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Alcohol in the blood (1980)

Dr Graham Starmer, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Sydney University, explains to presenter Peter Wherrett that driving skills are affected even with only a small amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. Once the amount is up to 0.03 blood alcohol ... [read more]

Timber carted to the mill (1920)

This clip from an industrial documentary show timber logs being rolled and chained onto a horse-drawn cart and transported to the mill. [read more]

Mick answers the door (1988)

Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) has been kidnapped by Colombian drug boss Luis Rico. Mick has intercepted the film that Rico wants, so he waits for a contact. The assassin is swiftly taken out, and he tells Mick where they’re holding ... [read more]

‘The wide brown land’ (1958)

Dorothea Mackellar recites the first stanza of her most famous poem, recorded in 1958. [read more]

‘The dingo’s got my baby!’ (1988)

At a camping ground near Uluru (Ayers Rock), Lindy Chamberlain (Meryl Streep) witnesses a dingo carrying her baby Azaria from a tent. Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill) begins a search in the darkness. [read more]

The cost of utopia (1949)

Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) and his friend Raffaello Carboni (Peter Illing) arrive at the diggings near Ballarat, part of a long line of men looking for their fortune. They stop to survey the busy goldfields below. Carboni says they will ... [read more]

The beef cattle industry (1934)

This clip features scenes on a cattle station including the herding of cattle, bull riding, cattle passing through a trough, mustering, stockmen setting up camp and cattle inoculation. [read more]

The times are changing (1989)

Monnie (Justine Clarke) is Guinea’s (Rebecca Gibney) younger sister. She works in a factory sewing parachutes for the war effort. She’s becoming independent but her mother (Gillian Jones), grief stricken with the loss of her favourite son, has strong and ... [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]

‘No wonder mama left you’ (1997)

Sonja Buloh (Kerry Fox) confronts her alcoholic father Bojan (Kristof Kaczmarek). Upset with him for not responding to news of her pregnancy, Sonja lashes out at Bojan. [read more]

Stark the animal collector (1968)

Cigar smoking Dr Stark (Frank Thring) wanders around his private zoo. Skippy is refusing food but the good doctor feels confident that his understanding of animal psychology in ordering a meal ‘fit for a king’ from his personal chef will ... [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]

New girl (1985)

Buzz (Mitch Ambrose) checks out the new girl at the rink. His girlfriend Francine (Shanti Gudgeon) is jealous and calls Susan (Sherie Graham) a ‘daddy’s girl’. When Susan’s dad (Bruce Myles) arrives with a jumper for her, Buzz introduces himself ... [read more]

‘The drugs always come first’ (2006)

Candy (Abbie Cornish) and Dan (Heath Ledger) have rented a shack in the country after Candy’s miscarriage. Her parents come for Sunday lunch but the chicken is past its use-by date, and still frozen solid by lunchtime. Candy gets angry ... [read more]

An auspicious beginning (1964)

Menzies giving an election speech, demonstrating his oratorical skills. The title comes up as the first page in a book held by a presenter who turns around and faces the camera. The presenter comments on the amazing kind of person ... [read more]

The greatest Australian prime minister (1966)

Political expert Professor Geoffrey Sawer discusses Deakin’s role in the first decade of Federation. Former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies (1949–66) hails Deakin as Australia’s greatest prime minister. [read more]

The jealous husband returns (1976)

Evan (Kit Taylor) storms back into the party as his wife Kerry (Candy Raymond) is having sex with Cooley (Harold Hopkins), a serial seducer. Cooley flees in his underpants, chased by Evan, but Kerry puts a public stop to her ... [read more]

Inside the biscuit factory (1932)

This clip shows Swallow and Ariell’s focus on quality testing and careful preparation of ingredients to ensure their twin promises of ‘quality and service’ are fulfilled. Automated mixing, rolling, baking and cutting machines are shown along with factory workers on ... [read more]

Call me The Crab (2002)

The Silver Shadow (Tayler Kane) tells Josh (Alex Hopkins), Alex (Hannah Greenwood), Campbell (Aljin Abella) and Gretel (Sage Butler) about his terrible archenemy, The Crab. It is the old grandpa (Ronald Falk), who is offering his bored granddaughter Fiona (Eloise ... [read more]

Hiding the pension cheques (1984)

Maggie (Ruth Cracknell) is convinced that if she doesn’t cash her pension cheques then the government will never know how much money she has and take some from her as taxation. [read more]

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