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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]
Wigs for the boys (1996)
Traditionally young men in parts of New Guinea grew their hair long for ceremonies. Some New Guineans are not following the tradition so Aluago has created a business making wigs so that during ceremonies the wigs can be worn. [read more]
The power of fear (1987)
Father Brian Gore describes how he educates the poor people of Negros in the Philippines to become empowered against oppression. He stresses the values of human dignity and a display of fearlessness. [read more]
Talisman Sabre (2005)
The clip details the relationship between Australia and the US regarding weapons testing. A 20-year memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Australia in 2005 allows the two countries to carry out exercises in Australia including the use of ... [read more]
Down by the pier (1926)
Beachgoers are filmed walking along and diving off the Portsea Pier. In the water, a young girl is shown floating on an inflatable seahorse while others tread water. [read more]
The supernova of seduction (2002)
Dumby’s sister Clarence (Lisa Flanagan) and Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) share a marijuana cigarette under the pier. She is called away as their lips meet for the first time. Their courtship is watched by Gary’s team-mate Pickles (Tom Budge), who ... [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]
‘The societal moral norm’ (2006)
Karen Willis from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reflects on what she sees as the double standards between acceptable male and female sexual behaviour. AFL fan Christie talks to camera about the culture surrounding footballers and ... [read more]
Driving the cattle to water (1936)
After their water bore dries up – sabotaged by the neighbouring villain – Dick, Marion and Reggie take the cattle to the last water left on the Hastings property. Reggie (Robert Coote) gets himself in a tangle with horse and ... [read more]
In the audience at Cannes (2006)
Margaret Pomeranz concludes her warm review of Ten Canoes with a reference to how warmly the film was received at Cannes. David Stratton was actually at Cannes and takes up the theme by describing what it felt like to be ... [read more]
Making merry through the day (1925)
This clip from a silent Magnavox Wireless cinema advertisement shows a group of friends dancing to the music from a Magnavox Wireless at a picnic under a tree. It also shows them taking the wireless canoeing. [read more]
Family outing to the beach (1932)
This brief home movie clip, all shot hand-held by the Archibald family, captures a group of women dressing a toddler for beach play on what looks like Newport Beach, Sydney in the early 1930s. [read more]
Jeff first in the swimming pool (2001)
Pool manager Jim recalls the opening of the pool on 28 December 1963 and the local boy Jeff Marsden who was first at the gate and first in the new pool. We see stills of Jeff in the pool as ... [read more]
Youth peace walk (1970)
Protestors march through the streets of Sydney and Melbourne against the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. The soundtrack includes chants and songs from the crowds, and excerpts of radio news broadcasts. [read more]
Barry explains the lingo (1972)
Bazza (Barry Crocker) sings at a hip London club, where his songs are secretly taped, to be released by unscrupulous music industry shysters. He sings a favourite ditty, after explaining the meaning and derivation of the word 'chunder’. [read more]
The naked meat man (1974)
Kev Kavanagh is on a fast learning curve. He’s picked up new ideas from swinging London where they employ butcher’s assistants to serve the customers stark naked, just like the meat they’re offering over the counter, as he logically points ... [read more]
On the salt lake (2009)
Having evaded the police, Kev (Hugo Weaving) and Chook (Tom Russell) are driving across Lake Gairdner, a huge salt lake, in a stolen four-wheel drive. Kev has finally told the boy why they’re on the run. Chook sits for a ... [read more]
A sermon from the pulpit (1965)
The preacher offers an interpretation of one of the parables from the Bible. This clip is from a black-and-white live broadcast of a Catholic church service in the Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church in Rose Bay, Sydney. [read more]
The streets of Redfern (1988)
Redfern, Sydney 1987. Shane Phillips works with Aboriginal children, and gives us a background to the difficulties his charges are faced with. [read more]
The boys came out (2001)
In this clip, we hear from people who have lost direct family members in the Coniston Massacre in 1928. A map of the area from Coniston to Jarra Jarra shows the territory in which whites massacred Indigenous men, women and ... [read more]
