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Alpine holiday (1932)
This clip shows the gathering of people, probably members of the Farey family, at an alpine lodge. They are all well dressed in suits and hats. [read more]
‘Dance, fool, dance’ (1934)
Monty Ralston (Frank Leighton) and his manservant Thompson (Leo Franklin) narrowly escape a police raid on a two-up game but Jim McBride (Frank Bradley) is caught. Ralston and Thompson blunder onto the stage of a nearby theatre, where they entertain ... [read more]
Turtle (1998)
The sisters carry a turtle into the kitchen. They talk about killing it and making turtle curry. Stones hit the roof of the house. Young boys yell 'witch, witch’. Nona confronts the boys, and they scurry off into the bush. [read more]
Washing feet (1989)
A pair of frail, gnarled feet. The Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton) on her hands and knees, gently washes her white mother’s arthritic feet. The Aboriginal woman begins to remember another time, when as a family they would visit the beach. [read more]
Doing it tough (1969)
A British immigrant couple talk frankly about how they survive on a single basic wage with three children under five and a mountain of hospital bills to pay. [read more]
Ultimatum (1980)
Sandra Rast (Carmen Duncan) threatens to leave husband Nick (David Hemmings) unless Gregory Wolfe (Robert Powell) is freed from jail. Nick visits his backer, Doc Wheelan (Broderick Crawford), and is shown a damning file on Wolfe compiled by security chief, ... [read more]
‘Treated with respect’ (1995)
Andrea Stretton asks Tim Winton whether he could ever really be happy with an adaptation, given that his work is very much about the use of language and not just story-line and plot. He generously declares that so long as ... [read more]
Hoop dance (1988)
The students take centre stage in the vibrant Torres Strait Hoop Dance. [read more]
An alcoholic Christmas Day (1984)
With a tablecloth and lots of alcohol, a group of alcoholic friends celebrate Christmas Day. The men are listening to themselves talk on a radio program that was prompted by the making of this documentary. Paul Makin had previously interviewed ... [read more]
‘How many have you had?’ (1933)
Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) and his son Joe (Tal Ordell) have become separated from the rest of the family during a visit to Sydney. They arrive home (at the Townleigh’s mansion) rolling drunk, to be castigated by Mum Hayseed (Katie ... [read more]
Optimism (1996)
Narrator and filmmaker Les McLaren speaks about filming in other cultures not being contentious in the 1970s. Filmmakers like Gary Kildea were influenced by the cinéma vérité techniques of the time and learning new ways of making films. Dennis O’Rourke ... [read more]
Modern Aboriginal people (1984)
This clip explores Dr Alan Thorne’s controversial viewpoint that modern Aboriginal peoples are the descendents of two groups of peoples from Indonesia and eastern Asia, principally China. [read more]
Ace of parsons (1934)
Rev Stanhope (Eric Colman) flies Eileen McBride (Isabelle Mahon) back to the McBride farm. He is a flying ace from the First World War, who now uses a light plane to visit his spread-out parishioners. Eileen brings news from England, ... [read more]
What do we need two banana plantations for? (1999)
Digging up the sand to plant a new banana plantation, Lopaka and Bolo find an ancient carved stone. [read more]
Million dollar riff (2005)
In the ‘Million Dollar Riff’ round, the RocKwiz Orkestra plays well-known musical riffs while contestants compete to name artists and songs. [read more]
Rare and colourful characters (2008)
We meet the people and chickens who will populate the film and get a glimpse of the unusual ride we’re about to embark on. [read more]
School (2004)
Ricco sits amongst a group of children roughly the same age as himself. They are learning about maps of the world, as well as Warlpiri. [read more]
National Network Nightly News (1995)
Narelle Parkinson (Kitty Flanagan) and Ian Gooding (John Walker) present the National Network Nightly News, with a live cross to reporter David McGann (Shaun Micallef). Phil Toynby (Francis Greenslade) presents the weather. [read more]
No more pretty shoes (2004)
Shah reveals the irony of having planted landmines as an Afghan soldier then subsequently being the victim of a mine. His wife, Habiba, has lost a leg to a mine and regrets that she can no longer wear pretty shoes. ... [read more]
The rice farm (1991)
Filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke offers to buy Thai prostitute Aoi a rice farm if she will stop practising prostitution. Aoi gives her response. [read more]
