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A major medical emergency (2006)
A group of senior lifeguards just happen to be standing at the edge of the water for a photo shoot when they’re told there’s been a man found floating lifeless in the surf. The lifeguards swing into action to bring ... [read more]
‘Halls Creek drop-in centre’ (2001)
Sergeant Neil Gordon befriended an Aboriginal boy who now resides with him. The local kids are often there playing pool and socialising and consequently Sergeant Gordon has labelled his home the 'Halls Creek drop-in centre’. [read more]
Yesterday, today and tomorrow (1966)
This is a three-minute excerpt from a five-minute Australian Labor Party television commercial for the 1966 federal election. The commercial has a captioned title, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. In narration over illustrative footage, followed by Gough Whitlam speaking to camera, ... [read more]
Death at your elbow (1937)
A union agitator urges Burbridge’s timber workers to strike for better pay, or join the opposition firm, run by Charles Blake. Jim Thornton (Frank Leighton) knocks him down and wins the respect of the men, by appealing to their professionalism ... [read more]
A caring mother (1988)
A female freshwater crocodile returns to the riverbank where she’d laid her eggs. Now she’s drawn back by the sounds of her young trying to escape from their eggs. She’ll provide protection for each of them as they make their ... [read more]
Violence (1976)
This clip juxtaposes the sounds of heavy breathing, a party with male voices and wolf whistling against the images of women’s faces, a bedroom with a woman in bed, and the ground outside, setting up a tension that leads to ... [read more]
Phar Lap’s hide (2004)
In the 1930s, a New Zealand-born horse called Phar Lap won the hearts of Australians and became one of our most loved and enduring icons. [read more]
Mr Christian’s mutiny (1933)
Fletcher Christian (Errol Flynn) sends Edward Young (John Warwick) to break out the arms, as his men seize the captain, Lieutenant Bligh (Mayne Lynton) from his bed. In a flash forward, an old fiddler (Victor Gouriet) in an English pub ... [read more]
A master of camouflage (1989)
The landscape of arid central Australia is scoured and the plateaus worn down to gibber desert. It’s impossible to imagine that any living thing could survive in this environment but the shingleback lizard manages well because it can survive without ... [read more]
Live broadcast (1954)
During her 1954 tour of Australia, Queen Elizabeth II opens state parliament in Hobart and Melbourne, and is greeted by adoring crowds in both cities. The ABC stages a live radio broadcast from the centre of Melbourne. [read more]
‘White gold of Australia’ (1935)
The great granddaughter of Biddy O’Shea has flown to the Northern Territory station run by Frank Morrison, great grandson of James, to talk about their future together, but they disagree about his ‘prehistoric’ views of a woman’s role. Frank (Franklyn ... [read more]
Water and fire (2004)
Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He ... [read more]
Lux Radio Theatre (1994)
In interview, Ruth Cracknell recalls the making of a radio drama in front of a live audience. Historical footage from a 1948 Cinesound newsreel item of a live performance of the radio play The Grant Case at the Lux Radio ... [read more]
‘She’s always out’ (1925)
This clip shows an entire Maxonol Gramophone cinema advertisement from 1925 in which a couple decide to buy a gramophone to keep their daughter at home. They visit the Maxonol demonstration room and buy a gramophone. Now their daughter stays ... [read more]
Palermo 10 (2004)
In this section, Palermo: ‘History’ Standing Still catches up with itself. It represents 1999, the year the film’s footage was shot. [read more]
Ricco (2004)
At school, Ricco stands with his hands drooped over an outside freshwater tap. He introduces himself to the audience, and the other main characters of the documentary soon after. [read more]
Miscellaneous reminders (1970)
This segment rounds up the program with a list of reminders and instructions for efficient business mail management. [read more]
Antarctic vigil (1952)
You can view Antarctic Vigil here in its entirety. An Australian ship lumbers south through heavy seas towards Antarctica. At the forbidding Balleny Islands, claimed by New Zealand, the inaccessible terrain forbids a landing. King penguin chicks covered in down ... [read more]
Introducing Fred Hollows (1992)
A quick film portrait of Australia’s famous eye surgeon, using a montage of archival media coverage from the time when Hollows was made Australian of the Year. [read more]
Imperial Tractors stock (1937)
This clip from a silent black-and-white Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement shows a portion of the tractor stock at the AH McDonald & Co Imperial Tractors warehouse. [read more]
