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Wattie and Agnes Doig remember (1983)
Wattie and Agnes Doig recall life on the Gippsland coalfields in the 1930s. [read more]
Min Min light (2007)
Mavis Malbunka, a Western Arrernte elder, tells the story of the Min Min light and its relationship to Tnorala. [read more]
HMAS Sydney comes home (1993)
Prior to its naval disaster, HMAS Sydney sails into Sydney Harbour after seeing action in the Second World War. A Cinesound newsreel report shows Sydneysiders giving its crew an enthusiastic welcome. Veterans recall the high emotion of the day. [read more]
Sydney Research Group (1993)
In 1941 the HMAS Sydney was sunk by a German ship off the coast of Western Australia. There were no Australian survivors. There are conflicting opinions about whether the HMAS Sydney sent a distress signal and why there ... [read more]
Losing sight of Mr Holt (1967)
This is mute unedited black-and-white footage establishing the Cheviot Beach site and showing members of the beach party retracing their steps in the moments when they last saw Prime Minister Harold Holt. [read more]
Pack ice heartbreak (1933)
Frank Hurley captures the heartbreaking moment during Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition when the mast and rigging of the Endurance collapses as the ship is enclosed by two tonnes of pack ice. [read more]
Cyclops (2007)
In Western Australia, in the midst of shark-infested waters two kilometres from the coastline and six hours from medical facilities, the Abberton brothers surf one of the most dangerous, heaviest waves in Australia – Cyclops. [read more]
Post Office makeover (1987)
This clip shows the newly refurbished interior of Lakemba Post Office in Sydney, followed by the sprucing up of a similarly older style post office. [read more]
Serbian identity (1997)
Author Dusko Tomic talks about how, on a Paris radio program, he identified as a Serb for the first time. While proud of Serb inventor Nikola Tesla, he expressed shame for the atrocities against humanity carried out during the Bosnian ... [read more]
Canada’s leaders (1941)
This clip from a Menzies home movie features the Prime Minister of Canada, McKenzie King, and the Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Athlone and his wife Princess Alice. [read more]
It’s a trap (2005)
In their quest for the precious liquid ember berries, the faireez have survived a climb up the mountain and think they are safe. Unbeknown to them the wicked Jumpalina is watching and her henchmen Sir Jumphrey and the Spyballs set ... [read more]
Bang galore (1944)
Units of Rommel’s Afrika Korps launch an assault on the allied defences at Tobruk, using tanks and infantry. The allied artillery shells land among the advancing Germans but do not stop them. Hand-to-hand fighting breaks out as they cross the ... [read more]
Washington scenes (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a view of the White House through the windscreen of the prime minister’s car. It then cuts to a baseball match being played in ... [read more]
Yamaz Sibarud (1898)
A man, identified by British Library records as ‘Maino of Yam’, sings a traditional song entitled Yamaz Sibarud. He sings the song a capella. The recording fades out as the man continues to sing. [read more]
Loggers blockade (1990)
As a response to the greenies blocking the logging operation, the loggers blockade the greenies so that when they leave to obtain supplies and water, they are preventing from returning. [read more]
Hunted down (2004)
In a flashback dramatisation, a police trooper arrives at the camp looking for the light-skinned child of the white man, but her mother hides her in the sugar bag. [read more]
‘This is Streeton!’ (1988)
Johnno (Damien Walters) is checking his hearing aid when the local bus arrives, bringing a newcomer to the town. It is Tony (Joe Petruzzi), the Italian migrant, eager to begin a new life in Australia. Intrigued, Johnno follows Tony to ... [read more]
Worlds apart (1999)
In the underground world of North Col, Noah’s sister Becky (Kate Keltie) helps Dr Pretorius (Gerard Kennedy) try to work out what has happened to Noah (Jeffrey Walker). At the same time, Noah is trying to rescue Sundance (Daniel Daperis) ... [read more]
A man without a past (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) is cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel (Nancy Black). She questions Joseph about the evidence of his identity being destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in the Second World War. Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) appears on ... [read more]
Crash landing (1992)
Two of the Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson and Richard Fidler) emerge from the rubble after their submarine is blasted into space. The event is reported by Shitsu Tonka Corporation’s newsreader (Khym Lam) in a broadcast that is beamed ... [read more]