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A sailor returns home on leave (1941)
A train pulls into a station in Adelaide. A sailor disembarks to greet his family who are waiting for him. They get into a car. We cut to the family arrived home, walking in the front gate. The sailor drinks ... [read more]
Bougainville healing (2000)
When the people of Bougainville Island were blockaded for forcibly closing the copper mine they had to relearn their traditional ways of medicine. We see them gathering, preparing and applying traditional medicine as they talk in voice-over. [read more]
Two roots (2004)
During a palaeontological excavation volunteer Nicola Barton found a remarkable fossil. The tooth contained two roots indicating a mammal. Dr Thomas Rich from Museum Victoria and the School of Geosciences, Monash University declared that it belonged to a mammal, not ... [read more]
Nature in miniature (1980)
A poetic sequence of water and rocks along the middle Franklin River, with Bob Brown in voice-over philosophising about nature and life. [read more]
Physique, aptitude and technique (1959)
Body size and shape will often indicate the sport most suitable for any particular athlete. Athletes illustrating the differing body types are shown including: Olympic champion Charles Morris, Olympic weightlifter Manny Santos, Captain of Australia’s athletic team Kevin Gosper and ... [read more]
Lutheran Sunday School picnic (1966)
This clip captures a Lutheran Sunday School picnic at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve just outside Canberra in 1966. A minister addresses the family crowd seated on picnic blankets. [read more]
‘A kingdom of night-time pleasures’ (2001)
English writer Christian (Ewan McGregor) recalls his great love for Satine (Nicole Kidman), a courtesan at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in bohemian Montmartre. [read more]
You can be anything (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis) takes Ally (Claudia Karvan) out for lunch. Overwhelmed when Ally talks about her father, Lilli cries in the toilet. [read more]
Indefinable moods (2001)
A series of abstract symbols and recognisable images – such as sky, grass and a house – metamorphose against the backdrop of a colourful Australian landscape. [read more]
‘Life is beautiful’ (1991)
Marta (Sheila Florance) is dying. She has locked the door on her son and the landlord, but she allows Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska) into the flat. Anna gives Marta a dose of morphine, rather than see her taken back to hospital. ... [read more]
’You could even pass for a blackfella’ (2001)
After bonding over afros and basketball Lisa (Phaedra Nicolaidis) and Marlene (Maria Tusa) devise a plan for Lisa to play on the All Blacks basketball team. The girls win the game and Lisa is in high spirits but still can’t ... [read more]
‘A chance to be a mother’ (2001)
Vanessa and Michael and their family and friends grieve over the death of their newborn baby Layla. [read more]
Rabbit census (1955)
CSIRO officers from the Wildlife Survey Section conduct a census on rabbit numbers in their field experiment enclosure c1955. [read more]
Romeo and Juliet (1928)
Romeo slays Tybalt in a street fight, but then is banished. Juliet (George Browne) laments at the news and seeks the Friar Lawrence’s help. The final tragedy unfolds as Juliet lies ‘dead’ only to be discovered by a distraught Romeo ... [read more]
Three dancers (1898)
This clip features a lead dancer in mask and two Dari headdress dancers in the Malu-Bomai Ceremony. [read more]
Childhood influences (2003)
John Macumba talks about his childhood experiences and his burgeoning interest in media that came from listening to the radio. [read more]
Science, technology and research (1962)
This television advertisement highlights General Motors Holden’s research and training programs, apprenticeships, cadetships and scholarships, and the contribution they make to help Australia 'meet the challenge of the times’. Explanatory voice-over narration accompanies footage of workers and researchers in factories, ... [read more]
Auteur (1999)
Footage of a group of bikers riding and interviews with Sandy Harbutt in 1998 and 1973 are intercut with black-and-white and colour footage. Harbutt explains how he was able to get the numbers of bikies for the funeral scene in ... [read more]
‘You ever shot a horse?’ (1971)
At the Matlock police station, Sergeant Bert Kennedy (Vic Gordon) gets a call from Mrs Templar about an injured horse. Detective Curtis (Grigor Taylor) and Constable Hogan (Paul Cronin) set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Les Baker (Danny Adcock), currently a ... [read more]
Meeting (1981)
A story about an event that occurred in 1933 is introduced. A meeting takes place where the story about an Aboriginal man accused of stealing a bullock is told. The group of people begin to negotiate who will play what ... [read more]
