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‘American girls love Mel Gibson’ (1983)

Australian actress Olivia Newton-John talks about the popularity of Australian films and Mel Gibson in this 1983 documentary. An extract is included from The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and a young Mel Gibson is interviewed. [read more]

‘Describe your life’ (1992)

The Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott) are filling out the Shitsu Tonka census. They come to a section labelled ‘Describe your life’. [read more]

Hinkler’s message to Australia (1928)

This clip features one complete side of a two-sided gramophone record. In 'Hinkler’s message to Australia’, pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler describes the importance of aviation to the future of Australia. [read more]

‘Practice’ (2002)

After a heavy night playing cards and drinking, Detective Joe Hill (Peter O’Brien) is woken in his car by ex-girlfriend Nicole Brown (Jodie Dry). Her new boyfriend, uniformed cop Shane Duggan (Rupert Reid), is being investigated by internal affairs over ... [read more]

Drunk as a lord (1937)

Lord Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) has taken up residence in his English country estate. Lady Blaydon (Nellie Ferguson) and their daughter Patricia (Shirley Ann Richards) have adapted well to the new surroundings, but his Lordship finds it hard to cope with ... [read more]

Company for Mrs De Marco (1990)

After the accidental death of Mustafa, Carl (Sam Neill) calls his best friend Dave (John Clarke) for help. Dave is a gravedigger, so they take the body to a cemetery, where Dave selects an open grave, in which to place ... [read more]

Safety evolution (1964)

Essential safety procedures for plant workers on the Snowy Mountains Scheme are detailed, and procedures for travelling to and from worksites are laid out. [read more]

Big bad Granny (1992)

Noeline Baker’s insistence that Paul Baker and wife Dione could and should do better to provide for their newborn son is exacerbating tensions that have long existed between Paul and his mother. [read more]

Mimic warfare (1917)

This Australasian Gazette exclusive story from 1917 shows troops from the Engineers’ Depot rehearsing a raid on enemy trenches. Soldiers are instructed by their commanding officers by telephone. [read more]

Taking matters into your own hands (2010)

John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) whips up a vigorous roundtable discussion amongst a group of friends in the kitchen about the need to take action against sex offenders. [read more]

Aunty Flo (1998)

Aunty Flo sits in the foreground, behind her stretches the countryside. She tells us about her experience of being moved to Toomelah Reserve. [read more]

Hanky panky! (1997)

Skippy discovers that Croco is up to mischief in the election for Mayor, accepting money from each of the uninspiring candidates and providing them all with same rent-a-crowd of grannies and babies. [read more]

Outdoor performance and garden party (1925)

Children perform dances at a garden party while adults look on. This includes children performing ballet and three children dressed in Japanese kimonos. The camera pans across the garden to film party guests relaxing around a marquee. [read more]

Warmth and happiness (1924)

On a sunny winter’s day, Reverend Robert Williams from the South Melbourne Methodist Mission issues weekly rations of firewood to needy families as part of the mission’s important work. [read more]

Breakfast in bed (1999)

The Bananas in Pyjamas, B1 (Ken Radley) and B2 (Nicholas Opolski), wake up Rat in a Hat (Shane McNamara) to buy some more porridge. Rat, always eager to make a sale, convinces them to make the Teddies Morgan (Jeremy Scrivener), ... [read more]

‘A real lost world’ (2004)

In 1903 geologist William Ferguson found the claw of a carnivorous dinosaur while searching for coal in south-eastern Australia. [read more]

Flying friar (1994)

Saint Joseph of Cupertino levitated regularly while praying, occasionally requiring the use of ropes to anchor him. [read more]

Mount Wellington, 1909 (1909)

This clip shows the Higgins family at Mount Wellington, Hobart, in 1909. It includes scenes of the group enjoying a picnic spread on a hillside, four men making a pot of billy tea, and some of the Higgins children playing ... [read more]

A bush boxing ring (2007)

After watching a newsreel of Lionel Rose, Ed (Xavier Samuel) and Paddy (Clarence John Ryan) build their own boxing ring in the wheat stubble, using old fencing materials. With only one pair of gloves, they take one each and spar ... [read more]

Fetch (1998)

You can watch the short film Fetch here in its entirety. It tells the story of a man (Matt Day), his date (Rebecca Frith), her dog (Mindy) and how quickly a fledgling romance can progress from awkward to awful. [read more]

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