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Drug marketing (2004)
Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft are new drugs for the treatment of depression and associated illnesses. There is concern that the marketing of these drugs is causing the overuse of them. [read more]
Sisterly love (1997)
Gertie Skalsky, the elder sister, and Judy Machum, the younger sister, are now in the afternoon tea of their lives. As Jewish teenagers they survived concentration camps and now express boundless love for each other. [read more]
Balgo (2000)
Erica Izett and Tim Acker manage the Balgo art centre in northern Western Australia. Some of Australia’s best Aboriginal artists work in the Balgo area. They describe the elements in Aboriginal art. [read more]
Coming together (1994)
Thelma Martin, who has lived on the cattle property in the Northern Territory since 1958, hopes that the past can be put aside to build a better future for both black and white. [read more]
Together again (1998)
Mae (Trisha Morton-Thomas) and Nona (Deborah Mailman) are in the lounge room. Nona puts on Cressy’s CD. The screen fills with opera and Cressy (Rachel Maza) makes her entrance. The sisters are reunited. [read more]
Rising waters (1955)
A bridge is quickly overtaken by fast flowing and rapidly rising water levels. Two people run across the bridge before it becomes completely impassable. The camera pans along the submerged city streets and half-visible houses. [read more]
Buckin’ bull (1995)
Bull riding is a dangerous sport. Riders are mounted while the bull is restrained in a chute. This bull tries to get out of the chute. After release the roughrider breaks his leg. [read more]
Local woodchopping competition (1954)
This clip records one of the feature events of a local show in Canberra – the woodchopping competition. Male competitors, dressed in their Chesty Bonds singlets, take part in a race for the quickest woodchop. [read more]
A baby cries (1989)
A mother sits holding her daughter, cradling her on her lap. A soft light falls over them. Beyond the light is darkness. Then the woman, now older, lies on her back, her daughter in a foetal position curled by her ... [read more]
Bean tree (1926)
Two men inspect a tree which has large bean pods hanging from its branches. A close-up of the men holding the pods (one of them snapped in two to reveal the inside) ends this brief segment. [read more]
Crowds at Portsea Beach (1926)
The camera pans across crowds of bathers and holiday-makers at Portsea Beach in Victoria, capturing their activities on the shore and in the water. An intertitle is used in this clip. [read more]
Coming of age (1931)
Men and women dance inside a hall decorated with streamers and horseshoes. They move around the room past a static camera positioned at the edge of the dance floor. [read more]
‘I gotta go’ (1969)
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) tells his mother (Lyndall Barbour) that his appeal has failed – he must join the army on Monday. In the pub where he’s the 'SP’ bookmaker, his friends toast him before he leaves. [read more]
Australian cinema is silenced (1996)
During the 1950s, Australian feature film production ground to a halt, leaving newsreels as one of the few cinematic records of Australian life of the period. Iconic ‘50s newsreel footage plays in slow-motion to a rendition of 'The Road to ... [read more]
Unfaithful husband (2004)
Now 105 years old, Olive Riley recalls that her husband was unfaithful. Olive left home with her three children. The court awarded the children to the father but he’d returned the children to Olive within a week. [read more]
Abducted children speak out (1994)
Children and parents are interviewed about the psychological effects of abduction. [read more]
Eternity calls (1994)
God calls on Arthur Stace to write 'Eternity’ on the pavements of Sydney. [read more]
Separate camps (1994)
Harry, an Aboriginal stockman, says that Aboriginal lore dictates that black and white have separate camps. This even applies during muster. Thelma Martin, who has lived in the area since 1958, says that the older Aboriginals get along better with ... [read more]
