaves) discuss the beginning of their relationship and it’s revealed that Stephen is married. [read more]
Unemployment queues (1984)
The hard times are biting and when workers are put off it’s always the migrants who go first. Then there’s a desperate wait for work in a long and humiliating queue. [read more]
Hayride to Hell (1995)
When George Heygate (Richard Roxburgh) stops his car for a mysterious woman in distress (Kylie Minogue) he soon finds himself on a hayride to hell. [read more]
Browne, George: Our movie memories 1928–1934 (1928)
This silent black-and-white 9.5 mm home movie compilation by amateur filmmaker George Browne shows the Browne family and friends enacting Kate of the Cactus Country, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Good Queen Bess. They were recorded between 1928 and 1934. [read more]
Don Bradman in England (1930)
Don Bradman is interviewed in 1930 while on tour in England. He gives a demonstration of various batting techniques. [read more]
General Motors Holden – John Fisher, Another Holden Driver (1962)
TV personality and sports commentator Tony Charlton conducts a short interview with Hawthorn winger and satisfied Holden driver John Fisher in the parking lot outside a Collingwood-Hawthorn AFL game. [read more]
Australia Post – News Release E-Post Electronic Mail (1985)
This 1985 video press release explains E-Post, a new service offered by Australia Post. [read more]
Roamin’ Holiday (1954)
This amateur travelogue made by John and Frank Straford records their trip to north-east Victoria. Places visited include Marysville, Stephenson Falls, Cumberland Falls, Tallangatta, Hume Weir and Bethanga. It includes both black-and-white and colour footage. [read more]
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1909)
A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ... [read more]
The Higgins familiy (1909)
This clip shows Ernest Higgins with his wife Else and son Bryce, probably at their Sydney home in Darling Point around 1921. The three of them pose for the camera. [read more]
Buddies (1983)
In the gem fields of central Queensland, knockabout young miners Mike and Johnny (Colin Friels and Harry Hopkins) borrow heavily to take on a claim-jumping newcomer (Dennis Miller) who has money and muscle. Help arrives from an unlikely source – ... [read more]
Winging It (1998)
A young man (voiced by David Brown) leaves his home and family for a far-off land, where a dangerous encounter inspires him to recall his father’s (voiced by Max Bannah) and grandfather’s advice on marksmanship. [read more]
Breaking the rules (1971)
Grant (Gary Bond) is full of remorse, nursing a bad hangover. Somehow, he has ended up staying with 'Doc’ Tydon (Donald Pleasence), who lives in a shack on the outskirts of town. The doctor taunts him about his failure the ... [read more]
‘The master of the written word’ (2008)
Dominick Dunne visits the media stakeout at Paris Hilton’s house. Hollywood producer Robert Evans describes Dunne as ‘the master of the written word.’ Dunne discusses his interest in celebrity crime trials. [read more]
Maverick Mother (2007)
When filmmaker Janet Merewether decides to have a baby on her own, she keeps a personal video diary and films conversations with her parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and friends. She plans to become a solo mother by choice, but ends up ... [read more]
Sydney funnel-web spiders (1992)
The Sydney funnel-web is the deadliest spider in the world. We see one capture a passing beetle, then see scientists researching the spiders in the lab. Finally, we learn about the dangers of the spiders in suburbia. [read more]
Surfie chic (2003)
Australia is a world leader in surf wear and surf culture. Robert Moore has been designing for Mambo for many years and is one of the best in the business, despite very little art school training. [read more]
The dating game (2007)
Suzanne likes Santo and hopes it will lead to marriage. Mark meets a new girl at the ball and gets her email address. Rob and Alice talk about babies. [read more]
Out There – Two Down Under (2002)
In small-town Wollemi, teenager Miller (Richard Wilson) observes two overseas newcomers arriving at the vet clinic next door. Reilly (Douglas Smith) is a reluctant refugee from his wealthy family’s troubles in America, while UK-born Aggie (Jade Ewen) is starting her ... [read more]
