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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]
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]
‘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]
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]
‘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]
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]
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]
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]
Alice without Nanna (2006)
Over a shot of Alice Springs Aaron talks about the town. Alice Springs isn’t the same to the Pedersen brothers without their Nanna. Aaron and Vinnie, sitting in the park, recall the violence of their childhood, and the experience of ... [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]
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]
A Greek Easter (2004)
Sydney’s Greek community come together at Easter to celebrate a great religious festival. The story intercuts the religious elements and the food making elements to show that the tradition is still very strong and is being handed down from generation ... [read more]
‘A bullet doesn’t know what colour you are’ (2008)
The Second World War interrupts the fight for Aboriginal rights and many Aboriginal men go to war. Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nations, Professor Bain Attwood and Richard Frankland of the Gunditjmara Nation discuss the issues and implications of ... [read more]
Prickly pear infested areas of Australia (1926)
This silent newsreel from approximately 1926 shows bushland in eastern Australia infected with the noxious prickly pear cactus and the efforts of the scientists trying to combat the problem using cochineal insects. These insects are shown crawling over a piece ... [read more]
Police Boys’ Club (1939)
A young boy is taken to the Police Boys Club. Its aim, according to the narration, is to ‘keep boys off the streets’. It shows the boys working in the gym, boxing, and socialising in a safe environment. Later, a ... [read more]
‘He’s got my blood’ (1995)
Harry and Kate have flushed all their medications down the toilet. In the supermarket, Harry (John Lynch) is upset when the price of a baby stroller he wants to buy has been discounted. He makes most of his decisions based ... [read more]
