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Temptation (1984)
The cabaret manager entices the girl pianist into his club where he shows her a grand piano. [read more]
‘What a mug’ (1934)
Mo (Roy Rene) takes the young Miriam ('Baby’ Pamela Bevan) home, but doesn’t expect the great house, or the cool reception he gets from the Burnett family’s stuck-up friends. Mo retreats, feeling foolish and humiliated. Margot Burnett (Lorraine Smith) rescues ... [read more]
Siege at Glenrowan hotel (1906)
This clip shows the troopers outside the Glenrowan hotel. Joe Byrne is shot. Steve and Dan shoot each other rather than be caught. The police set fire to the hotel and Father Gibney runs into the burning hotel to save ... [read more]
Brick walls (2002)
Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is on a swing. She trains the camera towards the brick wall. The wall looms large, and then retreats as Marnie swings to-and-fro. [read more]
Counteraction centres on revegetation (1955)
Details the principal methods used by the Snowy Mountains Scheme to prevent soil erosion caused by construction. [read more]
‘Near and yet-so-far neighbours’ (1970)
Jack Anderson (Tony Ward) and Gillian O’Keefe (Judy Leech) live on opposite sides of the Maribyrnong Creek. Jack lives in squalor with his mother (Jean Higgs) and long-term lodger Stanley (Stanley Randall), a war pensioner. Gillian lives with her middle-class ... [read more]
Letting go (2007)
Beautiful orchestral music on the soundtrack accompanies images of Uluru at dusk, the Olgas, the beach, the outback, clouds, the sun descending, birds gathering and a windmill. In voice-over, a woman speaks about letting go of the day and the ... [read more]
Rain makes me sad (1986)
Rain falls on the fringe camp where the family are sheltered in their humble home, having been evicted from the housing commission house. The attempt to move up in the world has proven to be unsuccessful. Old Eva (Kath Walker) ... [read more]
Harvesting and topping sugar cane (1925)
An animated sketch demonstrates how the harvester elevates, tops and collects cane, illustrating all the major parts of the machine that aid this process. A live-action demonstration follows, broken down into the working parts engaged in this sequence. Intertitles are ... [read more]
If you love this planet (2003)
Australian Dr Helen Caldicott has been campaigning for the abolition of the nuclear program for thirty years. In the 1980s she convinced 23,000 doctors to join the Physicians for Social Responsibility. Senator Edward Kennedy acknowledges Dr Caldicott for her commitment. ... [read more]
Re-use and redistribution for relief (1939)
A volunteer worker lays out blankets and quilts fashioned from donated materials, and then displays them to the camera. In another room, blankets and rugs are stacked in preparation for redistribution to those identified as needing the service. Women (some ... [read more]
Traditional pig slaughter (1979)
A group of Italian friends slaughter a pig by cutting its throat. [read more]
Bodalla (2000)
Romaine walks around Bodalla, New South Wales, the place where she grew up working on a bean farm. [read more]
Flammable finale (1933)
As the rescue party escorts the 3,000 sheep to safety, Clive (John Warwick), Joan (Jocelyn Howarth) and Wayne (Grant Lyndsay) are still caught in the fire. They make for a waterhole, but the fugitive Fletcher (Les Warton) has got there ... [read more]
Dam workers (1964)
This clip looks at the individual workers present on a dam worksite on the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [read more]
Reporting current events (1928)
A car pulls into frame with three reporters seated in the back. The reporters, returned from witnessing a fire, dictate the story to typists in the typing room. The typists busily type up the story at their desks. This clip ... [read more]
Choices (2002)
Anna Yen in long skirt demonstrates her circus skills – balancing a full tea cup, walking the slack rope. She relates a story she would like to tell her grandmother and mother, acknowledging that she has been able to pursue ... [read more]
Parliament station underground (1978)
The Melbourne Underground Loop System includes a station under Parliament House in Spring Street. This clip features an architect’s model of the planned development and draft plans for the underground platforms. An explanatory voice-over is used throughout the clip. [read more]
It’ll get better (1978)
At her work, cleaning offices, Dana (Basia Bonkowski) breaks down and confides to the nightwatchman (Martin Vaughan) that she’s not heard from her husband in Poland for quite some time. He reassures her and invites her to come to his ... [read more]
Captain Elwood Ewatt (1984)
In 1942 the ocean liner President Coolidge was carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo. She accidentally struck two allied mines and sank. Captain Elwood Ewatt saved sailors lives trapped in the galley. He gave his own life to help ... [read more]
