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‘We have survived’ (1981)
In this clip we hear the landmark Aboriginal protest song 'We Have Survived’, as performed by No Fixed Address on the soundtrack of Wrong Side of the Road (1981). [read more]
Australia Post – Letter Writing Venice (1986)
This is an Australia Post television advertisement promoting international postage. [read more]
An average day: out of control (2011)
Tom (Matthew Goode) fields repeated phone calls from two different women as he goes about his daily work of selecting food for his restaurant from the wholesalers. [read more]
Swanston St Shamble (1944)
This is an excerpt from 'Swanston St Shamble’, one of the first jazz recordings of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944. [read more]
Bedside manner (1989)
Anxious about competition from the 24-hour surgery up the road, Dr William Sharp (Michael Craig) has been urging his staff to adopt a more overtly caring attitude towards the clinic’s patients. As receptionist Julie Winters (Denise Roberts) sees off a ... [read more]
High school students against war in Vietnam (1970)
A pupil from Castle Hill High School delivers a speech about the support from students from the steps of Sydney’s town hall to a huge crowd of protestors against the Vietnam War at a moratorium rally. [read more]
Dreamtime, Machinetime (1987)
An episodic documentary featuring distinguished Indigenous artists specialising in literary and visual art forms. [read more]
Lionel Murphy (1970)
Federal Opposition shadow minister Lionel Murphy pledges his government’s opposition to the Vietnam War. He says ‘we are here to end the war in Vietnam’. [read more]
‘First flight trials’ (1963)
This clip shows the first testing of a scaled down version of the newly developed Ikara missile, conducted at Woomera and Port Wakefield from about February 1961. [read more]
Opening titles (1986)
This is the opening title sequence for season 1 of The Flying Doctors. The style and theme remained constant throughout its seven-year run with changes in content dictated largely by cast movements. Characters featured are Dr Tom Callaghan (Andrew MacFarlane) ... [read more]
A new life (1992)
An official visiting the orphanage in Liverpool invites the children to do their bit for the British Empire by putting themselves forward to begin a new life in Rhodesia, Australia or Canada. [read more]
Mutt (2008)
Mac, a hardened outback farmer, his mellow cow Matilda and his playful dog Mutt are in conflict, yet are dependent on each other for their survival. [read more]
Band rejected (1988)
In the butcher shop, two butchers practice their brass instruments then discuss the disappointing news that The Longreach Town Band is deemed not good enough for Her Majesty. A professional band is to be flown in for the opening of ... [read more]
Mister Prime Minister – Joseph Aloysius Lyons (c1966)
Joseph Aloysius Lyons served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1932 to 1939. Academics, Lyons’s widow Dame Enid Lyons and political figures, including former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, discuss Lyons’s life and times. [read more]
‘A pretty drink for a pretty girl’ (2008)
Jason Moran (Les Hill) celebrates the failure of the police to find evidence to convict him for a series of assaults, with family and friends including father Lewis (Kevin Harrington) and brother Mark (Callan Mulvey). At the bash, associate Mick ... [read more]
One Shoe Short (2007)
In a town camp in Alice Springs, it’s school time and Rodney (Rodney Malbunka) can’t find shoes to wear. His school won’t allow him in class barefoot so his mate Jesse (Jesse McCormack) tries to help him out by reorganising ... [read more]
Rush (1999)
An observational documentary about three young Melbourne men and their obsession with fast cars and lifestyles. [read more]
Kingswood Country – There’s No Place Like Rome (1980)
When Thelma Bullpitt (Judi Farr) wins a trip for two to Rome, husband Ted (Ross Higgins) refuses to leave Australia. Thelma takes son-in-law Bruno Bertolucci’s (Lex Marinos) mother along instead. While their wives are away, Bruno’s father Enzo Bertolucci (Joseph ... [read more]
Trapdoor spiders (1992)
Presenter Densey Clyne goes looking for a trapdoor spider in the bush. We see the spider’s unique 'door’. Trapdoor spiders can sense vibrations from passing insects. We see in close-up the spider leap out to capture a passing beetle and ... [read more]
