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Police Boys’ Club (1939)
A young boy is taken to the Police Boys Club. Its aim, according to the narration, is to ‘keep boys off the streets’. It shows the boys working in the gym, boxing, and socialising in a safe environment. Later, a ... [read more]
It’s all image (2002)
Emerging film producers Jason Gooden and Julian Saggers move into prestigious offices in the hope that they can finish and market their feature film. The film’s first director is invited to a screening of a new cut of the film. ... [read more]
Kuala Lumpur (1930)
This clip features street scenes of Kuala Lumpur, including a Hindu Thaipusam festival; examples of colonial architecture; an open air wet market; hawkers and tea sellers. [read more]
Monday showcase (1961)
The title sequence is followed by host Earle welcoming boys and girls to Monday Showcase. He previews a special surprise to come in the form of the first episode of new serial Felix the Cat (1958–61). Earle then introduces ‘another ... [read more]
Poultry fanciers (2008)
Mark travels to the Devonport Poultry Show where he meets up with other ‘poultry fanciers’. [read more]
A person in trouble (2007)
A tragedy unfolds at Bondi Beach when lifeguards are unable to locate a man last seen struggling to stay afloat at the southern end of the beach where there is a dangerous rip. With no friends or family reporting a ... [read more]
Preparing for progress (1969)
A map illustrates the first section of the planned Warringah Expressway from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through North Sydney. It is designed to reduce traffic on the streets of the northern suburbs. A San Francisco engineering consulting firm prepares specifications ... [read more]
Survival of the fittest (1991)
A father who owns a luxury car explains that his seven-year-old son has already acquired his own toy luxury car and is working to imitate his dad’s material ambitions. [read more]
Alone in the docks (1993)
This re-enactment shows a judge condemning Max Stuart to death. [read more]
Escape (1984)
Over 300 prisoners escaped into the countryside surrounding the camp. Mr Kawaguchi tells the story of his and his friends’ plans to jump under a train to avoid returning to captivity. Luckily for them, the train was late. [read more]
A better life (1947)
This silent, black-and-white clip shows happy family scenes on a Housing Commission Estate in Richmond, Melbourne. The houses are made of brick. The family has a piano, tea set, a running indoor bath, and windows framed with curtains. The children ... [read more]
Our Don Bradman (1982)
In an excerpt from the 1931 Australasian Films featurette That’s Cricket, Don Bradman, regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time, addresses the camera. We hear the popular song Our Don Bradman written by Jack O’Hagan and performed by Art ... [read more]
Pitcairn boat-builders (1933)
The movie shifts abruptly from dramatised recreation of the mutiny to a travelogue about the Pitcairn Islands, where Charles and Elsa Chauvel explore the legacy of the mutineers. The boat-building skills, Chauvel’s narration tells us, come directly from the mutineers. [read more]
Nicaragua under attack (1984)
Nicaragua is attacked at its borders by the Contras. They are backed by the USA, which claims that Nicaragua is supplying arms to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. Tomás Borge, the Nicaraguan Minister for the Interior denies this, and ... [read more]
Equal pay paradox (1983)
This clip examines the situation for women in the 1930s Depression when many were forced to work as the men in their families were unemployed. Denied equal pay and still being paid piece-rate wages, women were then vilified and unfairly ... [read more]
Home building and industry (1936)
Large newly felled logs are transported to the timber mills where they are converted into useable wood to furnish the modern home. This is explained through a voice-over by the narrator of the film, a building and contract officer. Inside ... [read more]
‘Where have you been?’ (1985)
Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) has disappeared, leaving her friend and neighbour Marge (Annie Byron) to look after Fran’s three kids. When Fran returns home after three nights away, she introduces Jeff (Alan Fletcher), a barman she picked up on the first ... [read more]
Dinner party (2004)
Julia (Asher Keddie) and Charlie (Dan Wyllie) have Frankie (Claudia Karvan) and Tom (Brendan Cowell) over to dinner – their first dinner party since the birth of their son. It’s not quite the occasion Julia and Charlie had hoped for. ... [read more]
Logs treated at the mill (1920)
This clip from an industrial documentary made in 1920 shows logs being treated and cut into useable timber pieces. [read more]
‘Where’s the future’ (1977)
Sandy (John Jarratt) asks Scollop (Mel Gibson) why he loves surfing. Scollop says it’s a way of life and what he does to thrash out his problems. Sandy questions what kind of future and security surfing holds. [read more]
