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The Spirit of Progress (1937)
Embodying the most modern developments in railway construction at the time, the all-steel air-conditioned passenger train Spirit of Progress boasted ‘comfort, strength and safety’. [read more]
Danger in the night (2007)
The interviewees speak about the dark, where hidden possibilities and danger lurk, the fear of night shadows, and horror films. There are images of dark areas, streets, people walking alone, shadows and shots from horror movies. [read more]
Arcades (1992)
The filmmaker visits Paris, firstly on a tourist barge on the Seine, then exploring its old shopping arcades. Meanwhile, academic and author Susan Buck-Morss describes Benjamin’s masterwork, Das Passagen Werk (1927–40), or The Arcades Project, that was built around a ... [read more]
Down on the farm (1979)
Frank Bourke, the band leader and composer of reliable dance tunes, revisits the dirt poor farm where he grew up. [read more]
Sun rises on the memorial (2001)
The sun rises from the darkness, its yellow and red falling across the country. An elder in voice-over speaks of his experience of working in a cemetery. As he speaks, he is pouring concrete. He is making a monument. He ... [read more]
Departing Australia (1948)
This clip from the first reel of a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that says ‘Journey to England’ which is followed by a crowd farewelling them from a wharf. Streamers ... [read more]
The sole and heel (1924)
A man places a leather sheet under a pressing machine that cuts out segments for the soles of shoes. He illustrates this for the camera and holds up one of the sheets. The soles are then ‘channelled’ in preparation for ... [read more]
Cutting across the vein (1996)
The rehearsals have gone underground, after the hospital administrator, Mr Kerner, has sacked Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn). The actors now meet in secret at night, in the disused hospital laundry. Lewis has to comfort a distraught Ruth (Pamela Rabe), after she ... [read more]
Rescue on the road (2005)
Kristy (Kestie Morassi) has escaped from the camp. She has been tortured and beaten, but she runs, without shoes, until she finds the road. An old man stops to help her. While he fetches a blanket from the back of ... [read more]
The captain meets his ship (1997)
The captain (Steve Vidler) has reluctantly accepted control of a ship that is to be sunk at sea, for insurance. On the dock he meets the surly crew members – all of whom know the score. Chief officer Heckle (John ... [read more]
‘The kingdom of rice’ (1962)
At Humpty Doo Farm on the flats of the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory, long-grain rice is harvested for local and international markets. Rice is also successfully grown for export at Liveringa in the Fitzroy District near Derby, Western ... [read more]
DJ Kenny spins the music (2005)
DJ Kenny (David Page) steps up to the mike and introduces his radio show, Greenbush, the show where dedications are made to Indigenous inmates. [read more]
‘Remember … Cadbury’s Milk Tray’ (1955)
This clip contains two 30-second advertisements for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates. In the first, a young couple going to a show make the evening romantic with the purchase of Milk Tray chocolates. The second shows a male and female ... [read more]
Tracking the horse thieves (1947)
The five children have told their parents they are going camping. Instead they head towards the wild Warrigal Ranges, looking for the men who stole their father’s valuable mare Lucy (and foal). At Bellbird Crossing, they camp overnight. In the ... [read more]
The ginning of cotton (1945)
Sudanese workers in a large ginning factory separate the cotton seed from the fibre so it can be processed. Others flatten the cotton manually into a press. After ginning, the cotton is fed into large presses, which shape it into ... [read more]
Songs in the paints (2007)
The artist explains that he thought his use of the image, including his choice of colours, was pretty harmless, but the traditional owners highlight the laws and customs surrounding the reproduction of the Wandjina imagery including the use of colour. [read more]
Sins of the father (2003)
Archival photographs show the children of Carrolup during the mission days. Dr John Stanton, Director of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, gives a background to the Carrolup mission. Mervyn Hill, former Carrolup inmate, offers a personal recount of his days ... [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]
The construction of Murray 2 Power Station (1969)
Excavation of the open cut and construction of the Murray 2 Power Station in the Snowy Mountains Scheme, are detailed. [read more]
A misuse of authority (1969)
In order to explain the hierarchical nature of the Catholic church and how that can so easily lead to a mindless authoritarianism, Molony tells the story of how his superior denied him the right to attend his brother’s first big ... [read more]
