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You can hear it but you can’t see it (1993)
This clip expresses the idea that 'You can’t see it, but you can hear it’. Ruby lays her ear to the train tracks upon which the ghost train passes. The clip moves through different time periods, the characters telling retrospectively ... [read more]
Keeping hold of authority (1984)
At the Cowra POW camp, another 100 Japanese prisoners have arrived and pour scorn on their compatriots for having accepted their prison status without a fight to the death for the honour of their Emperor and their families. They ... [read more]
Australian Movie Magazine title (1971)
This clip features the opening title sequence for the Australian Movie Magazine theatrical newsreel. Note: the quality of the soundtrack on this clip is poor because of deterioration of the original sound negative. [read more]
Unfinished business (2001)
The mother (Kaarin Fairfax) sits forlorn on the porch. Her eyes search the landscape. She begins to sing. Her song moves her in the direction of the tracker, Albert Riley (Kelton Pell), who is chopping wood. Albert’s song joins with ... [read more]
Badger restored (2000)
Restoration of the Badger started in 1996 and was done by volunteers. Neil Weidenbach, the organiser, comments on the restoration. [read more]
Women’s business (1997)
Women performing chores. The clip shows the different social responsibilities of different members of the community. [read more]
Fire at Hornsby (1908)
People look at the burnt out shell of a building in Hornsby as the camera pans across the damage. [read more]
Kymmy arrives too late (2000)
Kymmy (Olivia Patten) arrives at the foster carer’s (Heather Mitchell) home in the city but misses her appointment with the department. [read more]
Rodeo, Mt St John (1934)
Members of the crowd at the rodeo watch from the stands, sit down to a meal and picnic on the grounds. A man drinking a glass of beer is intercut with rodeo footage played in reverse to suggest he is ... [read more]
Reception and photographs (1914)
The camera films the wedding party compose themselves for still photographs at the reception. Some of the guests are also shown. The clip ends with the bride and groom standing in front of a staircase smiling for the camera. [read more]
Inside a new suburban home (1949)
The ‘Smith family’ do some gardening outside the front of their new suburban home before turning to walk inside. In the children’s bedroom, Mrs Smith places toys on the children’s beds, and in the main bedroom she makes the bed. ... [read more]
Building a motor body (1925)
Large power presses stamp the panels for the car bodies. As the press is lifted, one man removes the panel and another places a flat sheet into the machine. A worker in goggles welds the panels together. The finished sections ... [read more]
Quarrying limestone (1926)
This clip begins with a shot of a steam shovel collecting the limestone rubble from the quarry and emptying it into large bins for transport. A man in the foreground of the frame shovels the smaller pieces of rubble into ... [read more]
Coronation and procession (1953)
This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage. She alights from the carriage surrounded by her Maids of Honour and enters the ... [read more]
Nobby’s Nuts (1988)
The Nobby’s Nuts 'pub posters’ advertisement can be viewed here in its entirety. The characters in three vintage pub posters start to interact when the football from one poster lands on the table in the nightclub poster. The initial tension ... [read more]
Four types of mail (1966)
The clip explains the four types of mail to be sorted and the way in which the postal sorting officers and the customs officers, at the new Redfern Mail Exchange, work in conjunction with the mechanised sorting equipment. [read more]
Sydney Olympics opening ceremony (2006)
Agnes joins a group of 350 Aboriginal women from the central desert to rehearse and then perform the inma kungkarangkalpa at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. [read more]
Euthanasia (1997)
The Northern Territory government passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act but the Australian Medical Association is against it. Speaking to camera as he drives around Darwin, Dr Philip Nitschke talks about the federal government move to reverse the ... [read more]
Freedom machine (1995)
While the camera caresses the gleaming panels of a car, drivers describe in voice-over their emotions about cars. [read more]
Siege at Glenrowan hotel (1906)
This clip shows the troopers outside the Glenrowan hotel. Joe Byrne is shot. Steve and Dan shoot each other rather than be caught. The police set fire to the hotel and Father Gibney runs into the burning hotel to save ... [read more]
