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Survival of the fittest (1991)
A father who owns a luxury car explains that his seven-year-old son has already acquired his own toy luxury car and is working to imitate his dad’s material ambitions. [read more]
Alone in the docks (1993)
This re-enactment shows a judge condemning Max Stuart to death. [read more]
Launch of the HMAS Success (1984)
HMAS Success is launched from Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, on 3 March 1984 in front of a huge attending crowd. [read more]
‘I come from the future’ (1987)
Geologist Annie (Nikki Coghill) helps wounded time traveller Petra (Carrie Fisher). Petra convinces Ballard (Tom Burlinson) to tell Annie about their mission. Annie tentatively agrees to help. [read more]
The brilliant Dr Plonk (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) and his mute assistant, Paulus (Paul Blackwell), are working in Plonk’s laboratory. Mrs Plonk (Magda Szubanski) slips on a banana skin discarded by Paulus. [read more]
Logs treated at the mill (1920)
This clip from an industrial documentary made in 1920 shows logs being treated and cut into useable timber pieces. [read more]
‘Where’s the future’ (1977)
Sandy (John Jarratt) asks Scollop (Mel Gibson) why he loves surfing. Scollop says it’s a way of life and what he does to thrash out his problems. Sandy questions what kind of future and security surfing holds. [read more]
Investing in the unknown (2002)
An art auction. A woman is purchasing two pieces of art – a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi fish. [read more]
Launch at the GPO (1988)
Australia Post’s joint issue koala and Eagle Australia–USA stamp is launched in Sydney. [read more]
The poet as novelist (1988)
This clip is from an interview Dinny O’Hearn conducted with David Malouf that ranges widely across his writing. He talks about writing two books concurrently and discusses his earliest novels, Johnno (1975) and An Imaginary Life (1978). [read more]
‘Voices in the dark’ (2006)
John (Mark Constable) believes he has seen Tom (Don Barker), his dead uncle. He hides his thoughts from wife Emily (Victoria Hill), who begins to suspect something is wrong. [read more]
‘Inspectors of the Underworld’ (1993)
Australian painter Tim Storrier depicts a snake in his painting and talks about his childhood experiences. [read more]
On the war in Iraq (2004)
At a conference in Jakarta, Malcolm Fraser speaks out against going to war in Iraq. [read more]
‘The penalty is death’ (1979)
Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) meet their lawyer, Major J.F. Thomas (Jack Thompson), a country solicitor. It is one day before their trial is to start, and they are horrified to discover their lawyer has ... [read more]
Give me the money (1979)
Missing girl Leilani (Amanda Berry) tells her new friend Zane (David Lourie) that she knows someone who wants to buy his supply of LSD. Unemployed Paul (Bryan Brown) decides to rob a supermarket, but ends up shooting a cop. ... [read more]
Launch of the satellite (1967)
WRESAT arrives at Woomera, is connected to its launch vehicle, and takes off into orbit. [read more]
Maps of the country (2000)
Aboriginal paintings feature maps of a specific area, mythology, personal history and storytelling. [read more]
Sailing the high seas (1984)
A group of mountaineers and scientists take an old whaling vessel a record 850 miles in Antarctic waters to port using improvised sails. [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]
When the fun stops (1997)
There is a down side to taking ecstasy when it is mixed with other drugs, usually alcohol. In a large Sydney hospital on a weekend night, a young man is brought in with a psychotic reaction to a cocktail of ... [read more]
