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Patricia and Willow (1998)

Patricia is the student and Willow is her mentor. Together they are preparing a project about the history of the community in Patricia’s home suburb of Sydney. Through photos and documents they gradually build the story of inner-city Sydney as ... [read more]

Lonesome for you, mother dear (1939)

Buddy Williams sings a sad song about a man missing his dead mother. This clip is from the start of the song. [read more]

Kirsova’s wedding reception (1938)

In a series of moving portraits, Ewan Murray-Will films Hélène Kirsova with friends and family at her wedding reception. In the first shot, Kirsova stands with her newly-wed husband, Danish Vice-Consul Erik Fischer, and a flower girl. In the following ... [read more]

From Poland to Australia (2003)

Harvie Krumpet wishes for things to change, and they certainly do. The family home burns to the ground, his parents are frozen to death, the Germans invade and he escapes to Australia. [read more]

Mystery troops in No-Man’s-Land (1917)

As the German forces withdraw to better fortified positions in March 1917, British troops pursue them across the ruined ground of No-Man’s-Land. Australian Pioneers construct a light railway alongside the Albert-Bapaume Road, in support of the advance. [read more]

Access by road (1967)

This clip looks at the major roads in what was then known as Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. [read more]

Sun worshippers (1924)

This newsreel from approximately 1924 shows surfers and swimmers enjoying the first day of real summer weather of the season. It opens with a wide shot of the northern end of Bondi Beach. Although there are some buildings on the ... [read more]

Dad’s clock (2001)

The animated short Dad’s Clock is narrated by Barry Otto and can be seen here in full. A giant metal bird flies towards the wooden skeleton of a ship on a wooden slatted sea. Inside the ship is the timber ... [read more]

‘I’m a black Australian’ (2005)

Kenny puts on a cassette tape. He moves through the radio station to the sound of the music. It is a speech by Gary Foley with music playing in the background. Kenny pauses to sing the words to the Indigenous ... [read more]

London, 1945 (1945)

This is mute footage shot around London while Deputy Prime Minister Forde was attending the Commonwealth Statesmen’s Meeting held from 4 to 13 April 1945. [read more]

Manila Bay cruise (1974)

The then Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos host a Manila Bay Cruise on 12 February 1974 for the then prime minister Gough Whitlam and his wife Mrs Margaret Whitlam. [read more]

‘Some bush of their own’ (1982)

On the trail of 'wild blacks’ who have speared cattle, the stockmen and Mrs Gunn (Angela Punch McGregor) discuss the question of prior right to the land. An elderly Aboriginal man, Goggle Eye (Donald Blitner) explains where the stars came ... [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]

San Francisco opens its golden gate to UNCIO (1945)

This is a collection of mute colour and black-and-white footage shot by members of the Australian delegation to the 1945 UNCIO Conference in San Francisco, and shot in Hawaii during the delegates’ stopover on the way home. [read more]

Medicine (1987)

Sophia Whist (Robin Laurie) opens the pages of her evidence book and imparts the story of women’s historical exclusion from medical practice. Marjory Thomas talks about the difficulties faced by Jessie Freeman, one of the first women to study medicine ... [read more]

Debutante ball (1988)

Longreach’s debutantes are presented to the accompaniment of the bagpipe. [read more]

Dame Nellie Melba (1920)

This black-and-white silent story from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba accompanied by John Lemmone, Lady Pamela Vestey as a child and others, walking along the deck of the passenger liner RMS Niagara, which has ... [read more]

‘We do exist’ (1980)

Residents of The Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home for the intellectually handicapped are being fitted for costumes for the upcoming performance at the Sydney Opera House. [read more]

Newtown ride (1899)

This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a shot of commuters on a railway platform approaching an incoming train. A man holds a folded newspaper, while one woman carries a parasol. The clip cuts to the view from the back ... [read more]

Snow wombat (1982)

A wombat forages in the snow of the Mt Kosciuszko National Park. The marsupial finds grasses and roots to eat. [read more]

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