6482 results prev 1 2 ... 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 ... 324 325 next
Wirangu language (2006)
A car drives by on the highway. In voice-over, Doreen and Gladys Miller reflect on how the now busy road was a quiet dirt track during their childhood. They tell us about their farming business in Scotdesco, 100km from Ceduna. ... [read more]
Agricultural implement factory (1925)
Various parts of the implement factory are shown: workers carry out their tasks in the sheet metal department; a hammering machine shapes steel into shape; a man dips a large wheel-shaped piece of farming equipment into paint; women make canvas ... [read more]
‘Any other leads?’ (2008)
Police officer Steve Owen (Rodger Corser) discusses the Alphonse Gangitano murder case with his boss Gary Butterworth (Frankie J Holden), after discovering that the key witnesses have left the country. On the streets of Carlton, Alphonse Gangitano (Vince Colosimo) – ... [read more]
‘Naughty strikers’ (1987)
Debutantes are presented to the Premier’s wife Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen at a gala occasion held in Central Queensland. Lady Flo speaks of the 'naughty strikers’, and offers advice to the debutants: 'I think it is very important indeed that you’re ... [read more]
Defending Nicaragua (1984)
We see footage of the young, poorly equipped Nicaraguan soldiers as we listen to a protest song performed by one of the soldiers. English TV journalist, Jon Snow, says that the Nicaraguan army is not well equipped by the Cubans, ... [read more]
South Australian Amateur Cinema Society (1951)
A young couple enjoying an afternoon outing are alerted to a suspicious object travelling downstream in the valley below. It is a felt hat. Curious to see more, the man looks through his binoculars along the riverbed to witness a ... [read more]
Always crying (1983)
The camera tracks across the wreckage of the previous night’s party, over debris and bodies, to arrive at Jane (Vera Plevnik) crying in the backyard. Karli (Tracy Mann) wakes up beside Shadow (Ian Gilmour) who is sick of hearing Vera ... [read more]
Anya arrives (2001)
Anya (Romane Bohringer) arrives at Danny’s (Noah Taylor) share house in Brisbane. Introduced to Sam (Emily Hamilton), Jabber (Haskel Daniel), Derek the Bank Clerk (Robert Rimmer) and the rest of the tenants, Anya announces she refuses to watch TV and ... [read more]
Dave Sands (1951)
This clip contains a segment on Aboriginal boxer Dave Sands, one of the Sands boxing brothers from Burnt Ridge in New South Wales. He is filmed getting out of bed to commence his daily routine – an early morning run ... [read more]
Volunteers (1988)
Various media from 1942 – posters, newsreels and promotional films – show the recruiting campaign for the Women’s Land Army. In interview, Tige Hunter explains why she joined up. [read more]
A ‘belly’ big upset! (1989)
Pete (Sam Vandenberg) and Rabbit (Stuart Atkin) are competing in a highly competitive spaghetti-eating contest, skilfully hosted by Tiger (Cameron Nugent). Gribble Junior (Lachlan Jeffrey) uses the remote control to help Rabbit eat multiple bowls of spaghetti but he eats ... [read more]
‘I can’t forgive them’ (1993)
Margaret Whitlam, wife of former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, scorns the Governor-General, John Kerr and caretaker Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser for the way in which they won victory for the Liberal Party. [read more]
Blackfella church (2005)
Tommy E Lewis talks about Frog Dreaming, and becomes passionate about the Dreaming as a religious belief, and the sacrilege committed by Western culture in their destruction of the land. Tommy arrives at Tennant Creek. [read more]
Rehearse, perform, perform (1988)
Australian dancer Betty Pounder recalls the days when she would rehearse a new show in the morning, dance in a pantomime in the afternoon and dance in a different show at night. [read more]
Old language, new story (2003)
Arrernte children learn the Bible in their own language. In 1879 the mission is surrounded by cattle stations, and WH Wiltshire is a policeman who responds to the Arrernte presence violently. [read more]
Campfire story (2007)
A group of children sit around a campfire listening to two Anmatjere elders (Patsy and Jane Briscoe) telling a ghost story called Bungalung. Young men act out the scenes described by the women in the story. [read more]
Hilton bombing evidence (1983)
Three members of the Ananda Marga sect are convicted of bombing the Hilton Hotel during a CHOGM event. One of the convicted, Tim Anderson, says that he was convicted on false evidence. Another one of the convicted, Ross Dunn, ... [read more]
A man and his oven (2004)
Russell Jeavons is a chef who was becoming burnt out with the daily grind of cooking and baking for a living until he discovered the backyard oven. [read more]
Red Riding Hood (1930)
This clip begins with an animated cartoon of Pam Possum taking a shortcut through the forest to see Granny Platypus, despite the warning from her animal friends about the dangerous Willy Wildcat. Pam reaches Granny’s house only to find Willy ... [read more]
A treasure hunt at Katoomba (1936)
At Echo Point in the Blue Mountains, lovers Jack (Harry Cantor) and Jill (Margaret Jackson) begin their quest to find a £500 cheque hidden in the area. They proceed along the Prince Henry Cliff Walk followed by other sightseers and ... [read more]
