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Virgins of the forest (1949)
The O’Riordan boys are now grown into young men. Shane (Michael Pate), the eldest, has led them into virgin rainforest in south-east Queensland, where they intend to carve out a farm with axes and their bare hands. Before the great ... [read more]
‘The acoustics are pretty good’ (1989)
Ted Egan introduces us to Redbank Gorge in the Northern Territory. [read more]
‘Working on the home front’ (1943)
This clip tells the story of a civilian worker who joined the war by helping to make engines and aircraft for the allies. His address to camera – filmed at a workbench against back projection of a factory floor – ... [read more]
‘What I really like about Australia’ (1985)
In vox pops a local man (John Harrison) and a Russian (Michael Veitch, with voice-over by John Alsop) tell us what they think of Australia. Two men at the pub (Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro) complain about Asian immigration. [read more]
Wallenberg’s mission (1984)
Through historical footage, interviews and voice-over, this clip tells of the need to help save Hungarian Jews from the Nazis in 1944. [read more]
Sorry for the hold-up (1985)
A great opening to this action-adventure mini-series as a passenger train approaches a head-on collision with an oncoming train. The driver and fireman apply the brakes and brace for a certain death. It turns out to be the latest ruse ... [read more]
Gathering foods from the forest (1979)
A woman weaves a sago bag. The women gather and prepare sago. Men collect grubs and beetles from the roots of a rotten tree. Malcolm Douglas enjoys these delicacies with the people. [read more]
Out on the wing (1964)
During another of Smithy’s pioneering flights in the Southern Cross, one of the engines died and another had almost used up all its fuel, although the engine itself was still running. They were still several hours from Sydney, so Gordon ... [read more]
‘A great new feeling’ (1969)
This advertisement for the 1969 Holden HT Kingswood sedan features voice-over narration and an accompanying jingle about the 'new generation Holden’. It begins and ends with typical scenes of friends at the beach. The Kingswood drives through bushland to a ... [read more]
After the ball is over (1988)
After an evening’s dancing in the ballroom at the Medlow Bath Ritz in the company of Bea (Victoria Longley), Stevie (Linda Cropper), Marcus (Philip Sayer), Tip St James (Yves Stening) and Bill Seward (Andrew Tighe), Angus (Bruce Hughes) finds Lesley-Anne ... [read more]
Ricco (2004)
At school, Ricco stands with his hands drooped over an outside freshwater tap. He introduces himself to the audience, and the other main characters of the documentary soon after. [read more]
Cleaning up the Japs (1944)
The patrolling Australians are attacked by Japanese snipers. They return fire with Bren guns, then grenades thrown with deadly accuracy. The Japanese soldiers are soon dead. Their bodies are checked for documents and buried in their bunker. Taking up a ... [read more]
Holden’s resale value (1958)
A Holden customer shakes hands with his dealer and drives out of the Holden dealership. The voice-over narration explains Holden’s high resale value over an image of the newspaper classifieds. The narrator – a GMH representative standing ... [read more]
Swimming with the crocodile (2006)
Older brother Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil) introduces his younger brother, Charlie (Tom E Lewis), to his knowledge of the crocodile dreaming. After a crocodile rocks their tin boat, Burrimmilla and Charlie fall into the water and experience the crocodile in its ... [read more]
Changes in the school yard (2005)
We see some of the unusual class activities at Hunter Sports High School in NSW, which has been making changes in an effort to turn around high rates of truancy and suspensions. The principal is interviewed about the problematic ... [read more]
Shelling peas (2001)
Seemingly oblivious to her grandaughter’s close scrutiny, Ada (voiced by Isobel Lancaster) shells peas at the dining room table as the family members come and go. [read more]
Preparation of the satellite (1967)
The clip shows the various scientific instruments, predominantly for upper atmospheric research, to be carried by WRESAT, as well as the final laboratory work conducted to ensure successful orbit. [read more]
Ducks on the pond (1975)
A defiant Miss Dawson (Lisa Peers), the station owner’s daughter, claims her reward for keeping quiet about Foley’s unauthorised raid on kitchen supplies, when he stole some lemon essence. She wants to watch the shearers at work, but women are ... [read more]
Modernising the country cousins (1938)
The gala reopening of Cecille’s dress shop is threatened by an unpaid debt of £1,000. As Jill (Shirley Ann Richards) introduces her fabulous new fashions, Dave (Fred MacDonald) and his new sweetheart Myrtle (Muriel Flood) mount a guerrilla campaign against ... [read more]
Post-Second World War challenges (1947)
This clip begins with workers walking and cycling to work at the start of the day. As the narrator talks about the ‘working man’s paradise’, the images show scenes of negotiations between businesses and workers, labour disputes and conflicts between ... [read more]
