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‘Irkanda lV’ (1967)
This is a 30-second excerpt from the ABC recording of Peter Sculthorpe’s 'Irkanda lV’, released in 1967. The work is performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins. The violin soloist is Leonard Dommett. [read more]
Hellfire Jack (1985)
An introduction to John Curtin, Australian prime minister, 1941–45. [read more]
‘A bullet doesn’t know what colour you are’ (2008)
The Second World War interrupts the fight for Aboriginal rights and many Aboriginal men go to war. Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nations, Professor Bain Attwood and Richard Frankland of the Gunditjmara Nation discuss the issues and implications of ... [read more]
Bridging the Parramatta River (1967)
Children play on the banks of a stream west of Sydney where the Parramatta River begins. A coloured beach ball tossed into the stream floats down the waterway which becomes a river then runs into Sydney Harbour. As the beach ... [read more]
The quiz (1963)
Bob and Dolly Dyer welcome the audience and introduce the first contestants. Dentist Raleigh Matthews is defending his win and prizes from the previous week’s show. He is up against teacher Francis Shipton. Dyer asks a series of questions which ... [read more]
Plonk in trouble (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) is wanted for terrorism in 2007. Spotted by two police officers (Jo-Ann Lancaster, Simon Yates), he leads them on a chase through the city. [read more]
Dad’s clock (2001)
The animated short Dad’s Clock is narrated by Barry Otto and can be seen here in full. A giant metal bird flies towards the wooden skeleton of a ship on a wooden slatted sea. Inside the ship is the timber ... [read more]
Mum, dad, brother and bird (1999)
The narrator (voiced by William McInnes) introduces us to his home and family, with a focus on his brother. [read more]
Kids and bombs (2007)
Laith Stevens talks about the aspirations of the Laos people as we see a teacher in front of a class telling the kids not to collect iron to sell. Kids walking along in the bush look for scrap metal and ... [read more]
Winging it (1998)
You can view the animated short film Winging It here in its entirety. A young man (voiced by David Brown), far from home, writes to his family in Australia. The desert of Jordan reminds him of his grandfather who fought ... [read more]
‘It all began with Mrs Flynn’ (1989)
After forming a musical trio with the local greengrocer, Mr and Mrs Flynn decide to advertise for another musician. Voice-over narration is by Ruth Cracknell. [read more]
Lockie, ‘surf rat’ (2006)
Lockie (Sean Keenan) contemplates the ‘demented’ surf in his new home town and rides the waves. [read more]
‘Only the Russians can save us’ (1984)
Historical footage and interviews focus on Eichmann’s fanaticism, the Siege of Budapest in 1944–45 and Wallenberg’s role in saving 70,000 Jews from the Nazis. [read more]
Bapaume is burning (1917)
Mounted transport columns move up the Albert-Bapaume Road, skirting a large crater created by a German mine. The road runs beside a light railway line recently built by the Australian Pioneers (see clip one). A tank lumbers over the shell ... [read more]
‘I wanted to get closer to reality’ (2006)
In an excerpt from the only surviving interview with Bob Mathews, one of the founders of the Realist Film Unit, he describes the beginnings of his interest in film. Meanwhile, filmmaker John Hughes looks through the old film canisters Mathews’s ... [read more]
Lester’s story (1991)
Veteran trainer Lester (Gandhi MacIntyre) tells young boxer Skip (Noah Taylor) about the injury that ended his career. [read more]
‘You could have someone happy’ (1983)
Stella (Geraldine Haywood) stays for dinner with Pam (Gabrielle Shornegg) and her family. An argument breaks out between Pam’s mother (Colleen Fitzpatrick), father (Paul Chubb) and sister (Joanne Gabbe). [read more]
‘I want everything fixed!’ (1985)
Colin (Chris Haywood) has returned home after hospital treatment. He goes to the State Library to research the effects of Agent Orange, after reading news reports of American research implicating it in cancer and birth defects. Back home, he tells ... [read more]
Wattie and Agnes Doig remember (1983)
Wattie and Agnes Doig recall life on the Gippsland coalfields in the 1930s. [read more]
