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The long walk home (1985)
Colin’s cancer is progressing. He struggles to walk to the letterbox and back. Watching a television news report about the Australian government’s response to veterans’ concerns about Agent Orange, Colin (Chris Haywood) gets an idea. He tells Lorraine (Jennifer Cluff) ... [read more]
‘The end of creation’ (2003)
In a series of images and sound, filmmaker Anna Brionowski tells the story of her aunt, Dr Helen Caldicott’s struggle to end nuclear warfare. Frank Gaffney from the Center for Security Policy and actor-activist Martin Sheen give opposing views. [read more]
‘You must love the freedom’ (2005)
Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) has rescued the stranded travellers, after their car has broken down at a meteorite crater. He tows them back to his desert camp, promising to fix their car. They talk about his life as a shooter ... [read more]
Talking at the beach (2007)
A young woman’s grandfather has died and she has returned to Stradbroke Island to support her grandmother. Grandma (Freda Glynn) and her Granddaughter (Amy Miller-Porter) take a walk down to the beach at sunset. [read more]
New Guinea and the RAAF (1970)
This clip begins with crowds of schoolchildren gathered around an RAAF aeroplane at a New Guinea base. Some of the boys look beneath the cockpit area. A brief shot of a map of New Guinea is ... [read more]
And the poor get poorer (1983)
This clip explains that Australian agricultural aid is not assisting those who truly need it in the Philippines. The pesticides, fertilisers and other aspects of Western farming practices are not freely given but must be bought, thus leading dirt-poor farmers ... [read more]
The powerful keep control (2007)
Those on the top deck object to what is happening below and overreact. Noam Chomsky notes that when the populace calls for more freedoms or more rights, in situations where power is concentrated, the reaction ultimately results in more repression. ... [read more]
The Christmas pudding affair (1986)
Grandma (Gwen Plumb) is woken up by cooking smells and knows intuitively that it’s her son-in-law stealing a march on her by starting the preparations for the Christmas pudding. She rushes into the kitchen to stop him, but is disarmed ... [read more]
The zipper is to blame (1998)
Changes in women’s fashions and demeanour through the 20th century are playfully portrayed in this clip, which features Kate Champion and voice-over narration by Arthur Dignam. [read more]
Interviewing the mother superior of rock (1975)
Nothing fazes Norman Gunston as he fronts the great legend of rock, Frank Zappa from the American band 'The Mothers of Invention’. Zappa is puzzled but plays along becoming more amused as the interview proceeds. [read more]
The main street of town (1968)
Skippy, now on the run, pauses at the edge of town. Dr Stark’s henchmen, McMurtrie (Red Moore) and Snapes (Don Crosby), comment that she’ll end up on the main street and so she does. Pursued, she finds herself on the ... [read more]
Creation story (2005)
Agnes Palmer, or Lyaakiye as she is also known, sits facing camera. Agnes is an Arrernte and Kngwarraye woman. Agnes talks about being raised in the mission. Agnes is struck by the bareness of the white walls of the church ... [read more]
The ‘dilly dally man’ (1969)
It’s 5 o’clock by the Play School Clock and time for Ruth Cracknell to tell a story about the 'dilly dally man’, his 'niggy naggy wife’ and their 'wicky wokky house’! [read more]
The Centenary Dog Club (1934)
This clip shows dog owners and their canine pets on proud display at the Centenary Dog Club at Melbourne Showgrounds. Each dog is identified by name and breed, along with their owners, in the commentary given by Frank Harvey. [read more]
The year in review (1971)
This clip includes scenes of anti-apartheid demonstrations against South African sporting teams; John Gorton’s tour of Vietnam; William McMahon becoming Prime Minister; a wool fashion parade staged in the New Guinea Highlands; an unusual wedding celebrated underwater at Sydney’s Marineland; ... [read more]
The essence of comedy (1994)
In this clip, actors Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald rehearse a scene from Mother and Son (1985-94) with director Geoff Portmann. Portmann talks about Cracknell’s acting method and Cracknell reflects on the role of comedy in presenting serious subjects. The ... [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]
From South Australia to the NT (1943)
This clip captures some of the journey by Australian troops from South Australia to the Northern Territory on the old Ghan railway. It begins at Quorn in South Australia and shows the front of the town hotel; an officer in ... [read more]
‘She has the gift’ (2004)
Jack Flange (Alex O’Loughlin) has his eye on a local girl, Pearl (Diana Glenn). His boss Brownie (David Field) watches another woman – his estranged wife Trish (Kerry Armstrong), who has started farming her own leases nearby. Brownie’s oysters are ... [read more]
Dancing on the beach (1939)
Filmed in slow motion, two women and a man (Paul Petroff) make human formations on the shoreline of the beach. A woman dressed in black swimwear runs towards Petroff and leaps into his arms. He holds her over his head ... [read more]
