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A prize for everyone (1959)

After advertisements from sponsor companies, four contestants from the studio audience prepare to play ‘True or False’ for their chance to become the next contestant. [read more]

‘By the hundred thousand tons’ (1957)

This clip depicts life for Australian miners prior to the Second World War. Mine pits and shafts are abandoned because of fire or flood and coal miners move to the next job, leaving behind ghost towns in their wake. Mine ... [read more]

The Adams family (1956)

Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]

The choice (2004)

As Ganggu Mama (or Uncle Daddy, played by David Ngoombujarra) looks for the right tree to make a didgeridoo, his young nephew Jackson (Clarence Ryan) and his gang break into a car and steal a bag. [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]

Freedom to the city – Edinburgh (1948)

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that states ‘Presented by the Corporation of Edinburgh along with the Burgess Ticket conferring the Freedom of the City to Rt. ... [read more]

By the camp fire we speak of love (2005)

A glowing campfire in the desert night. A voice-over tells us why we are here, in the desert, with elder and younger women only. It is women’s business, the lore of love. [read more]

The seventh wish lasts forever (1990)

Prince Wilton (Justin Rosniak) is desperate to get rid of the last wish. CW wishes for everyone to like him and he’s turned into a baby. Katie (Ebony Ricketson) now adores him but Wilton can’t change him back because the ... [read more]

The Great Leader (1997)

At a celebration at Kim Il Sung Square for the founding day of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK or North Korea), a woman speaks to camera about her happiness and her devotion to the Great Leader, ... [read more]

Albert Namatjira (1953)

The Sundowner/Ted Simpson (Chips Rafferty) and Dancer (Henry Murdoch) meet artist Albert Namatjira (as himself) en route to Kim Marsden’s cattle station. Namatjira tells the Sundowner he has heard that Kim’s father was murdered. [read more]

Freezing the meadow (1997)

Arktos, the villainous but silly snowman, implements his dastardly plan to freeze over the world with ice and snow to create a winter wasteland. [read more]

The creative explosion (1999)

With re-creations of a prehistoric tribe interacting with each other, the narration tells us that the survival of humankind has always depended on our ability to view and interpret the world, to feel for others and to think about the ... [read more]

Reacting to globalisation (2009)

This sequence looks at the struggles of Australian filmmakers in an international context. It asks if audiences have been colonised by US films and TV, then suggests that other national industries are also pitted against Hollywood domination but that Australia ... [read more]

The recruiting blokes came through town (2010)

The soldiers are being taken to their new location, the Messines Ridge in Belgium, when Woodward (Brendan Cowell) strikes up a conversation with the father and son under his command. Jim Sneddon (Alan Dukes) explains that his son Walter (Alex ... [read more]

‘Try the lot, no matter what the risk’ (1981)

Alan (Adam Garnett) and his father (Tony Barry) discuss the problem Alan is having with the bully Macintyre, contemplating ways Alan can beat him. His mother (Julie Hamilton) is distressed at what is happening as Mr Marshall tries to explain ... [read more]

Queen of the Murray 1951 (1943)

This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay Morris in 1951 shows some of the female competitors on a boat on the Murray River and on stage competing for the Queen of the Murray beauty contest at ... [read more]

Launch at the GPO (1988)

Australia Post’s joint issue koala and Eagle Australia–USA stamp is launched in Sydney. [read more]

Politics in PNG (2004)

Several New Guineans express dismay at the corruption of local politics. One person says things were better under Australian colonial rule. [read more]

Unusual pets (1989)

Vali introduces her eel and frog and speaks about how the frog needs to be treated. [read more]

The bridge (1988)

Dave (Peter Hehir) is building a bridge across the river to open his farm to the world. For now though, the only way for Badge (Alexander 'Mathew’ Jacobs) to cross is by the swinging rope bridge, high above the river. ... [read more]

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