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Four overboard (2007)
Something rams into the dinghy and all four occupants are thrown into the water. Jim (Ben Oxenbould) disappears; the others panic. Adam (Andy Rodoreda) is shouting about a crocodile and tells Grace (Diana Glenn) to climb a nearby tree. She ... [read more]
Caves and swamps (1964)
This clip, shot in Malaysia (then Malaya), shows cave and tunnel formations, and details the difficulties of negotiating the local swamps. [read more]
‘Wrong about everything’ (1997)
The ship’s engineer, a South African racist called Klipper (Richard Carter) has a plan to blow the ship by wetting the barrels of carbide, and using his model aeroplane as a trigger. In the galley, the cook (Yaw Glymin) tells ... [read more]
Dinosaurs’ adaptation (2004)
In the hundred years since William Ferguson discovered the first fossil, Australian scientists have made remarkable discoveries. [read more]
Armistice Day, Melbourne (1925)
This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. ... [read more]
Film processing and printing (1928)
A man places a rack of 35mm film on a stand to be sprayed in the developing process. It is then removed and immersed in a tank to be washed. The man removes the film from the rack by winding ... [read more]
Byfield National Park (1992)
Peter Garrett visits the pristine Shoalwater area, where the Federal Government has granted licences for sandmining. He says that the mining will have a devastating effect on the beautiful area. [read more]
Sacred tree (1984)
Historical footage of Gove mine. In the middle of the mine is a roped off tree, preserved 'at great cost to the mine’ because it is sacred to the Aborigines. [read more]
Treating, educating (2003)
Frank Djara talks about playing for the Areyonga football team, and the competitions staged between the communities. Footage shows Frank attending the Central Australian AIDS Conference in Alice Springs in 1990. [read more]
‘I’m John’ (2010)
Jamie Vlassikis (Lucas Pittaway) has been woken at night by the sound of a motorbike being continually revved outside. He and his younger brother (who has joined him) look out the window and see the grinning culprit wearing a helmet, ... [read more]
Changeover at Mawson, 1960 (1961)
Work begins as soon as the ship Thala Dan arrives at Mawson Station, early in 1960. A total of 33 men are to spend a year in Antarctica at Australia’s first two bases, Davis and Mawson. At Mawson, they begin ... [read more]
From Benghazi to London (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows scenes from his trip to Benghazi and England. The clip begins with children playing volleyball and includes camels resting on the ground, a local tribal ... [read more]
‘It’s television, dear’ (1995)
Actress Kerry Walker reminisces about the arrival of TV in Melbourne. Television sets were in shop windows and people stood in the street to see the new marvel. [read more]
Queen Elizabeth II opens Victorian Parliament (1954)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, on 25 February 1954, shows the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh by car outside the Parliament of Victoria. They ... [read more]
Delivering paper for printing (1928)
Three men help roll large sheets of printing paper off the back of horsedrawn transport standing at the printing room’s entrance. The paper is placed on machines which rewind the sheets to ensure smooth running through the rotary printing press. ... [read more]
Devils pool (2005)
Annie Wonga, an elder of the Yidinji people, tells the history of her family and the Devils Pool of Babinda. Annie did not visit the waterhole until 1985 because it is a sacred space. Daryl Murgha tells of how, as ... [read more]
Departing Australia (1948)
This clip from the first reel of a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that says ‘Journey to England’ which is followed by a crowd farewelling them from a wharf. Streamers ... [read more]
Malaya terrain (1964)
This clip, shot in various regions of Malaysia (then called Malaya), emphasises the difficulty of troop movement through the landscape. [read more]
Dictionary (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC), promoting the Lettergram service as a replacement for the telegram service. [read more]
Doggie departures (2000)
The Animal Memorial Cemetery and Crematorium is the final resting place for people’s pets. [read more]
