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The final report (2009)

Channel Seven reporter Greg Shackleton (Damon Gameau) files a story from a village near the fighting. [read more]

‘The baker’s dozen’ (1996)

This clip describes how Alexander Riley tracked and caught the murderer Andrew Moss in 1939. [read more]

Driving the cable (1988)

Historical footage shows the operation of Melbourne’s cable trams with voice-over explaining in detail how they were propelled by underground cable driven by steam boilers. The cable was in continuous rotation up to 18 hours a day. [read more]

The getaway cars (1986)

Malcolm (Colin Friels) shows Frank (John Hargreaves) his version of a getaway car, gleaned from watching television shows. Frank takes the opportunity to make an unofficial withdrawal at a bank, but is completely taken aback when Malcolm shows him what ... [read more]

The survival tent (1963)

This clip shows a 1963 field test on a survival tent prototype used to increase the rate of survival for firefighters trapped in a fire. Dr AR King, who participated in the field test, talks about the survival tent. [read more]

The secrets of the Rift Valley (1999)

The prehistory of humankind is revealed in the footsteps left by a passing group of hominids, two males and a female, recorded in the volcanic ash for us to read and try to comprehend over three-and-a-half million years later. [read more]

The three malingerers (1931)

After they’re both slightly wounded on the Western front, best mates Chic (Pat Hanna) and Joe (George Moon) are reunited in a convalescent ward in a London hospital. They invent ways to prolong their stay, but Fatty (Edmund Warrington), an ... [read more]

‘The oldest trick in the book’ (1986)

Judith (Lindy Davies) coaxes Frank (John Hargreaves) and Malcolm (Colin Friels) to go for a walk. Malcolm wants Frank to explain how he gets the money in a stick-up, but the demonstration goes wrong. In the pub later, Frank’s friend ... [read more]

Yvonne Kenny’s aria (2000)

Melissa Gainsford-Taylor, guest newsreader for day 15, describes to Roy (John Doyle) and HG (Greig Pickhaver) the atmosphere in the stadium from an athlete’s perspective. World-renowned Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny sings a hymn of praise to the athletes made popular ... [read more]

Take the trip (1999)

This clip opens with a wide shot of the bikes coming out of a bunker and two bikies with guns in a graveyard. There is fast cutting and a violent fight ensues. A narrator explains what Stone (1974) is about, ... [read more]

The Baker brothers (1984)

At the site of Beth’s wrecked car, Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr) senses his ‘old friend’ (the razorback) has returned. Jake is given a hostile reception by Benny Baker (Chris Haywood) and brother Dicko (David Argue) when he asks questions about ... [read more]

Vietnam flashback (1985)

While Greg (Mark Kounnas) and Jackie (Mouche Phillips) Wilson enjoy the freedoms of island life by taking the boat to the mainland for an appointment, a spot grass fire throws Vo Diem (Phu An Chiem) back to memories of war-torn ... [read more]

The Ginnane factor (2008)

American director Quentin Tarantino cites Antony I Ginnane as the leading producer of Australian exploitation movies. Ginnane and others involved in his film Snapshot (1978) discuss its marketing in the US, where it was released as The Day After ... [read more]

The photographic room (1928)

In what appears to be a photographic room, a man delivers a plate to be processed. It is heated over a panel and then placed in a press. It is then carried over to an enclosed box possibly containing developing ... [read more]

The Jennings Germans (1960)

Bricklayers lay the foundations of a house while others carry out masonry work on a rough stone wall. Dimpel’s child, Annemaria – a toddler in a pink dress – explores part of a worksite while her mother – Dimpel’s wife ... [read more]

‘The walk out!’ (2005)

A house meeting is called to try and solve the problem of Anna’s (Mara Scherzinger) disappearance. It is filmed by Heath (Adam Saunders) as part of his ongoing documentary about the school. Feeling guilty, Bec (Kate Bell) coordinates a search ... [read more]

Salute to the Aussie male (1982)

The program’s survey says that the Aussie buttock is the sexiest attraction to the Aussie female. [read more]

Is this a time for the reserve powers? (1983)

Sir John Kerr (John Meillon) has invited the Prime Minister (Max Phipps) to a celebratory drink with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak (Peter Collingwood). Razak boldly brings up the issue of the Governor-General’s role in this time ... [read more]

The hopes for irrigation (1954)

The clip illuminates the hopes and dreams for irrigation in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys, which turning the waters of the Snowy westward will achieve. [read more]

‘The horizontal tango’ (2007)

At home, Jean (Brenda Blethyn) hugs her boys and warns Mark (Richard Wilson) about what he can and can’t watch on video. Tim (Khan Chittenden) drives her to the club where she is to perform that night, in between a ... [read more]

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