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Judy meets BJ and Goose (1983)
Judy (Nicole Kidman) gives as good as she gets when spoiled ‘Fat Kid’ (Anthony Alafaci) gloats that he can afford his BMX bike without having to resort to a supermarket summer job. Meanwhile Goose (James Lugton) and PJ (Angelo ... [read more]
Get faxed (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Faxpost service, using the slogan: ‘Faxpost – Everyone’s fax’. A document slides out of a fax machine displaying the words, ‘To send a fax to someone without a fax ... [read more]
Time frame to independence (1971)
John Guise has been asked about the time frame to independence for his country. He thinks there should be a degree of self-government before independence to allow time for a constitution to be drawn up. He’s being interviewed by Richard ... [read more]
Newtown ride (1899)
This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a shot of commuters on a railway platform approaching an incoming train. A man holds a folded newspaper, while one woman carries a parasol. The clip cuts to the view from the back ... [read more]
Aboriginal autonomy (1987)
In the early 1970s the Aborigines in the north west of Western Australia were finally able to buy their own properties. They initially struck for better pay and conditions and as a result they became graziers with cattle and sheep. ... [read more]
‘Why don’t you go back to your own bloody country’ (1966)
A drunken Anglo-Australian (Keith Petersen) abuses an Italian migrant family on a Sydney ferry. Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) watches in discomfort. [read more]
Sydney Olympics opening ceremony (2006)
Agnes joins a group of 350 Aboriginal women from the central desert to rehearse and then perform the inma kungkarangkalpa at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. [read more]
Oliver’s multiple abductions (1994)
Oliver has been abducted by his father four times. The father has been imprisoned over the abduction. The adverse psychological effect on Oliver is evident. [read more]
Riding bikes (1940)
This clip shows three young children riding their bicycles with their father down a suburban street in Balwyn, Victoria. One of the girls rides on the handlebars of her father’s bike. [read more]
Greek village (1954)
This clip shows the rocky seaside village on the Greek island of Kythera where the Gerakiteys family are from. It contains scenes of daily life including villagers and family members walking towards and waving to the camera; a man drawing ... [read more]
‘Shotties are good’ (1999)
At his sister-in-law’s family home, Jimmy (Heath Ledger) meets two armed robbers. Deirdre (Susie Porter) has set up a job with them, so that Jimmy can get the $10,000 he needs to pay back his debt to Pando (Bryan Brown). ... [read more]
Dorothy Tangney maiden speech (1944)
Recorded by the ABC in Sydney on 21 April 1944, Senator Dorothy Tangney reads the maiden speech that she originally presented in the Senate in Canberra on 24 September 1943. [read more]
Psycho Joe (1994)
Joe (Aden Young) crashes his car in a drag race against Paul Secchi (Arthur Angel). He finds work in a supermarket managed by Mr Graham (Tommy Dysart) and catches sight of Savina (Tara Morice) for the first time. [read more]
‘Chant Vénitien’ (1904)
Dame Nellie Melba’s early recording of 'Chant Vénitien’, a song composed by Herman Bemberg, who accompanies her in this recording. It was made for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904. [read more]
Footscray, 1911 (1911)
This clip captures scenes of daily life in the main streets of Footscray, Melbourne, in 1910 and 1911. [read more]
‘Who are you, Steve?’ (2003)
On the videotape, Alexandra (Helen Buday) displays the vibrator Steve (Gary Sweet) gave her on her birthday and accuses him of buying it for his pleasure only. She calls it a machine, and says that in his eyes it makes ... [read more]
‘Damned yankee’ (1977)
Mr Pym (John Meillon) sees an unexpected and unwanted visitor as he struggles with a bogged wagon – his former protégé Pete Palmer (Rod Taylor), now his chief rival. Disgruntled piano player Lou (Garry McDonald) decides to join the opposition. [read more]
Mertz and Mawson’s ‘terrible ordeal’ (1963)
Frank Hurley continues telling the story (begun in clip two) of the terrible journey made by Douglas Mawson, Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis, during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14. Mawson’s party, with two dog teams, set out on 10 ... [read more]
‘Nothing to call our own’ (1977)
Jack and Gary, two drifters in a stolen car, have picked up a young woman, Anna (Julie McGregor) at an outback service station. At Gary’s home reserve, Anna talks to an Aboriginal woman (Essie Coffey) about the causes of Aboriginal ... [read more]
Hypsi’s testes (1998)
Zoologist Andrew Dennis, studying the hypsi kangaroo in a tropical rainforest, discovers that during summer when food is abundant, the testes of the musky rat-kangaroo increase in size, and shrink again during winter. [read more]
