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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]
‘My precious bit of fluff’ (1919)
Bill (Arthur Tauchert) and Doreen (Lottie Lyell) celebrate their marriage with a 'beano’ at her mother’s house. Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) gives a tipsy speech, before the young couple depart in a handsome cab, for the train. [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]
Residents’ demonstration (1974)
On 12 December, at the beginning of school holidays, Balmain families assemble down at Mort Street for a demonstration to stop the containers being trucked through their streets. Children hold up signs, a representative from the transport committee speaks to ... [read more]
A perfect score (1959)
Carry-over champion Evan answers the last question in round one to score a perfect six out of six. Host Reg Grundy spins the wheel and matches the number to the prize board to reveal that Evan is in the running ... [read more]
‘I’m coming to get you’ (2010)
At the very start of the film a young man (J, played by James Frecheville) is on the couch watching a TV game show while an older woman sits slumped – apparently asleep – beside him. A few seconds later ... [read more]
‘A broad and noble river’ (1984)
Using the whaleboat the party had carried with them on all their overland journeys, Captain Charles Sturt (played here by Steven Grives) and his team were finally able to put it to good use when they came upon the Murrumbidgee. ... [read more]
Ifs and buts (2001)
Narrator and filmmaker Mike Rubbo interviews Professor Andy Gurr, Director of Research at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They discuss whether Shakespeare had the time to write the plays or not, as his life was extremely hectic. The only time he would ... [read more]
MV Tampa and September 11 (2004)
News footage of the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa carrying over 400 rescued asylum seekers off the coast of Australia is accompanied in a split-screen by barrister Julian Burnside QC who outlines the international laws protecting asylum seekers. The events of ... [read more]
‘Hide and Seek’ gang (2000)
A young street boy, Tony (Darcy Bonser), takes Eugénie (Xaris Miller) and Warwick (Matthew Vennell) back to the deserted warehouse where he lives with other street kids. His friends – especially Nicole (Kestie Morassi) – are suspicious of the newcomers, ... [read more]
‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie’ (2000)
Gold medallist for the men’s 100 metres relay, Jon Drummond, and Lawrence Johnson, silver medallist in the men’s pole vault, express their appreciation of the brand of Aussie humour typified by The Dream to hosts Roy (John Doyle) and HG ... [read more]
Collecting roots and dye (2005)
A group of women walk through bush collecting Merrepen and natural dyes to make dilly bags. The women tell us a good time to collect Merrepen is during the wet season when the spear grass is very dense and long. ... [read more]
‘Wild things should be free’ (1976)
Mike (Greg Rowe) is overjoyed when Mr Percival, his pet pelican, returns after being set free. [read more]
Once green and clean (1994)
Re-enactment of an Aboriginal man moving with spear in hand is intercut with historical photographs of Aboriginal men. Voice-over narration tells us about the geological impact upon the formation of the Brisbane and Moreton Bay regions. The rising of the ... [read more]
Collaroy Home (1940)
On the sunlit veranda of Collaroy Home, convalescing children are shown in their beds, tended by nursing staff. A young bedridden boy is covered by a sheet as he holds his books. The front of the home is visible as ... [read more]
Cable trams in Melbourne (1935)
This clip features Melbourne’s cable trams in operation in the city’s CBD in the mid-1930s. It captures the experience of riding in a cable tram through shots from inside the cabin, as well as point-of-view shots from ... [read more]
Taking on New York (2001)
When Rupert Murdoch took over The New York Post he was already an institution in the UK and Australia. The former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, reminisces about those times and how Rupert Murdoch handed him the Mayor’s job. [read more]
An ancient trade (2004)
Another well designed item in this always interesting series. Reporter Joanna Savill talks to the crew who dive for the elusive trepang, interspersed with a little history, while later in the program, we visit a Chinese Australian chef, to discover ... [read more]
Music (2003)
Kathy Mills talks about her children and the closeness of her family and the role music plays in it. Allyson Mills talks about how her father called their attention to different sounds and rhythms. [read more]
