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Challenging the demon (2007)
Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe narrate the story of the demon Bungalung while two boys act it out. A boy uses traditional weapons to fight and defeat the demon Bungalung. [read more]
The sounding board (1924)
The piano sounding board is constructed. The cast-iron frame is laid down while men fix it into place. On another machine, a man spins base wires for the piano strings. This is shown in detail with three different shots. The ... [read more]
The whale hunt (1931)
This clip shows a whale hunt off the coast of Western Australia from on board a Norwegian whaling vessel under the leadership of Captain Ohlsson. A whale is harpooned and drawn in close to the boat where it is secured ... [read more]
The trial begins (1988)
The trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain (Meryl Streep and Sam Neill) begins at a court in Darwin. Lindy’s pregnancy is the source of much media attention. Judge Muirhead (Charles Tingwell) instructs the jury not to be swayed by rumour ... [read more]
The pilgrims’ progress (2006)
This is the pretitle sequence in which the protagonists are sketched for us and the program’s theme established. There’s a young and adventurous backpacker, a soldier and his father and a family who are following the trail of a relative ... [read more]
The future of flight (1962)
This 1960s film predicts the Concorde. The clip shows the film’s conclusion – a typical musical cinema experience of the time. [read more]
Culture clash (1970)
Jack (Tony Ward) is bored when Gillian (Judy Leech) takes him to an art gallery. Gillian is repelled by the violence when Jack takes her to the wrestling. [read more]
‘There are many memories’ (1993)
Maria is a refugee from El Salvador now living in Melbourne. Maria recounts her experiences of trauma and torture during the civil war and their impact on her life and family. [read more]
The eggs transform (1905)
The hen that lays the golden eggs transforms into a beautiful woman who is joined by her fellow chicken women in a dance in full-stencilled colour. The dance ends as the golden hen lays another mound of golden eggs. [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]
The Henderson kids (1985)
The title sequence is followed by a recap of the first episode, The Crash, in which Alice Henderson (Diane Craig) holds firm against an approach by Mr Wheeler (Peter Whitford) to buy the family property at Haven Bay. The fact ... [read more]
Acting the goat (1958)
In Sunday services, Smiley (Keith Calvert) has volunteered to pump the organ for Mrs Gaspen (Ruth Cracknell) as part of his campaign to be good. One of his school rivals pushes a goat into the church, as the congregation sings ... [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]
The travelling show (2001)
A boxing troupe sets up the tent for their travelling show. Former tent boxers talk about the limited opportunities available to young Indigenous men in Moree in the early 1960s and why they took up the tent-boxing life. Interviews are ... [read more]
On the run (1985)
A young Yeshiva student, Jack, and the East End fishmonger Morrie Mendellsohn (Bob Hoskins) have left the camp and walked into town. They savour an illicit ice cream and discover that there’s no train until Friday. Since they have no ... [read more]
‘Lock the mine’ (1983)
Wattie Doig (Chris Haywood) reads a list of miners’ demands to company manager Birch (David Kendall). Birch orders the mine shut. [read more]
The creative explosion (1999)
With re-creations of a prehistoric tribe interacting with each other, the narration tells us that the survival of humankind has always depended on our ability to view and interpret the world, to feel for others and to think about the ... [read more]
The small fortress (1985)
This clip describes the history of the Terezin concentration camp, or Theresienstadt as the Germans called it, and what might have happened to the internees. There is a map of Theresienstadt that shows the location of the large and small ... [read more]
The ‘hero’ Beowulf (1980)
The hero Beowulf (voiced by Arthur Dignam) and his men arrive at the King’s mead hall. [read more]
A very close friendship (1976)
Penny (Briony Behets) and Dee (Judy Morris) have gone to a house by the sea for a weekend alone but a succession of men passes through, including two men whose car has broken down. When they leave, Penny assumes that ... [read more]
