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No more drudgery (1992)
The new world of computer animation is explained by reporter Tracey Curro, who shows us how movements of the human body are recorded on a series of cameras. This gives the animation director a full 360-degree view of the motion ... [read more]
‘The playgrounds of laughing children’ (1931)
This clip begins along the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne followed by a view of the Princes Bridge. The next tracking shot enters Melbourne’s Botanical Gardens and shows people enjoying the lakes, ponds and park areas. The clip ... [read more]
Aboriginal people and the dingo (1997)
A scientist takes Rob Bredl to remote Aboriginal cave paintings that depict the closeness of the dingo to humans. [read more]
Designing for the law (2000)
The Commonwealth Law Courts in Melbourne, Australia were designed by the architect Paul Katsieris. As he walks from the outside to the inside of this building he explains the design elements. [read more]
‘Reinstate the linesmen: give the sack to Joh’ (1987)
A Brisbane-wide meeting of union delegates and members agree to continue the strike. Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members have been sacked by the government and want 'scab’ contractors to stop work. Police arrest picketers. [read more]
Cleaning up the land (1997)
An elder speaks about the effects of tourism, and the responsibility of cleaning up the land. [read more]
Sound of the nineties (1989)
This is the opening sequence, with the band playing one of their hit songs, ‘Nobody tells me what to do’, before moving into the story, with Jenny (Rebecca Blomberg) and Pugwall (Jason Torrens) in the school grounds. [read more]
‘Just the way it is’ (2007)
The Anderson and Parker families go into the town for the day, for much-needed supplies. Ed Anderson (Xavier Samuel) and his friend Paddy Parker (Clarence John Ryan) go to the pictures, where a newsreel tells the latest news of Lionel ... [read more]
Dorothy meets the Good Fairy (1976)
Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) wakes up in a strange town after a car accident. In a dress shop run by the 'Good Fairy’ (Robin Ramsay), she learns she has killed the 'town hood’. The Fairy rewards her with a beautiful pair ... [read more]
Removal of the columns (1942)
This unedited mute, black-and-white footage shows the columns of the Sydney GPO clock tower being removed in 1942. [read more]
Changeover at Mawson, 1960 (1961)
Work begins as soon as the ship Thala Dan arrives at Mawson Station, early in 1960. A total of 33 men are to spend a year in Antarctica at Australia’s first two bases, Davis and Mawson. At Mawson, they begin ... [read more]
Official opening of Old Parliament House (1927)
This shows the Duke of York officially opening Parliament House in 1927, which is now Old Parliament House, in Canberra. A statue of King George V is then unveiled in the foyer and the senators leave for the first ever ... [read more]
The President goes down (1984)
In 1942 the ocean liner President Coolidge was carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo. She accidentally struck two allied mines and sank. Initially it was thought that the ship would stay on the reef, but water filled the holds ... [read more]
‘What about the children?’ (1986)
Hughie (Martyn Sanderson), deputised by his wife to talk to Charlie (Shane Connor) about his Aboriginal origins, tries to put his concerns in terms of the children but only succeeds in alerting Charlie to the fact that Roie really does ... [read more]
Travelling up the Strickland River (1979)
Malcolm Douglas travels up the Strickland River, a tributary of the Fly River, and meets the Bagwa men of Papua New Guinea. The Bagwa pull Douglas’s motorboat through the thick grassy swamp and invite him to join them on a ... [read more]
Mao suit (1997)
Fashion in China has changed from the blue and grey Mao suit to a new world of contemporary fashion. [read more]
‘I come from a land down under’ (1981)
Men at Work sing about travelling the world and what it means to come 'from a land down under’. [read more]
Ear operation (2005)
In a week’s time Daniel Sims (Chris Lilley) will donate his eardrum to his hearing-impaired twin Nathan (Chris Lilley) in a world-first operation. A magazine journalist (Nicole Brady) interviews Daniel on his family’s property in rural Dunt, South Australia. [read more]
It’s all in the lighting (2004)
A beautiful model becomes a vision when her hair is dressed and she’s lit for a fashion shoot. [read more]
‘The gods are angry’ (2003)
The Balinese people believe that the bombing of a nightclub was a sign of displeasure by the gods. Psychiatrist Dr Denny Thong explains the feeling of the people. A temple priest, Mangku Sakenan, explains that a ceremony is held to ... [read more]
