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‘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]
‘Shoot the dog’ (2010)
John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) challenges the teenage Jamie (Lucas Pittaway) to shoot a dog, to prove himself. [read more]
The mug politician (1991)
Jim McClelland had been a minister in the Whitlam Labor Government (1972-1975). He talks to Dinny O’Hearn about being a politician and his naivety in thinking that this meant changing the country. Instead he discovered that it’s all about power. [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]
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]
Mini beat-the-buzzer (1971)
A mini beat-the-buzzer competition takes the teams into the last advertisement break before the final round. [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]
Winter in Oahu (1972)
On Oahu’s north shore, some of the best competitive surfers in the world take off on winter’s big surf. [read more]
Crowd near the grandstand (1896)
This clip shows the crowd at what is probably the Melbourne Cup during the Spring Carnival of 1896. The gathered crowd stroll through the shot while the Flemington Racecourse grandstand can be seen in the background. [read more]
Repairing the damage (1974)
Workers are shown in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy fixing roofs and securing tarpaulin for protection. Fallen trees, collapsed buildings, debris and shells of houses can be seen. [read more]
Australia wins the America’s Cup (1984)
Australia wins the 12-metre yacht race the America’s Cup in 1983. [read more]
In the lab (2011)
Lucy (Emily Browning) submits to a medical experiment involving a narrow tube being inserted down her throat. [read more]
Future of the dreaming site (2007)
Western Arrernte elder Mavis Malbunka talks about the future of Tnorala and the need to conserve the sites and the environment. [read more]
The psychiatrist’s couch (1997)
Before Ecstasy became known as a party drug, it was used by psychotherapists to relax patients in order to assist them with their problems. A psychiatrist explains the characteristics of MDMA which made it ideal for use in counselling. [read more]
All the Snowy’s People (1963)
The sequence shows the domestic settlements and the worksites of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in co-existence. [read more]
‘They became our sons as well’ (2005)
The rules of the Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL) originally stated that no group that had fought against Australia could march on Anzac Day. After many years and much persistence by Turkish Australians, the RSL finally accepted that Turks ... [read more]
The football clinic (1996)
Footage shows Indigenous children playing football in a remote country, watched by Michael Long. Indigenous player Gilbert McAdam is seen working with young children. Voice-over narrator Ernie Dingo explains that, to help with racism in football, the read more]
Illusion and confusion (2007)
A man returns home to his family and hides a mirror in a drawer. Family life is disrupted when his relatives find it and mistake their reflections for those of others. [read more]
The most popular tractor in the state (1937)
This silent black-and-white clip from an Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement opens with an intertitle that tells us what we are about to see. A line of Imperial Tractors motor in single file to the railway line where they are then ... [read more]
The guinea pig (2003)
Reporter Dr Jonica Newby, is about to discover whether she has a predisposition to depression. It’s a very real moment of tension for her and for us, as the nature-nurture debate becomes uncomfortably personal. [read more]
