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Dance with me (1982)
Margaret Coleman (Diana McLean) is having a party to celebrate her investment in the film project of her lover Mangione (Frank Gallacher) but things are not going well. Her husband Dick (Ronald Falk) has discovered just how much money Margaret ... [read more]
’You could even pass for a blackfella’ (2001)
After bonding over afros and basketball Lisa (Phaedra Nicolaidis) and Marlene (Maria Tusa) devise a plan for Lisa to play on the All Blacks basketball team. The girls win the game and Lisa is in high spirits but still can’t ... [read more]
Mush (1993)
It’s minus 40 degrees in the Antarctic, as the husky dog team pull the sledge with two Australians aboard. [read more]
Flood and drought (1957)
The aftermath of the Maitland floods reveals the death, destruction the disaster has left behind. Collapsed houses, destroyed cars and dead animals are amongst the mud and debris. As the clean-up effort commences, a piano accordion plays across the soundtrack. ... [read more]
Ace of parsons (1934)
Rev Stanhope (Eric Colman) flies Eileen McBride (Isabelle Mahon) back to the McBride farm. He is a flying ace from the First World War, who now uses a light plane to visit his spread-out parishioners. Eileen brings news from England, ... [read more]
England vs Australia (1933)
This black-and-white Australasian Gazette newsreel shows highlights of the 1932–1933 England versus Australia cricket series. It starts with footage of the packed stadium, and then to the Australian cricket team walking out onto the field. It includes clips of the ... [read more]
‘You’ve got guts, you’ll be fine’ (1997)
Granger (Dominic Purcell) makes the case that a stuttering DJ for Raw FM’s debut will put off listeners. He therefore argues that he, rather than Sarah (Elena Mandalis), should present the first show. Zelda (Nadine Garner) violently disagrees while Robert ... [read more]
‘Treaty’ (1991)
‘Treaty’ was one of the singles lifted from Yothu Yindi’s ‘Tribal Voice’ album, released in 1991. This is an excerpt from the first verse and chorus. [read more]
‘All human endeavour is folly’ (1997)
Opening titles then an aerial point of view of broadcast towers, suburbia and cityscape as Robert (Mathew Dyktynski) in voice-over contemplates the ‘illusion of choice’. Settling finally on the warehouse which contains fledgling community radio station Raw FM, we enter ... [read more]
Applying sanctions (1973)
Robert Moore introduces the two guests and the very partisan audience for this debate about whether Australia should take sides in the future of Rhodesia. The first question is to Senator Sheil about whether sanctions are a good idea. He ... [read more]
Mix tape (2003)
The awkward hero – a boy with an analog tape recorder for a head – tries to ask his neighbour out on a date. [read more]
November victory (1955)
On 8 November 1954, Federal Parliament authorised a Bill to secure the right of employers to recruit labour for the waterfront, overturning the tradition of waterside labour being picked by the union. This clip dramatises the campaign that made the ... [read more]
Bobby and Pikey make history (1983)
Tommy Woodcock (Tom Burlinson) runs Phar Lap onto the track at Flemington for the 1930 Melbourne Cup. The horse has been kept in hiding after an attempt on his life; the race has been delayed 15 minutes waiting for the ... [read more]
What price mateship? (1984)
Kev (Ray Meagher) catches up with Tommo (Paul Sonkkila) at the pub, where he gradually becomes aware that Tommo is hiding something. His worst fears are realised when he returns to the caravan to discover Ampy (Charito Ortez) has been ... [read more]
‘I just want a room’ (1986)
Frank (John Hargreaves) comes to rent the spare room at Malcolm’s house. He has seen a notice in the milk bar up the street, but he’s surprised to hear that Mrs T (Beverley Phillips) and the neighbour Jenny (Judith Stratford) ... [read more]
Wilderness (1983)
A montage of rainforest wilderness is accompanied by an essay in voice-over extolling the value of rainforest to humankind, including that it is the place to experience nature and regeneration. [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]
Pirates at Port Jackson (1934)
On a stage set, a man dressed as a pirate standing on the deck of the Jolly Roger sings about a beautiful haven while his shipmates listen. As the song continues, a montage of images of Sydney Harbour and Port ... [read more]
‘It’s just outside our door’ (1942)
This clip includes footage filmed by Damien Parer of Papuan stretcher bearers carrying wounded Australian troops from the 39th Battalion along the Kokoda trail through dense jungle terrain and across a river. The voice-over commentary by actor Peter Bathurst emphasises ... [read more]
Women’s image (1976)
The filmmakers draw the title of the film on their naked bodies. By throwing a tomato on the lens, they remind the viewer that all images are constructed. Taking control of their own image, they begin a wild ride into ... [read more]
