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‘A great way to move’ (1971)
This black-and-white television advertisement for the Holden HQ Kingswood sedan begins with a stationary sedan positioned against a waterfall. The camera frames the car from a number of angles then a song starts as the car drives along dark roads. ... [read more]
‘How’s your day been sweetheart?’ (1987)
It is nearly two years since Suzi Lovegrove learned she had contracted HIV/AIDS. Her husband Vince asks how her day has been. In voice-over, Vince explodes some of the myths about read more]
Ned Kelly’s last stand and capture (1906)
This clip shows a re-enactment of the bushranger Ned Kelly being shot and captured by police. It has severe nitrate damage. (Elizabeth Taggart-Speers) [read more]
‘Murder suicide’ (2002)
At the club, Barry (Bryan Brown) and Darcy (Sam Worthington) shift the bodies of two men that Barry has just shot. Detective Sergeant Ray (Sam Neill) arrives. The policeman is Barry’s main paid fixer of problems. Back in the outback ... [read more]
Surprise hats (2006)
Having created ‘surprise’ hats from bits and pieces from the Useful Box, Justine (Clarke) and Rhys (Muldoon) count down from three before presenting the hats to each other. They then put on their hats and sing ‘Where did you get ... [read more]
Irrigation construction and equipment (1925)
This clip shows an orange-peel scoop; ‘flying fox’ machinery; Lake Victoria; a channel bridge and inlet regulator; and the construction of channels and levees. [read more]
Cornfield surfing in Nebraska (2008)
Jonno and Stefan surf a Nebraska cornfield. In South Dakota they meet Chad and surf the roof of his barn. [read more]
Uranium supply a moral obligation (1981)
The then South Australian Minister for Mines and Energy, Roger Goldsworthy, says that Australia has a moral obligation to supply energy to the world. Arthur Baillie, a barman from Radium Hill, recalls the days of the mining town’s success. [read more]
All for a good cause (1920)
This clip shows a surf carnival at Bondi Beach, Sydney in aid of the St John’s Ambulance Brigade. Surfers catch waves on longboards, lifesavers march on the sand and compete in wheelbarrow races. [read more]
‘Our way to socialism’ (1997)
Filmmaker Solrun Hoaas ventures onto the streets of North Korea to do some impromptu filming and sees some children gathered on a street corner before the start of school. In what becomes a common instance, she attracts the attention of ... [read more]
‘They’re always wild to begin with’ (1956)
Having rescued a sick crocodile hunter (Pierre Cressoy), the patrol continues into the Western Highlands, to the place that 'Sharkeye’ Kelly has named 'Paradise Valley’. McAllister (Chips Rafferty) announces his intention to contact the villagers – his first obligation as ... [read more]
Thylacine (1932)
This clip captures images of the Tasmanian tiger, alone in its enclosure at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. The thylacine is shown in close-up investigating the camera, pacing up and down its small cage, yawning, lying in the sun, and sitting ... [read more]
Ifs and buts (2001)
Narrator and filmmaker Mike Rubbo interviews Professor Andy Gurr, Director of Research at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They discuss whether Shakespeare had the time to write the plays or not, as his life was extremely hectic. The only time he would ... [read more]
‘Take me as I am’ (1971)
Graham ‘Stork’ Wallace (Bruce Spence), after a few lunchtime beers with his mate Westy (Graeme Blundell), throws off the conventions of his staid workplace, the design department at General Motors Holden. He takes off his clothes, proclaims his freedom, and ... [read more]
Why do two-footers eat more? (1992)
Rocky the frill necked Lizard observes and records the activities of the humans, or ‘two footers’, commentating throughout each Lift off episode. Occasionally the viewer will glimpse him with his camera, and at the end he reports back on what ... [read more]
Testing for disease (1992)
Bryan Smith is in Denmark to report on the latest research into the prevention of cervical cancer. The pap smear test is used to pick up early signs of cervical cancer in women. There is a much more accurate means ... [read more]
Somewhere special (2005)
Alison Anderson MLA Member for MacDonnell addresses a protest rally about standing up to the federal government and their intention to dump nuclear waste in the region. People march in peaceful protest. David Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation ... [read more]
Don’t wrap it (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the use of Postpaks instead of ordinary wrapping paper for packaging postage parcels. When the boss asks a younger office worker to wrap a parcel, he is delivered Australia’s Post’s ... [read more]
Making measurements (2005)
Mike Russ is no newcomer to the show. He’s introduced with a clip from one of the original Inventors programs from 1980, when he was a young man with a bright idea. Twenty years later, he’s still inventing. This time ... [read more]
‘He had a gift for conciliation’ (1966)
Dame Enid Lyons and former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies discuss the strengths of Joe Lyons. [read more]
