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Don McLeod (1987)
A former member of the Committee for the Defence of Native Rights explains their Committee’s decision to dispatch Church of England minister and Committee Secretary Peter Hodge to give a first hand account of what was happening with the strike ... [read more]
Cotton chippers (2002)
Vaughn (Damian Pitt) and Lena (Dannielle Hall) are given a lift down the road by a car of cotton chippers. [read more]
King Oedipus (1994)
Interviewed in 1992, Ruth Cracknell reflects on her exploration of more dramatic roles and the opportunity to work with theatre director, Tyrone Guthrie. The clip intercuts historical footage of Cracknell rehearsing the part of Jocasta in the 1970 production of ... [read more]
‘I’m sick of being poor’ (1974)
Susie (Jacki Weaver) is worried about the strain Petersen’s (Jack Thompson) university education is placing on their relationship and the family finances. [read more]
St Kilda Esplanade (1914)
This short piece of actuality footage shows people at St Kilda including at the entrance to Luna Park, Daylight Pictures Cinema and a jetty at the beach. [read more]
Wood working machine rooms (1924)
The camera pans across the wood-working machine rooms and shows men working on various stages of piano construction. Piles of cut-to-size timber are stacked on the ground. One man feeds a large flat piece of wood through a cutting machine ... [read more]
Nick-away Ned (1957)
Nick-away Ned (Jock Levy) is a proponent for shorter working hours … every day of the week! Ned sneaks off the job early, only to encounter more trouble than he bargained for. Meanwhile, a shipping owner lurks on the docks ... [read more]
1943 Fanfare (1943)
This audio clip is from the original recording, made in London by the Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra, of Charles Williams’s 'Majestic Fanfare’. [read more]
Mother and daughter (1973)
Young office worker Jeni (Jeni Thornley) is having a conversation with her mother in the kitchen while they wash the dishes together. [read more]
Cornflakes versus beer (1967)
Wally Stiller (John Meillon) is adamant that economies have to be introduced, starting with McGooley’s (Gordon Chater) ‘addiction’ to cornflakes. Also featured in this scene are his wife, Rita Stiller (Judi Farr), and sister, Rosemary Urkin (Noeline Brown), better known ... [read more]
Guilty until proven innocent (1998)
Barrister Liz Gaynor has defended people accused of rape. She says rape is difficult to prove. More cases are getting to court as the charge is considered a serious crime, and current policy is to follow through on any charges. ... [read more]
‘Punch a postie’ (1991)
Vietnam veterans Rowan Marsh and Peter Stainthorpe recollect the anti-Vietnam demonstrations with ambivalence. They explain that when unions put a go-slow on mail delivery to soldiers in Vietnam as part of the protest, that was too much and the 'punch ... [read more]
Training circus animals (1993)
We see lions being trained. Trainer Stafford Bullen says the same techniques are used to train lions and tigers and domestic cats. [read more]
Avian flu in Hong Kong (2005)
In 1997 Avian flu erupted in Hong Kong. The government destroyed all chickens and the outbreak was contained. Virologists Robert Webster and Albert Osterhaus talk about the potential for human transmission. [read more]
‘Nothing happened’ (2007)
The tension erupts in the desert as Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) tells Alex (Shaun Evans) that Sophie (Amelia Warner) spent the night with him. They fight, and Taylor becomes the victim in Sophie’s eyes. Frustrated, injured and ill from the drugs ... [read more]
Hélène Kirsova on stage (1936)
Hélène Kirsova performs in this excerpt from the one-act ballet, Le Beau Danube. Ewan Murray-Will films the action from an elevated position left of the stage. [read more]
A wilderness revealed (1982)
The Carnarvon Gorge has a very special appeal to contemporary visitors like John Marr, who is leading this expedition of mostly amateurs through the gorge. There’s a sense that the place meant something special for the Aborigines who had a ... [read more]
Midwives turned into witches (1993)
Natural birth pioneer Dr Michel Odent says that midwives always attended at births until the Catholic church stopped this practice in the 17th century. [read more]
Meaningful dreams (1999)
Men are walking in line through the landscape carrying carved pieces of wood. Ru explains that the spirit goddess Amb Kor had appeared to him before but he and his supporters had done nothing and problems ensued. After he returns ... [read more]
Main Street of Beechworth (1971)
This clip from a colour home movie taken by Alan Bresnahan in 1971 begins with a map showing where Beechworth is located in Victoria. It then shows the main street including the Tanswell’s Commercial Hotel. [read more]
