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‘We didn’t really know what we were doing’ (2008)
Cast and crew discuss the dangerous shooting of The Man from Hong Kong (1975). [read more]
Bapaume is burning (1917)
Mounted transport columns move up the Albert-Bapaume Road, skirting a large crater created by a German mine. The road runs beside a light railway line recently built by the Australian Pioneers (see clip one). A tank lumbers over the shell ... [read more]
Embers (2004)
The crafting of the number seven boomerang refines what was once a tree stump and root, to create a weapon that is used for both self-defence and hunting. The Elders watch over the work, while telling us how they once ... [read more]
Riding bikes (1940)
This clip shows three young children riding their bicycles with their father down a suburban street in Balwyn, Victoria. One of the girls rides on the handlebars of her father’s bike. [read more]
Eventide (1950)
At Eventide – the government-run home for the aged and infirm – a Brisbane City Mission welfare officer pays a visit to those within the ground’s hospital wards. The nursing matron is shown while the voice-over narration highlights the importance ... [read more]
Guns and pigs (1983)
In interview and voice-over, James Leahy recollects the first time the Leahy brothers came across a new community of highlanders. He explains that, fearful of being outnumbered by large numbers of people they could not communicate with, the brothers felt ... [read more]
Black and white (1989)
The three characters’ paths cross. 'The Redhead’ (Robin Laurie) catches the eye of 'The Investigator’ (Rose Wanganeen). We follow the Investigator past an Aboriginal urban environment until she accidentally bumps into 'The Hothead’ (Kaarin Fairfax) driving her red sports car. [read more]
Angels and monsters (1988)
The villagers have emerged on the other side of their deep pit and discovered a glittering modern city. One of them has pronounced this the work of God, which is why Ulf (Noel Appleby) doesn’t realise the danger he’s in ... [read more]
Aunty Flo (1998)
Aunty Flo sits in the foreground, behind her stretches the countryside. She tells us about her experience of being moved to Toomelah Reserve. [read more]
‘There’s more to life than this’ (1979)
Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) tells younger sister Gertie (Marion Shad) of her desire to escape a life of rural drudgery. Her frustrations increase when she’s sent to drag her father out of the pub. [read more]
Scientific complexities and contradictions (2007)
David Bradbury heads across Scotland on a train to interview Professor Eric Wright, who disagrees with the findings of another scientist (Chris Busby, see clip one) about the increasing incidence of cancer around nuclear power plants. Wright’s own discoveries about ... [read more]
Golfing sarong (1950)
A woman dressed in golfing attire practices her golf swing as a female voice-over explains the features of the ‘Sarong’ girdle the woman is wearing beneath her clothes. The action freezes as the camera zooms in and ‘sees through’ the ... [read more]
What has Amos found? (2007)
Amos (Trevor Jamieson) shows his wares at the local pub. A couple of local miners (Geoffrey Foulkes-Taylor and Jed Elsbury) offer him a small amount of money for a nugget of 'gold’ weighing six ounces, to the disgust of a ... [read more]
Lightning strikes (1983)
Mr Telford (Martin Vaughan) arrives at the stables with his son Cappy (Steven Bannister). Telford tells Tommy the strapper (Tom Burlinson) to take Phar Lap for his morning workout and work him hard. On the training track, other trainers joke ... [read more]
H2O OK! (2002)
The hidden mice Jinx (David Collins) and Gypsy (Roslyn Oades) introduce Sam (Angela Kelly), singing the water theme song ‘H2O OK’, which explores water in its different forms. The same theme song is played at this point in each of ... [read more]
‘I love gravity’ (2006)
Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has been expelled from the colony. His dancing upsets the elders, but he finds that Adelie penguins have a much more open attitude. His new best friends – five party-loving Argentinean Adelies, led by the ... [read more]
Hitler’s fifth columnists (1941)
This clip opens with type scrolling over a background screen declaring that Australia is at war and threatened by a ruthless enemy. The enemies, according to the newsreel, are ‘agents of Germany’ or ‘Hitler’s 5th columnists’ who attempt to undermine ... [read more]
Monitoring devices in place (1963)
International observers arrive and inspect the Operation Blowdown test site. Instrumentation and photographic equipment to monitor the effects of the explosion are secured in place. [read more]
A modern ‘palatial hotel’ (1926)
A sepia-tinted static shot of a luxury hotel exterior gives way to the interior open lounge spaces and Colonial architecture of the hotel’s interior. Colonnades leading to the outside balcony are visible and guests lounge about on cane chairs. [read more]
‘What are you doing here?’ (1987)
Bet (Jan Adele) discovers her daughter-in-law Lilli (Judy Davis) at the caravan park. Lilli is talking to Bet’s granddaughter Ally (Claudia Karvan), who does not know that Lilli is her mother. [read more]
