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‘Our way to socialism’ (1997)
Filmmaker Solrun Hoaas ventures onto the streets of North Korea to do some impromptu filming and sees some children gathered on a street corner before the start of school. In what becomes a common instance, she attracts the attention of ... [read more]
Chases and more chases (2000)
Escaping from the ‘Hide and Seek’ gang, Eugénie (Xaris Miller) and Warwick (Matthew Vennell) run into her father Ray Sandler (Brett Climo). When he discovers Detective Gurney (Martin Jacobs) is after them, he sends them to Alloway House. The mystery ... [read more]
‘Nothin’ will break up our team’ (1978)
Black Beauty’s good fortune as ‘Jack’ quickly vanishes when his kind master Jerry Barker catches cold and dies after waiting out in the snow for rich clients. His widow sells Black Beauty to Mr Skinner the baker who then mistreats ... [read more]
North-east Victoria (1954)
This clip begins with colour footage of a Victorian beach and coastline. The following scenes in black-and-white show flooded countryside and timber forests in the Marysville district, scenic shots of Stephenson Falls, Robarts Lookout and Cumberland Falls. Voice-over narration is ... [read more]
George on Harmony Row (1999)
Actor George Wallace was a big success when he starred in the 1933 Australian feature film Harmony Row. Bill Kerr remembers his own screen debut. [read more]
Computer coding (1966)
The Redfern Mail Exchange’s impressive new computerised mail sorting system is displayed. It illustrates data entry relating to each postal item entered. [read more]
Australia’s wild shores (1987)
Jack Thompson introduces us to two Melbourne businessmen passionate about their hang-gliding. They’re out to break the world record recently set by an American. [read more]
Dulkaninna Station (2000)
George Bell of the Dulkaninna Station and his family have relied on the mailman for over a century. Mail was first delivered by camel, then Kruse delivered it by truck and now it comes by light aircraft. Bell and Kruse ... [read more]
Corporate image (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image. [read more]
‘I’m going to Nashville’ (1997)
Ralph (Matt Day) attempts to fix the car after driving through the night with Boyd (Richard Roxburgh) and Patsy (Miranda Otto), two big-city types in a rush to get to Sydney. Boyd’s impatience causes an injury to Ralph’s hand. He ... [read more]
It’s like that (2003)
The animated short It’s Like That can be viewed here in full. Three baby-bird puppets representing actual children held in captivity talk about their experiences and their fears. [read more]
‘Stop filming’ (1987)
Filmmaker David Bradbury is filming Salvadoran protest song being sung by young people at a train station. A policeman tells him to stop as he does not have permission to film. The crew continues to film the event. [read more]
‘This is not easy’ (1996)
The mother (Celine O’Leary) sits watching her daughter’s angry drawing. She has come to tell her that her father is moving out. The child carries on a conversation that her mother can’t hear – a series of denials. Her father ... [read more]
Testing for disease (1992)
Bryan Smith is in Denmark to report on the latest research into the prevention of cervical cancer. The pap smear test is used to pick up early signs of cervical cancer in women. There is a much more accurate means ... [read more]
‘We all need to keep calm’ (1997)
While making his deliveries, stock and station agent Bob (Bill Hunter) has spotted the car of the local policeman parked outside a neighbouring farmhouse. Interviewed later, he suggests the policeman should be ‘carpeted’ for dereliction of duty. His wife Gwen ... [read more]
Wokabout Marketing (1996)
Andrew Rose is a marketing executive based in Port Moresby. He organises a troupe of actors who perform vignettes in remote villages to promote the purchase of Western goods. Omo, the washing powder, is demonstrated. [read more]
In and around Hamilton District (1920)
Fruit pickers pick peaches off trees and empty their bags into a trough. They then sort the peaches into crates and hammer them closed for transportation. Four women arrive by truck and eat the peaches, demonstrating how delicious the peaches ... [read more]
Surfer girl (2004)
Brett (Zachary Garred) makes Hannah (Lynn Styles) enter the surfing competition to maintain the story they told his mother Jackie (Kirsty Hillhouse). Hannah can barely swim and almost drowns in the shallows. She is utterly furious with him. [read more]
Working as a dominatrix (2005)
Jabe is lying on the floor behind a small toy house. She lifts off the roof and we see a television inside. Jabe watches herself speaking with a friend. Images of Jabe working as a dominatrix are intercut with an ... [read more]
Evelyn clashes with everyone (1999)
Evelyn Spence (Maya Stange) takes the side of the villagers against Reverend Macgregor (John Howard) at a funeral because he wants them to use the Christian graveyard and change their usual practices. Upon her return home, she and Dr Phillip ... [read more]
