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Bottle to carton (1990)
The supermarkets, because of easier handling, encouraged packaging dairy products in cartons and plastic bottles. Formerly, glass bottles were recycled 25 times. The new packaging is single use. Writer John Flaus regrets the disappearance of glass milk bottles and writer ... [read more]
Sugar cane (1998)
Grace is walking through the sugar cane fields. In flashback the two sisters, playing in the cane fields, place necklaces around each other’s necks, laughing with glee. Grace walks back through the sugar cane. Thunder clouds roll overhead. Loretta strokes ... [read more]
Biscuits and wafers (1932)
The distinctive shapes of Milk Arrowroot and Iva biscuits emerge from the rolling and cutting machines. Women deftly sort and pack the biscuits into their packaging once they have been baked and cooled. Lemon, raspberry and pineapple are just a ... [read more]
Anzac recruits (1915)
Two Anzac recruits pose for the camera, holding out their sleeves with armbands which read ‘Anzac recruits’. Another recruit puts money in the donation box. A wooden display pays tribute to the ‘1915 heroes of Gallipoli’. The clip ends with ... [read more]
Ice skating on Lake Catani (1930)
On a frozen Lake Catani, the camera follows a lone female skater gracefully tracing curved lines around the ice. People are then shown venturing onto the ice, while others stand in the snow and watch from the ice’s edge. [read more]
Skiing and tobogganing on Mount Buffalo (1930)
A couple ski in tandem down a small incline before the woman jumps off and the man falls over. Another couple toboggan down the incline by sitting on their skis. The final shot shows three women toboggan down a hill ... [read more]
Methods of removing felled logs (1947)
Bullock lines haul logs through the forest to the landing stages from which they are transferred to the mill; a winch system with wire ropes haul logs through the bush where it is not too dense; another winch system lifts ... [read more]
Boy meets girl (2002)
Charlie (Wayne Munro) is in the shop. His head is turned by a stranger from the city. Charlie is getting served when he notices the stranger has dropped her wallet. Charlie rings the stranger with the intention of returning her ... [read more]
Train at Coogee Carnival (1928)
An intertitle introduces this segment as the Coogee Carnival in December 1928. A mini-steam train on a circular track takes children for a ride. Crowds watch on from outside the track. The driver sits on the front engine. He is ... [read more]
Roadside stop (1998)
The family pull up at a gas station. The children are sent off to the toilet. Margie (Margaret Harvey) spies two elders Bert Nandy (Bruce Oliver) and Uncle Sam (Gnarnayarrahe Waitarie) sitting in a shed across the road. Flashback; a ... [read more]
Strange happenings (1988)
Eddie Cleary (Steven Vidler) discovers dead birds and a mysterious black circle in a field. His brother, Richard (Ritchie Singer), hears a high-pitched tone. Local cop Skinner (Vincent Gil) mocks Richard’s attempt to find water on his dry property. [read more]
Pioneer tour bus trip (1946)
This clip begins with a Pioneer tour bus pulling away from the camera and driving along a dirt road in the bush. The camera then films the bus from another angle as it passes through similar landscape. The next shot ... [read more]
Take you out another way (1996)
The inmate Paddy (George Djilaynga) is given his possessions. He picks up his watch and adjusts it. It begins to work again. Paddy is told to sign the paper ‘Paddy’ and have a nice life. The jail is unlocked by ... [read more]
‘God, I love this country’ (1996)
As the rest of the community is in mourning for the young man who hanged himself, Tony (Aaron Pedersen) has been watching television at the schoolteacher’s house. He is having an affair with Kate, wife of the teacher Les (Lewis ... [read more]
Solo dancer on grassy slope (1936)
A dancer wearing a beret and holding a makeshift cane draws a pipe from his pocket and puts it in his mouth. A wistful dance routine incorporating the props follows. The dancer completes a series of turns, leaps and poses. ... [read more]
Emu dance (1991)
In the beautiful desert sunset, Noli Roberts (traditional custodian, Kuru Ala) talks about recording the dance of the Seven Sisters, and tells us that in doing this dance and making it available to everyone, they are keeping the story strong. ... [read more]
Sydney Harbour in colour (1946)
This colour home movie shows views from various points around Sydney Harbour in the mid-1940s. The Harbour Bridge is seen, and the south head of the harbour, with the water tower at Vaucluse visible on the horizon. A man, standing ... [read more]
Making flannel (1924)
After the wool has been made into yarns, the yarns are fitted into a loom where flannel and blankets are woven. This is shown with a static camera. Coloured yarn is inserted to make patterned travelling rugs. Women use oil ... [read more]
‘Montrose’ (1940)
‘Montrose’, a large property with gardens overlooking the Brisbane River, was presented to the Queensland Society for Crippled Children by Mr George Marchant. In the home, children are tended to by nursing staff. On the veranda, a girl lies on ... [read more]
Changing visas (2002)
Afghan asylum seekers gravitate to the western Sydney suburb of Auburn. They discuss the problem of the Australian Government changing their temporary protection visas to other types of permits. [read more]
