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‘30 million Matsuno-sans’ (1948)
This clip begins with scenes of traditional and civilian life in Japan. Matsuno-san, according to the narrator, is an educated civilian of 'good type and a family man’. He reads at home with his family and drinks tea. The next ... [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]
An ace is laid to rest (1918)
A brief shot of an aeroplane falling from the sky leads to a series of shots of officers and other ranks of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, examining the wreckage of Captain Manfred von Richthofen’s aeroplane, a Fokker Dr. ... [read more]
‘Baffled, dismayed and slow to understand’ (2003)
Many of the soldiers who were now POWs had come out of the Depression and hadn’t had much education. For many of them, Changi became their university. [read more]
‘Surfie chick or nobody’ (1981)
On the bus to school, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her best friend Sue (Jad Capelja) try to suck up to the head of the surfie chick clique, Tracey (Sandy Paul). When she gets into a fight on the floor of ... [read more]
Pay and conditions (1988)
Faith Bandler, an Indigenous woman, tells of her experience of the Women’s Land Army. [read more]
‘Soothing pillow for a dying race’ (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins outlines the formation of an Aboriginal Protection Board and the establishment of reserves around Victoria. Margaret Gardiner of the Wurundjeri clan, Carolyn Briggs, a Boonwurrung Elder and Professor Janet McCalman attribute the ultimate survival of the Victorian ... [read more]
‘Good evening’ (1978)
In the opening segment of The Naked Vicar Show, stars Ross Higgins, Kevin Golsby and Noeline Brown talk about political figures of the day. [read more]
Clearing methods invited bushfire (1955)
The clip shows how the process of regular and repeated burning and clearing in the Snowy Mountains had caused a series of disastrous environmental events, leading inevitably to large tracts of unproductive land. [read more]
A conquering people (1963)
Judith Wright says that, for Australians, the wealth of our nation has become more important than the wellbeing of its people. [read more]
Once a thriving river port (1976)
Peach strolls around banks of the Darling River in Bourke with local historian Alan Barton, telling of the time when the town was a thriving port. As Peach explains, Bourke, in the central west of New South Wales, was once ... [read more]
Nellie Melba (1927)
Dame Nellie Melba sings the national anthem, God Save the King, on the steps of Parliament House (now Old Parliament House), in Canberra at the official opening in 1927. The camera pans across the official party as the Duke of ... [read more]
Anzac Day 1946 (1946)
This colour home movie clip shows the official Anzac Day parade through central Sydney one year after the end of the Second World War in 1946. [read more]
Connecting Sydney and Newcastle (1968)
A map outlines the different road and ferry connections that have linked Sydney and the industrial centre of Newcastle, to the city’s north. These include the 1820 Old Putty Road, the 1844 St Albans Route and the Wisemans Ferry-Spencer deviation. ... [read more]
‘Mothers don’t give up their babies easily’ (1988)
Kate visits a volunteer organisation to get help to locate her birth parents. Barry (Nick Enright) explains why there is so much secrecy around the details of adoption. [read more]
White baby fly out, black baby fly in (1955)
The infant Jedda, snuggled in a coolomon, is carried into the squatters’ kitchen. Two Aboriginal women fuss over the infant, and are the ones who name her Jedda, because she’s like a 'wild Jedda bird’. The mistress of the house ... [read more]
Water (2005)
Alfred George, Warwick Thornton, Willy Orr, Ethan Dagg and Winmati Morris talk about what the first half of the race was like. Children play on the parked bikes. [read more]
Maki (1993)
A couple is dancing, then there is a close-up of a young woman (Maki) dancing. The narration states that the gods of the Cook Islanders have lost their power. Maki introduces herself and speaks about her cultural practices. Over a ... [read more]
Randwick Racecourse crowds (1928)
At the conclusion of the final race in the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, a large crowd is marshalled out to waiting trams. Thousands of people stream onto the platform and pile in before they travel out of shot and ... [read more]
Soccer assimilation (1995)
Club secretary and under-16 manager Stan Stokes talks about the process of assimilation of all the team members of the soccer club. The boys come from Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese backgrounds. [read more]
