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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]
Melbourne city (1931)
This clip begins with a panoramic view from the Morehouse Tower of St Paul’s Cathedral looking south over the Yarra River to the Botanical Gardens and the War Memorial. It is followed by a tracking shot from one of the ... [read more]
First women’s union (1983)
This clip talks about the conditions that led to the Melbourne Tailoresses Strike of 1882 to 1883. [read more]
Touring car champion (1970)
Engine trouble with Beechey’s car leads to the hard decision not to race in the final of the championship. As Beechey looks on from the sidelines, the final race at Symmons Plains is run on a wet track damp with ... [read more]
Blue Moon Café (1954)
This clip shows the Blue Moon Café in Canberra’s Sydney Building in the 1950s. It includes scenes inside the café at the confectionery counter, the milk bar, and the Greek owners (members of the Cassidy and Gerakiteys families) gathered outside ... [read more]
Growing up Aboriginal (1991)
Actor Stephen Albert and writer Jimmy Chi, the author of the musical play Bran Nue Dae, talk about childhood, education and identity, intercut with one of the musical numbers from the production, historical footage and archival photographs. [read more]
Alcohol and self-respect (1984)
Susan Bradley is a justice of the peace in Kununurra in far north Western Australia. She presides over minor cases like public drunkenness. She comments that the lack of regular work opportunities in a rural community and the low self-esteem ... [read more]
Aussie welcome (2004)
African American ex-servicemen recall the friendliness of the Australians during the Second World War in Queensland. Frederick J Smith and Jay Crosby were intrigued by the ritual of teatime. [read more]
Safety training, injury prevention (1964)
The safety essentials of training and compulsory workwear on the Snowy Mountains Scheme are emphasised. [read more]
Grandma’s letter (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) advertising the use of the correct postcode in addressing letters. [read more]
Towards a new age (1946)
The clip shows this Liberal Party cinema advertisement, for the 28 September 1946 federal election, in its entirety. The ad presents the post-Second World War period as potentially a time of great possibility for the Australian people. It argues that ... [read more]
Jesus’s belly button (2005)
The artists talk about the response to the paintings on the Santa Teresa church wall. We see an Aboriginal interpretation of biblical characters such as Jesus and Moses. [read more]
‘Would you like to have a try?’ (2006)
David (David Collins) and Shane (Shane Dundas) demonstrate the use of an imaginary TV remote control with the help of a bunch of bananas. This is followed by the opening titles which end on a red door. The door opens ... [read more]
Banners held high (1956)
This clip shows part of the 1956 May Day march through Sydney’s city streets. Crowds of people, including many children, watch the parade from the curb. Some of the marchers hold banners urging peace, others carry flags representing different countries ... [read more]
Australian wilderness (1980)
Bob Brown paddles along the tranquil final stretches of the Franklin River. This is as it must have looked even before the first Europeans arrived in Tasmania. [read more]
Shelter, food and clothing (1939)
Over a montage of slum housing in the city of Brisbane, a voice-over talks of the plight of the poor and ‘indecently housed’. A group of hungry men wait outside the Mission’s premises where they gratefully receive their food parcels. ... [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]
Rodeo, Mt St John (1934)
Members of the crowd at the rodeo watch from the stands, sit down to a meal and picnic on the grounds. A man drinking a glass of beer is intercut with rodeo footage played in reverse to suggest he is ... [read more]
‘No killing, no injuries, no mines’ (2004)
This clip is taken from the last few minutes of the film. Habiba is a victim of a landmine in Afghanistan who now has an artificial leg as a result. She speaks movingly about her wish for an end to ... [read more]
Homeless (1985)
When Joe (Christopher Schlusser) brings home the literature from his Communist friends his father (Tony Llewellyn Jones) gets really angry. Drunk again, he lashes out but Joe tells his dad that he is the breadwinner so he can bring home ... [read more]
