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Down by the pier (1926)

Beachgoers are filmed walking along and diving off the Portsea Pier. In the water, a young girl is shown floating on an inflatable seahorse while others tread water. [read more]

Wigs for the boys (1996)

Traditionally young men in parts of New Guinea grew their hair long for ceremonies. Some New Guineans are not following the tradition so Aluago has created a business making wigs so that during ceremonies the wigs can be worn. [read more]

Jeff first in the swimming pool (2001)

Pool manager Jim recalls the opening of the pool on 28 December 1963 and the local boy Jeff Marsden who was first at the gate and first in the new pool. We see stills of Jeff in the pool as ... [read more]

‘The societal moral norm’ (2006)

Karen Willis from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reflects on what she sees as the double standards between acceptable male and female sexual behaviour. AFL fan Christie talks to camera about the culture surrounding footballers and ... [read more]

A lash at the enemy (1944)

On an armoured patrol into the desert, men of the Australian 9th Division run into an Italian patrol. Peter Linton (Peter Finch) is wounded in the first skirmish. Bluey Donkin (Grant Taylor) and Milo Trent (Chips Rafferty) break off alone ... [read more]

Family outing to the beach (1932)

This brief home movie clip, all shot hand-held by the Archibald family, captures a group of women dressing a toddler for beach play on what looks like Newport Beach, Sydney in the early 1930s. [read more]

The good old days (1999)

With Patsy’s condition deteriorating, Nadia (Sacha Horler) tells Bo (Russell Dykstra) he should come into the house to see his mother. When he enters the kitchen, Victor (Linal Haft) thinks he has finally come to apologise. Bo says he has ... [read more]

The shelling of Pozières ridge (1918)

Australian field guns join in the bombardment of Pozières. An artillery officer uses a megaphone to communicate with his gunners. They keep up a constant rain of shells on the German positions on the ridge. Horse-drawn limbers and mules bring ... [read more]

The will to win (1959)

As the one-mile race is run with athletes including Herb Elliott, Bob Vaag, Merv Lincoln and Albie Thomas, the narrator examines the techniques, strategies and temperaments that come into play. What makes a champion stand out from the rest is ... [read more]

On board the ship (1915)

This clip shows the on board activities of some of the troops about to depart Sydney to fight in the First World War. It begins with many of them relaxing on deck. Another group of men participate in a coordinated ... [read more]

Restoring the race horse (2006)

Thoroughbred horses are prone to tendon injuries that can cut short the racing career of a champion, or even force the death of the animal. Even if the tendon can be healed, it can never return to its full strength ... [read more]

A sermon from the pulpit (1965)

The preacher offers an interpretation of one of the parables from the Bible. This clip is from a black-and-white live broadcast of a Catholic church service in the Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church in Rose Bay, Sydney. [read more]

On the salt lake (2009)

Having evaded the police, Kev (Hugo Weaving) and Chook (Tom Russell) are driving across Lake Gairdner, a huge salt lake, in a stolen four-wheel drive. Kev has finally told the boy why they’re on the run. Chook sits for a ... [read more]

The naked meat man (1974)

Kev Kavanagh is on a fast learning curve. He’s picked up new ideas from swinging London where they employ butcher’s assistants to serve the customers stark naked, just like the meat they’re offering over the counter, as he logically points ... [read more]

The root of all evil (2000)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (Indian Cricket Board) controls the millions of dollars generated from the game of cricket. If the game were to be tainted through accusations of match fixing then the extraordinary amounts of money ... [read more]

Menzies addresses the troops, Palestine (1941)

This clip from a Menzies home movie begins with the Prime Minister’s visit to one of the field hospitals in the Middle East during his trip to meet the troops in 1941. We see nurses, medical staff and injured troops ... [read more]

The Toecutter exacts revenge (1979)

Family friend May Swaisey (Sheila Florance) helps Max’s wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and child (Brendan Heath) to escape the Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his gang, but they soon catch up. The scene uses iconic imagery – madonna and child, old ... [read more]

‘Money matters’ (1992)

Gina Hard-Faced Bitch (Marg Downey) presents economics talk show Money Matters. Here she poses the question of whether Australia should trade with countries who are known to breach human rights. Gina is joined by guests Nigel Lillywhite (Geoff Brooks) and ... [read more]

Father and son visit the reserve (2009)

The father (Andrew McFarlane) drives the son (Clarence John Ryan) down to the reserve in Bourke. They stay in the car and look out the window at the people and place. [read more]

The Hun’s Xmas wail (1915)

This clip begins with the Cartoons of the Moment title card featuring a kangaroo and lion. Cartoonist Harry Julius is shown sketching at his notepad against an ocean background. A headline from the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger newspaper reads ‘Germany is ... [read more]

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