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‘S(tore) H(igh) I(n) T(ransit)’ (2006)
Kenny (Shane Jacobson) drives a tanker full of sewage to the Melbourne sewerage farm at Werribee, as he explains the origins of the word 'shit’. Back at the depot, he demonstrates some of the damage sustained by his company’s portaloos. [read more]
Parisian bohemians (2002)
The Australian opera is on tour with La Boheme. Part of act one is set on a very cold evening in the garret of two starving young bohemians. [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]
Alice without Nanna (2006)
Over a shot of Alice Springs Aaron talks about the town. Alice Springs isn’t the same to the Pedersen brothers without their Nanna. Aaron and Vinnie, sitting in the park, recall the violence of their childhood, and the experience of ... [read more]
CHOGM bombed (1983)
On 13 February 1978 a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel where the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was to take place. Two council workers and a policeman were killed and 11 people injured. The Indian Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, ... [read more]
‘Holden’s got more horses’ (1966)
A man walks out of a house and gets into his 1966 Holden HR sedan. We see a pack of galloping horses as the narrator describes the 'thundering power’ of the HR’s 145 horsepower engine, new acceleration and twin carburettors. ... [read more]
Bradman’s Bats (2004)
Donald Bradman’s bats are a reminder of how this cricket legend played himself into the record books, earning the status of Australian icon. [read more]
Les Presages (1936)
In the final scenes from Léonide Massine’s symphonic ballet Les Presages, dancers from the Ballets Russes du Monte Carlo move frenetically across the stage, performing a series of strange gestures and jutting arm movements as they go. The final curtain ... [read more]
Preparation (2000)
We see people preparing food for the tombstone opening. The narrator (Helen Anu) tells us in voice-over that it is the responsibility of the family to decide on the timeframe in which the opening occurs, and who has what responsibility ... [read more]
Food value (1941)
This advertisement begins with a black-and-white sequence of the Australian landscape inside a map of the country. The male voice-over announces that while in the past we were a ‘land of plenty’, a Federal Parliamentary Committee has warned that the ... [read more]
Modern Aboriginal people (1984)
This clip explores Dr Alan Thorne’s controversial viewpoint that modern Aboriginal peoples are the descendents of two groups of peoples from Indonesia and eastern Asia, principally China. [read more]
First class or business? (2002)
After being told that her dead husband’s business has collapsed, widow Gabrielle King (Fiona Terry) and her pompous, daughter Gemma (Hollie Chapman) learn that they have inherited a property in Australia. Gemma is devastated but younger brother Gregory (Liam Hess) ... [read more]
Leaving Island homes (2006)
The bright tropical colours of the coastline of Darnley Island, Torres Strait. Island men bid their families and community farewell. Voice-over narration tells of the choice to go to Western Australia to provide for their families. Historical footage of railway ... [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]
‘You’ve got no right to object’ (1976)
Richard (John Derum) has arrived unannounced, and uninvited, at the house by the sea. He has not known until then of his wife’s new friendship with his lover. Neither woman gives him a warm welcome. Penny (Briony Behets) tells him ... [read more]
Return to Kuala Telang (1980)
Jean Paget (Helen Morse) returns to the village to consult with head man Mat Amin (Zain Ariff) on the construction of a well. [read more]
Delivering paper for printing (1928)
Three men help roll large sheets of printing paper off the back of horsedrawn transport standing at the printing room’s entrance. The paper is placed on machines which rewind the sheets to ensure smooth running through the rotary printing press. ... [read more]
Factory visit (1925)
The villain tries to steal the formula for Life Savers sweets by convincing Betty to take him to her father’s Life Savers factory where she gives him a guided tour. In the meantime, Cudgy, who is heartbroken from Betty’s refusal ... [read more]
Armistice Day, Melbourne (1925)
This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. ... [read more]
Church demolition (1911)
Workers on the roof and outside a Christian church in Paisley Street, Footscray, prepare it for demolition. A sign at the front of the church reads, 'This land has been secured by the Federal Picture Company for the erection of ... [read more]
