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Whitlam backs Marcos’s Asian forum idea (1974)
Then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, addresses the State Dinner at Malacañang Palace, Manila, hosted by President Ferdinand and Mrs Imelda Marcos on 11 February 1974. The dinner is followed by a performance from the Bayanihan Dance Company. The next day ... [read more]
Coconut diesel (2000)
When Bougainville Island was blockaded in the struggle for independence, fuel quickly ran out. The local people, who had traditionally used the coconut tree for building and the fronds for roofing, also discovered a creative new use for the coconut ... [read more]
Tough love (2011)
Released from prison the day before, Karen (Shai Pittman) wakes up in a motel room to the sound of the cleaners at the door. Feeling sick from the night before, Karen quickly dresses and lets them into the room. As ... [read more]
‘It doesn’t belong to us’ (2000)
The Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council are holding their executive meeting. The women express their objection to the presence and abuse of substances in their communities. [read more]
‘This inequality must end’ (1950)
A tilt down the façade of Burnham Lodge reveals ‘50 empty rooms’ that are contrasted with scenes of a family living in tent-like 'country homes for the Evicted’. A brother washes his younger sibling’s face while his mother hangs out ... [read more]
Dame Enid Lyons maiden speech (1943)
Dame Enid Lyons reads her maiden speech, originally presented in the House of Representatives in Canberra on 29 September 1943. [read more]
Two roots (2004)
During a palaeontological excavation volunteer Nicola Barton found a remarkable fossil. The tooth contained two roots indicating a mammal. Dr Thomas Rich from Museum Victoria and the School of Geosciences, Monash University declared that it belonged to a mammal, not ... [read more]
Lessons on survival (1978)
Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on how to survive in the bush. She shows them different sorts of fruits and trees. [read more]
Little Cat (1998)
Chinese artist Huang Miaozi recalls moving to Shanghai in 1932, where he found work as a calligrapher and joined the Cartoonists Club. The Nationalists were in power and being challenged by the Communists. In Shanghai, Huang was given his nickname ... [read more]
A survivor (1976)
Harry Butler puts his hand into a rocky crevice and brings out a brown tree snake, also called the territory tiger. While expertly handling the snake, he tells us that this creature is one of the fauna that has thrived ... [read more]
St Kilda Esplanade (1914)
This short piece of actuality footage shows people at St Kilda including at the entrance to Luna Park, Daylight Pictures Cinema and a jetty at the beach. [read more]
More Anzacs (1916)
Billy Hughes’ words, appealing to the general public for a ‘yes’ vote in the 1916 referendum on conscription, are superimposed on First World War images. The typical silent film format of title card followed by image (which begins the film) ... [read more]
Asphalt and concrete (1931)
Workmen shovel hot asphalt onto a concrete bed to begin laying the roadway for the bridge. The asphalt is smoothed and compressed, rolled and pummelled. Two men walk along the main arch decking and troughing. The 57-foot wide roadway is ... [read more]
Menzies home movies (2006)
This montage of clips from the Menzies Home Movie Collection features footage from Menzies’ wartime tour in 1941, including Tobruk, Palestine, Cairo, Jerusalem, Khartoum and England during the Blitz. It ends with close-ups of the ‘Rulers of England’ including the ... [read more]
Swinger (1995)
The short film Swinger can be viewed here in its entirety. A camera scans around an open-plan apartment as swing music plays on the radio. The phone rings repeatedly and a series of messages are left on an answering machine, ... [read more]
‘American girls love Mel Gibson’ (1983)
Australian actress Olivia Newton-John talks about the popularity of Australian films and Mel Gibson in this 1983 documentary. An extract is included from The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and a young Mel Gibson is interviewed. [read more]
Ten years too fast (2005)
Willy talking to camera about what has happened in the last ten years. In 2001 he went to university but left because of the pressure, in 2002 he lost his mother. Willy speaks of the impact the loss of his ... [read more]
Tourism (1997)
An elder speaks about the choice to use tourism as a vehicle through which to make culture economically viable, as well as preserving it for future generations. In order to ensure the preservation of cultural practice, cultural knowledge is made ... [read more]
Darwin streets and Chinatown (1926)
In this short clip, the camera observes part of Darwin’s town centre, main street and shopfronts. People walking along the footpaths under shopfront verandahs look at the camera. A Chinese family walks into one of the shopfronts before the clip ... [read more]
‘Make him show you’ (1968)
This is part two of a television advertisement for three Holden HK sports coupes: the Monaro, Monaro GTS and Monaro GTS 327. The advertisement includes a jingle and male voice-over. [read more]
