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Trouble with the police (1985)
Ben (Ken Talbot) teams up with animal activist Esme (Sheila Florance) to break into a factory farm to free battery hens. He is shocked by the conditions. A news crew and the police arrive, and after a tough egg-throwing battle, ... [read more]
Our homestead (1965)
This segment features thirteen-year-old Tom Thumbleton (David Morgan) narrating in voice-over his ‘exciting’ life on the homestead built by his great-grandfather. He helps his father on the farm, learns to ride a horse and has adventures with best friend Wombat ... [read more]
Roman holiday (1986)
Alec Moffatt (Rob Steele) and Mavis Davis (Diana Davidson) visit the Vatican. In Sydney, Mavis’s husband Roly (Allan Penney) visits what he thinks is Rome. Wally (Philip Quast), Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) and Ophelia (Gosia Dobrowolska) must think fast to keep ... [read more]
Troops head to the docks (1915)
On a damp Sydney morning, during the First World War, lines of Australian cavalry and infantry march down to the docks while others arrive by tram. The bustling crowds – umbrellas in hand – are shown waiting around and walking ... [read more]
The two-up school (1919)
Bill (Arthur Tauchert) and his 'cobber’ Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) go to the illicit 'two-up’ school after several hours of drinking. The police raid the game, chasing the players all over the neighbourhood. Mick hides in a horse feed barrel, ... [read more]
At the pub (1972)
Ron (John Derum) and the foreman (Grahame Bond) are having a drink in the pub after work. It’s not long before the lively banter turns nasty and the foreman discovers he’s called 'Linda the Feline Foreman’ by the workers who ... [read more]
The chief wakes up (1962)
This clip is from the twelfth and final episode of Wambidgee, 'The Chief Wakes Up’. Wambidgee wakes the chief from sleep and tell him that there is a crocodile in the creek. The chief feels too tired and tells Wambidgee ... [read more]
Arthur, the ring-a-ding-a-ling-a-list king (1972)
This clip is the opening theme song for the animation series, Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table. [read more]
This is the Dreaming (2006)
Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder Rupert Max Stuart sits by the fire, telling his descendents a yarn about the Dreaming. Max has a grandfather from the Lurritja side, and a grandfather from the Arrernte side, and says he didn’t know which one ... [read more]
New clues in the ‘Pyjama Girl’ mystery (1939)
The clip opens with the discovery of new evidence in 1939. Believing that the lake near Albury where the woman was found might hold the key to the mystery, the local fire brigade, on direction of Superintendent Matthews, drain the ... [read more]
Fire the star (1975)
Veteran film studio head Al Daff advises that, if a director or producer loses control of a shoot through the actions of the star, then they should get rid of the star. [read more]
Islam in the West (2003)
Tarik Ramadam is one of the West’s most articulate Muslims. He lives in Geneva but was born in Egypt. In an interview for Compass he is outspoken and honest about the freedoms offered Muslims in the West in contrast with ... [read more]
The players have a snow fight (1930)
In the retreating snow of Switzerland, the Australian team have snow fights. The camera pans across the vista capturing the players throwing snow balls and chasing each other through the snow. [read more]
‘The car from Australia’ (1962)
Holden cars at the shipping docks await export to overseas markets. A voice-over chronicles the expansion of the Holden brand to 46 territories outside Australia, including New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, Malaya and North Borneo. We see Holden cars in some ... [read more]
‘It’s just us’ (1972)
Aliens broadcast a warning on the radio. Shirley’s mother Rita (Marion Johns), her father Reg (John Llewellyn) and suitor Harold (Helmut Bakaitis) don’t take any notice. Shirley tells the gang it’s up to them to help the aliens. [read more]
Making it to the top (1993)
A group of climbers finally makes it to the top of a remote mountain in Irian Jaya. They are expedition leader Lincoln Hall, biologist Geoff Hope, Dutch Indonesian Rini Sulaiman, and filmmakers Chris Hilton and Sue Fleming. [read more]
The rich get richer (1983)
In 1983 Australia’s largest overseas aid project is centred on the Philippines. It’s called PADAP and it’s a shared project between Australian technological know-how and the Philippine Government. The aid money is being spent on roadworks in one particular ... [read more]
‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)
Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [read more]
The mall (1982)
Debbie and Gina (Tina Waller and Lorraine Palamara) hang out at the mall. Not having money doesn’t stop them enjoying the merchandise but they are easy pickings for the store detective. [read more]
‘I’m sick of being poor’ (1974)
Susie (Jacki Weaver) is worried about the strain Petersen’s (Jack Thompson) university education is placing on their relationship and the family finances. [read more]
