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Movietone News titles (1945)
This clip is from the opening sequence for the Australian edition of Fox Movietone News, showing the laughing kookaburras. A superimposed graphic reads '20th Century Fox presents’ followed by 'Movietone News’ in block letters. The Movietone News graphic remains on ... [read more]
Everything like a dream (1965)
Nick (George Dixon) is on the run from the police. Margot (Janina Lebedew) and her father (Claude Thomas) stop to help. [read more]
Cattle drive (2008)
The Drover (Hugh Jackman) prepares to lead the Faraway Downs cattle to Darwin. He explains the rules to Lady Ashley (Nicole Kidman), Nullah (Brandon Walters), Bandy Legs (Lillian Crombie), Kipling Flynn (Jack Thompson) and the rest of the team. [read more]
Welcome to Faireezia (2005)
This is the Faireez series theme song that opens each episode. It introduces and reinforces the setting, characters and back-story. [read more]
Terra nullius (1989)
Professor Garth Nettheim presents historic background to the Murray Island case accompanied by footage of the Torres Strait Islands. [read more]
Garbage disposal (1928)
Dramatised scenarios illustrate the right and wrong methods for disposing of garbage. Two men dump rubbish on the lawn next to the truck. The 'health inspector’ walks over with his hands on his hips, unimpressed. The accepted method for disposal ... [read more]
Family portraits (1926)
Members of the Gidney family sit or stand in the garden of their Mount Eliza home and pose for the camera. They smile, laugh, wave and talk in front of the camera. [read more]
Slither snake to your destination (1990)
Agnes (Melanie Boomer) finds some old photographs of Justus Zuckermann (Owen Weingott) and his wife with an unknown baby while Martha (Judith Stratford) continues to work her black magic. Strange things happen and when Mr Zuckermann is fatally injured, Martha ... [read more]
Defining boundaries (1988)
Speaking to camera, Lorraine Mafi-Williams introduces us to Mrs Millie Boyd, the custodian of three major tribal boundaries in the far north coast of NSW. The Bundjalung (around Lismore), Githabul (Kyogle to Woodenbong), across inland over to the coast ... [read more]
‘Good evening’ (1978)
In the opening segment of The Naked Vicar Show, stars Ross Higgins, Kevin Golsby and Noeline Brown talk about political figures of the day. [read more]
European house borer (1960)
This clip begins with scenes of migrants arriving by ship to Australia, and their luggage being inspected by quarantine officers for signs of borer. Workers prepare a house for fumigation, covering it with a heavy cloth before gassing the inside. ... [read more]
‘Cologne’ (1978)
Madeleine (Chantal Contouri) introduces Angela (Sigrid Thornton) to Linsey (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a top advertising photographer. Linsey asks Angela to star in a cologne campaign. [read more]
Man’s inhumanity to man (1985)
Mike Lewis was an English serviceman filming the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp. He talks about his own horrifying experience of the aftermath, and his feelings about the Germans. [read more]
Eagle Dreaming (2006)
Wanda Miller, in voice-over, explains the importance of a rock hole that is the only source of constant or living water in the area, and how it was frequented by tribes from all over the area. Consequently there are many ... [read more]
A new day (1979)
Private eye Larry (John Flaus) gets the news that Leilani (Amanda Berry) has been found. As surfers take to the early waves at Palm Beach, fugitive Paul (Bryan Brown) wakes up in his hideout on the cliffs, as the police ... [read more]
‘What will they see?’ (2002)
Yvonne Margarula tells us about how she inherited a beautiful land, but asks what the children will see when they become adults. Footage of Ranger Mine, operational since 1979, shows the land being carved up, and a map locates the ... [read more]
Burwood Road, Hawthorn (1906)
A point-of-view shot of a horse and cart travelling down Burwood Road, Hawthorn from the Glenferrie Hotel to the Tower Hotel captures scenes of daily life. At many points, curious and excited children wave their hats to the camera or ... [read more]
No time to waste (2007)
Fadi, the coach of his son’s Under 6 soccer team, holds a postmortem with the boys. Ahmed, one of the ICRA volunteers, collects the freshly printed ‘All Eyez on Youth’ posters and flyers and sets about distributing them. Back ... [read more]
Relationships between men and women (1995)
The curator of Australian drawings at the National Gallery of Australia, Andrew Sayers, displays Joy Hester’s work. He comments on the clarity of her portraits. Janine Burke, biographer and author, comments on Hester’s influences. [read more]
