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Life on the Hawkesbury River (2005)
The Aboriginal participants introduce the Europeans to some of the bush tucker of the region. Only John and his wife are prepared to try the worm-like carbora, although they know they’ll be a rich source of protein. Luckily a river ... [read more]
The floral parade (1953)
Thousands of onlookers welcome the carnival queen float which leads the carnival procession down Toowoomba’s main street. The float is followed by the RSL float. An occasional voice-over commentary and lively musical score accompanies the rest of ... [read more]
Surfers Paradise (1960)
A Surfers Paradise title card opens this segment which includes shots of typical Queensland holiday units, hotels and motels, and swimming pools. The main streets are filled with billboards and signs, motels, cafes and pubs. The ‘Beachcomber’ nightclub is shown ... [read more]
Holiday lifestyles (1922)
The holiday accommodation in Sorrento is shown, along with tennis courts and gardens. A title card ‘all the girls are lovely by the seaside’ introduces men in their swimming trunks and women with parasols relaxing on the beach. A group ... [read more]
Backyard betting (1938)
This newsreel segment begins with a title card which sums it up nicely: ‘slums, illegal gambling and SP bookmaking is a real and vital problem confronting the governments of Australia today’. Following newspaper headlines, the story unfolds to place illegal ... [read more]
‘Wheelies’ and wheelie bins (2004)
Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) gets into more trouble when Angela (Heli Simpson) and Sophie (Megan Harrington) discover he can walk. When the angry Richmond (Marcus Costello) and his sidekick Declan (Steven Bahnsen) arrive, things couldn’t get worse … could they? [read more]
Expectations (1987)
Four women, born in the first half of the 20th century, talk about the expectations they had, as girls, for their own educations. The clip concludes with a montage of historical Education Department films promoting home science schools. [read more]
Revolution by referendum (1932)
In a series of takes and retakes, an unidentified man stands in front of a curtain and addresses the camera. He outlines his association’s vision for the wealth of the nation through the ‘abolition of the capitalistic system’ and a ... [read more]
Boer War Transvaal contingent (1899)
This actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant, Henry William Mobsby in 1899. Crowds line the streets to watch the First Queensland Cavalry Contingent parade just before ... [read more]
Bondi Surf Carnival (1929)
This clip documents the spectacle of a large surf carnival on Bondi Beach in approximately 1929. The surf clubs march on the sand and lifesavers give a resuscitation demonstration. [read more]
The touring talkies (1929)
A fleet of Studebaker sedans along with executives from Shell, Studebaker and Hoyts meet the ‘Talkie Truck’ as it pulls in to Melbourne. The executives shake hands with the sound technicians and engineers. The truck then pulls into a service ... [read more]
Another death in the family (1984)
The family have returned to Maggie’s house for the wake after her brother’s funeral. Uncle Tom (Peter Gwynne) has a heart attack and dies on their sofa in the lounge room just as he’s about to drink a cup of ... [read more]
Dame Nellie Melba (1920)
This black-and-white silent story from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba accompanied by John Lemmone, Lady Pamela Vestey as a child and others, walking along the deck of the passenger liner RMS Niagara, which has ... [read more]
The strike spreads (1917)
‘Produce Merchants’ unload perishables from a ship on the docks, possibly part of the New South Wales General Strike of 1917. [read more]
‘The vermin have inherited the earth’ (1981)
Max (Mel Gibson) is now a desert wanderer, in a world where petrol is the only currency. He drives ‘the last of the V8 Interceptors’, a remnant of the days when he was a highway patrolman. As the film begins, ... [read more]
Rescue on the road (2005)
Kristy (Kestie Morassi) has escaped from the camp. She has been tortured and beaten, but she runs, without shoes, until she finds the road. An old man stops to help her. While he fetches a blanket from the back of ... [read more]
‘The river spirits in a good mood’ (2006)
The four friends have secured the body in the river, to stop it floating away. The next day they catch more fish than they have ever caught on one of their fishing trips. The youngest, Billy (Simon Stone) decides to ... [read more]
Tribute to a great Australian man of film (2004)
John Dingwall has just died and Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton speak warmly of his long career. [read more]
Under pressure (2007)
Time is running out for the organisation of the youth conference, to be held in Campsie, in Sydney, on 25 November (2006). There’s a lot to do and tempers are fraying over workloads and designation of jobs. [read more]
GPO street scenes (1942)
This unedited mute, black-and-white footage shows street scenes around the Sydney GPO, during removal of the clock tower in 1942. [read more]
