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Fair to a fault (1993)
Chris Masters, a reporter on the ABC’s Four Corners, is respected by his colleagues because of his ethics and thorough research before broadcasting stories. Masters talks about the backlash he received when his story on police corruption in NSW ... [read more]
The death of Bow-ra (1988)
Badge (Alexander 'Mathew’ Jacobs) and Sam (Cameron Atkins), find that Bow-ra, the family’s milking cow has been badly injured in a storm. Her back is broken and Jessie (Mary Haire) cannot help her. Jessie has to shoot the cow to ... [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]
Locals cool off at the weir (1940)
Two boys run and dive into the Dawson River alongside Theodore weir as others look on, some sit on the waters edge. A car drives across the top of the weir as pedestrians cross in the opposite direction. Children splash ... [read more]
The story of the Red Cross (1940)
Red Cross volunteers produce thousands of articles for hospital requirements, including gowns, masks, pyjamas and bandages. Other volunteers knit and sew items from their own homes. Lady Gowrie, President of the Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS), and Lady Duggan, ... [read more]
‘Across the river’ (1950)
A montage of brick houses and apartments gives way to an intertitle which introduces the contrasting living conditions of workers who live ‘across the river’. A wide shot of an industrial cityscape cuts to a shot of a street, which ... [read more]
On board the ship (1915)
This clip shows the on board activities of some of the troops about to depart Sydney to fight in the First World War. It begins with many of them relaxing on deck. Another group of men participate in a coordinated ... [read more]
Hunting during the calm (2005)
The two elders with their spears straightened and smoothed, make holes in the ends with a stone knife for the woomera. The elders tell us the Antarrengeny people are still making spears this way today. The elders speak about the ... [read more]
‘The strangest woman I ever seen’ (2008)
Nullah (Brandon Walters) thinks 'coppers’ are coming to take him away. The car in the distance is actually bringing Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) to Faraway Downs. Nullah describes her as 'the strangest woman I ever seen’. [read more]
Children join the bus (1993)
Young children in Moree are given permission to go to the swimming pool with the university students led by Charles Perkins. The children scramble onto the bus, and begin to sing a contemporary popular song. On the bus, they are ... [read more]
The grinding stone (2001)
Reggie Camphoo Pwerl and Donald Thompson Kemarre tell us about what Indigenous people used to carry with them when they travelled everywhere on foot – the main tool being the grinding stone. Images show the grinding stone being used to ... [read more]
‘You have a wildness of spirit’ (1979)
While staying with her well-to-do grandmother, Sybylla (Judy Davis) has a crisis about her looks. Her Aunt Helen (Wendy Hughes) tells her to stop looking in mirrors and tries to make her more feminine. Suitor Frank Hawden (Robert Grubb) offers ... [read more]
The importance of primary production (1925)
The importance of primary production and agricultural research and education is explained through an intertitle. This is followed by a sequence of three shots capturing a group of young men pruning grapevines in a vineyard. [read more]
There’s no place like home (1936)
The workmen, who live in shanty-style houses, also have dreams for a better home. As a child sits and draws a picture of a house, her picture is transformed (by a dissolve) into an architect’s sketch and then a realised ... [read more]
Rolf Harris at the Sydney Opera House (1973)
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris sings a self-penned tribute to the SOH while he does a painting of it. We see him in make up, preparing for the first performance in the concert hall. [read more]
A Turk’s son (2000)
Thirty-year-old Kuranda asks his father if he is a Turk or an Australian. Kuranda was born in Turkey and has lived most of his life in Australia. [read more]
Preparing for the eclipse (1922)
As the crucial hour approaches, members of the scientific expedition prepare their telescopic and scientific equipment to view the solar eclipse. They check the lenses, position mirrors, place slides, and test shutters. Intertitles explains the approach of the eclipse and ... [read more]
Into the void (1983)
Jenny is determined to show her worth to the rest of the group, even if it means tackling abseiling when she has a terror of heights. [read more]
The natural vegetation of the alpine country (1955)
The make-up and ecological function of the alpine country’s natural vegetation is detailed. By the 1950s continual clearing for grazing pasture had destroyed much of this natural environment. [read more]
The docklands (1984)
Max (Jack Thompson) and his wharfie mates set off in the early morning to work on the docks. Along the way, we’re introduced to their world as working men with wives and children, lovers and mothers. When the wharfies arrive ... [read more]
