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‘We didn’t really know what we were doing’ (2008)

Cast and crew discuss the dangerous shooting of The Man from Hong Kong (1975). [read more]

Australian Rules Football (AFL) match (1925)

This clip begins with the crowd watching an AFL match in 1925. They wave their hats to the camera. The AFL players run out onto the field and play. [read more]

Contraband (1938)

Customs officers try in vain to stop the illegal importation of various contraband goods which come in to the country by sea. ‘Men of the underworld’ – shady drug dealers and crime bosses – are shown under ‘cover of darkness’ ... [read more]

Fourth Liberty Loan (1943)

In close-up a soldier screams ‘fire’ and a barrage of bombing in a nightscape is subtitled with text while voice-over urges the public to contribute to the Fourth Liberty Loan. ‘War costs big money: the boys are ready. So back ... [read more]

Captain Elwood Ewatt (1984)

In 1942 the ocean liner President Coolidge was carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo. She accidentally struck two allied mines and sank. Captain Elwood Ewatt saved sailors lives trapped in the galley. He gave his own life to help ... [read more]

‘A couple of gargoyles’ (2006)

Katrina Skinner (Emily Barclay) is watching television when her father John (Robert Morgan) comes in, talking to a local detective on the phone. Katrina angrily denies she was at the pub the night before, when a handbag was stolen. The ... [read more]

Aboriginal autonomy (1987)

In the early 1970s the Aborigines in the north west of Western Australia were finally able to buy their own properties. They initially struck for better pay and conditions and as a result they became graziers with cattle and sheep. ... [read more]

A family of artists (1980)

Using ochres, clay and charcoal as his paints, Jack Wunuwun sits and paints. His wife Margaret leaves the baby with Jack as she and the other women go off to collect pandanus leaves for weaving into baskets. The women also ... [read more]

‘Cop that, you rotten Pommy bastard’ (1972)

Temporarily detained in a psychiatric hospital, Bazza (Barry Crocker) shows his displeasure with an inquisitive psychiatrist (Barry Humphries) by demonstrating the meaning of the 'technicolour yawn’. [read more]

A firefighter’s work is never done (1995)

The trainees are seen mopping up and cleaning cars. Cleaning up and sweeping the station are an essential part of a firefighter’s work. [read more]

‘That’s your English Class’ (1993)

Violence erupts in the playground as new Vietnamese student Jack (Tai Nguyen) gets unintentionally involved in the ongoing tensions between ‘Aussie’ Rivers (Scott Major) and his gang and ‘Wog’ Nick (Alex Dimitriades) and his friends. Meanwhile in the staffroom the ... [read more]

H2O OK! (2002)

The hidden mice Jinx (David Collins) and Gypsy (Roslyn Oades) introduce Sam (Angela Kelly), singing the water theme song ‘H2O OK’, which explores water in its different forms. The same theme song is played at this point in each of ... [read more]

Tracy is dead (1996)

Diane (Linda Cropper) wakes Jared (Laurence Breuls) to tell him a girl has been found dead on the beach. The media flood into town and the two key police officers on the case (Chris Haywood, Essie Davis) start to amass ... [read more]

Tiddly Pete (1957)

Wharfie Tiddly Pete (Jock Levy) is drinking at the Royal Oak Hotel when he should be reporting for work at the waterfront. He leaves the pub drunk and stumbles across the road into the traffic. On his way down to ... [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]

Régis Lansac (1995)

Adelaide based choreographer Meryl Tankard, the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre, and her husband, photographer Régis Lansac, talk about how they met. Meryl says their relationship has helped her to appreciate life. [read more]

A rogue crocodile (2007)

Allen (Geoff Morrell) is crawling from the river, apologising for his role in an escape attempt that ended in debacle, when the crocodile sneaks up behind him at lightning speed. [read more]

Teepee and cathedral (1991)

The rough, smoky, communal conditions inside the teepee where Daniel (Aden Young) first makes eye contact with Chomina’s daughter, Annuka (Sandrine Holt), are contrasted with a flashback to a French cathedral. This is where Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) met a ... [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]

Tough times (2006)

Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) speaks with a film producer about his enthusiasm for the future of Australian film. Historical footage shows Americans at the movies, as interviewees explain how and why the Americans took over the Australian film industry in ... [read more]

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