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Coming a gutser (1937)
Patricia Blaydon (Shirley Ann Richards) has been invited by Lady Denvee (Bobbie Hunt) to ride with the local fox hunt. Lord Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) gives some riding hints to a stranger on the road, then shows him some neighbourly kindness ... [read more]
The construction of Island Bend Dam (1969)
The process by which Island Bend Dam, on the eastern side of the Snowy-Murray Development, was built is shown step by step. [read more]
The seduction of Maps begins (2006)
Maps (Daniel Radcliffe) meets Lucy (Teresa Palmer) for the first time on his own at a rocky outcrop high above the sea. She tells him that the stones were left by aliens and flirts with him in a very provocative ... [read more]
The scandal of intermarriage (1997)
An Indian woman talks about having chosen to marry a white Australian, and the effect of that on her family. Some people said she has no morals. Her mother felt degraded in front of her traditional Indian friends. [read more]
Judge not, lest ye be judged (1988)
Bea (Victoria Longley) visits Marcus (Philip Sayer) hoping for a quiet, congenial evening but finds him ensconced with a woman called Muffet (Pat Bishop), whom she perceives to be an empty-headed socialite and drunk to boot. She tries to disconcert ... [read more]
The Berlei Figure Type Indicator (1930)
After taking Barb’s measurements, Ms Blake calls Ms Trent and asks her to check them against the Berlei Figure Type Indicator, which indicates she is a ‘slender average type’. A suitable foundation garment for evening wear is brought up to ... [read more]
Welcome to the English cricket team (1932)
In this cinema newsreel Australian Cricket Captain, Bill Woodfull, welcomes the English cricket team to Australia for the Ashes at the start of the 1932–33 series. [read more]
‘A handsome trio of the road’ (1930)
This clip shows the three family vehicles parked in the driveway out the front of the Archibald family home 'Noorong’ in Strathfield, Sydney. [read more]
200 to 1 (2003)
Jockey Bernie Cooper speaks to the owner of the racehorse Gentle Genius as she prepares to race it. The race starts, she pulls ahead, and the owners get very excited when she finishes in second place. Back in her change ... [read more]
‘The doubt is already beginning’ (1989)
Anne Winton (Carol Drinkwater) confronts Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) about her accusations. Following a heated exchange Anna is led away by husband Bobby (Steve Jacobs). [read more]
Hurley’s boat, the Eureka (1921)
A shot of Hurley’s boat and his seaplane being unloaded off a ship from Sydney at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby. The people in their canoes help Hurley with his plane. [read more]
The beginning of yourself (1989)
Australian artist Brett Whiteley is asked how to paint. He advises young artists to buy the materials and just do it. [read more]
The biggest crime case (2006)
In a dramatic re-creation of events of 1 January 1963, two boys find the body of Dr Bogle (Rhys Muldoon) beside Lane Cove River. Police and detectives arrive at the scene to discover Mrs Chandler’s (Octavia Baron Martin) half-naked body ... [read more]
The mammy from Alabamy (1934)
George (George Wallace) impersonates a waiter at a swank nightclub in order to spy on the crooks who want to nobble his favourite horse. All of the club’s waiters are also performers, so George sings and dances for the patrons. [read more]
Myra and the firefighter (1995)
Myra is dating a firefighter. She is wolf-whistled at by the firefighters who know her from their truck. It is presented as innocent fun and Myra expresses her amusement at what happens. [read more]
Hilda and Hugh Jones (1940)
This Rinso advertisement from approximately 1940 introduces us to Hilda and Hugh Jones: the 'wrong kind of wife’ and possibly the 'right sort of husband’ according to the narrator. Hilda is always in a bad mood when Hugh arrives home ... [read more]
Cries in the dark (1978)
Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) argue as they drive out of the city on a rainy night. She doesn’t like camping; he doesn’t want to spend another weekend with their friends at Eildon. She criticises the amount he ... [read more]
To cross the Nullarbor Plain (1984)
Having been thwarted by what he described as a massive horseshoe-shaped salt pan to the far north of Adelaide, Edward John Eyre (played in this reenactment by Paul Mason) decided, against government advice, to continue east to west from the ... [read more]
In the old days (1979)
Frank Bourke’s old-time dance band is probably the last of its kind in Australia. He has a loyal following of country folk who are following a tradition passed down ever since their ancestors settled the land. [read more]
Kicking the oil habit (2006)
The United States is moving fast to offer motorists the opportunity to fill up with flexifuel, a mix of petrol and ethanol. However the world leader is Brazil, where drivers are using whatever mix of petrol and ethanol they prefer, ... [read more]
