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Spiny anteater (1995)
The echidna can adjust to harsh conditions by living underground and reducing its body temperature to reach a state of suspended animation, or torpor. We see a scientist measuring the animal’s heartbeat. [read more]
Off to war (1973)
In 1899, Australian volunteers set sail for South Africa to fight in the Boer War. 'Breaker’ Morant was one of them. A soldier sketched Morant and sent it to 'The Bulletin’. [read more]
HMAS Brisbane launched (1915)
Crowds gather at the docks at Cockatoo Island for the launching of the HMAS Brisbane on 30 September 1915. Mrs Fisher, wife of the then Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship’s bow. The ... [read more]
Recording (2007)
Jonathan Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks have only a few days in the recording studio to record their CD. [read more]
Melbourne Cup 1924 (1924)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel special shows highlights of the 1924 Melbourne Cup including the horses entering the racetrack, crowd, the showground, grandstand and the race which was won by Backwood. [read more]
Turtle eggs and dugong (1980)
The men return from their hunting expedition having successfully killed a dugong. The women are waiting on the shore, and immediately prepare a fire to cook the dugong. [read more]
Hula show, Hawaii (1977)
This performance by Hawaiian dancers is part of a hula show staged for tourists and sponsored by Kodak. This clip shows the last half of the performance and the applauding crowd at the end. [read more]
Blackfella’s law (2002)
After the death of the fanatic, the tracker (David Gulpilil) and the follower (Damon Gameau) are captured by the local tribe in this area. They have also captured the fugitive (Noel Wilton), an Aboriginal man of a different clan. The ... [read more]
Randwick Racecourse crowds (1928)
At the conclusion of the final race in the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, a large crowd is marshalled out to waiting trams. Thousands of people stream onto the platform and pile in before they travel out of shot and ... [read more]
Swanston and Collins Streets (1910)
A point-of-view shot of a tram crossing Princes Bridge towards the city shows Flinders Street Station on the left of the frame, and St Paul’s Cathedral on the right. Further along Swanston Street, horse carriages can be seen travelling on ... [read more]
Tree-felling (1925)
Two men complete chopping around the base of a large tree trunk with hand-held axes. The tree falls to the ground. At another tree, men stand on planks of wood embedded in the tree trunk that create a makeshift ladder ... [read more]
Crows (2001)
An elder describes how his father stumbled into the Coniston massacre. The man retells his father’s story of the events that triggered the massacre. A map of the area shows us the locations the elder is speaking about. Paintings of ... [read more]
‘I am a bit racist’ (2011)
A segment from the final show in the series, The Response. Studio based, with a live audience including relatives and friends of the six participants, this clip focuses on Raquel’s journey and her responses to both the experience itself and ... [read more]
Chocolate making (1925)
A pan of the sorting rooms shows women sorting the cleansed chocolate in preparation for blending. The kernels are then taken to the mills where they are ground into a smooth liquor. Sugar is added in large mixing machines and ... [read more]
Still or moving image? (1896)
This clip shows a group of men posing for the camera at the 1896 Melbourne Cup. Unfamiliar with moving image, the men remain still as if posing for a photograph. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view ... [read more]
‘I don’t want to talk about it’ (1996)
The girl (Chloe Ferguson) listens as her parents argue in the next room. Kate, a babysitter (Kate Greetham), arrives as the parents are about to go to counselling. Kate asks the silent child if she has gone mad. Later, the ... [read more]
Winter in Oahu (1972)
On Oahu’s north shore, some of the best competitive surfers in the world take off on winter’s big surf. [read more]
Journalism in action (2005)
Journalist William Nessen is filming with the Acehnese rebels and is nearly killed. He decided to surrender to the Indonesian army. [read more]
Bathurst Island Dancers (1988)
A group of female students enter the stage, and begin to do the dance from Bathurst Island. [read more]
Four languages – two laws (1981)
Elders from the four language groups – Mara, Yanula, Garrawa, and Gurdandji – introduce the film in their respective languages. [read more]
