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The Human Journey – Episode 3 (1999)
In this, the third and final episode of the series, we learn that Homo sapiens left the Middle East for the new world of South-East Asia 90,000 years ago, in the long saga of the journey out of Africa. [read more]
‘Downs and outs’ (1938)
Sam Harris (Harry Abdy) and his girlfriend Bella (Rita Pauncefort) are parked by the harbour, talking wedding rings and marriage, when they hear beautiful violin music. They follow the sound to the clearing where John (Lloyd Hughes) is playing for ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Miss Australia, Beryl Mills, Leaves for the US on the Sonoma (1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel clip shows a large crowd farewelling the first Miss Australia, Miss Beryl Mills, as she leaves for the USA in 1926. [read more]
‘You’re safe now’ (1980)
An injured Heinrich (Ross Thompson) collapses at the holiday house of Larry (Steve Bisley) and Carmel (Arna-Maria Winchester). Heinrich experiences nightmares of the incident at the WALDO nuclear facility. [read more]
Snowy Hydro – The Snowy Mountains Scheme (1952)
Completed somewhere around 1952, the film celebrates the achievements of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, now three years into its endeavour. [read more]
A Voice for the Wilderness (1983)
This documentary was produced in 1983 as part of a popular movement to save the rainforest of the Upper Hastings River and the Forbes River inland from Port Macquarie NSW. One of many pro-conservation films produced during the 1980s, ... [read more]
Albert Namatjira (1953)
The Sundowner/Ted Simpson (Chips Rafferty) and Dancer (Henry Murdoch) meet artist Albert Namatjira (as himself) en route to Kim Marsden’s cattle station. Namatjira tells the Sundowner he has heard that Kim’s father was murdered. [read more]
‘A new nation flexing its muscles’ (1954)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive in Sydney aboard the Royal ship SS Gothic, to be greeted at Farm Cove by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, and the Governor-General, Sir William Slim. The ... [read more]
‘Can you call me back?’ (2009)
The phones – Fiona’s mobile, the hotel landline – keep ringing. Ben (Joel Edgerton) is irritated by the fact that Fiona (Radha Mitchell) is taking work calls and further annoyed by her refusal to let him answer the landline. He ... [read more]
Espionage and subversion (2006)
Because of their connections with the Communist Party of Australia, members of the Realist Film Unit were monitored closely by ASIO for many years, even after they had left the unit and their relationships with the ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Top Enders (1988)
Alice (Bennendine Woods) and her mother Sue (Madeleine Blackwell) live in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Alice, about eleven years old, is a tough and independent kid. She and her mother have been on their own for some time now, ... [read more]
Out of a hat (1996)
Since they can’t decide who should be their candidate for mayor the caucus of four Australian Labor Party (ALP) councillors meet to draw the lucky name out of a hat. [read more]
Now showing: final day (2009)
This clip looks at the closure of Canberra’s independent Electric Shadows art-house cinema in December 2006. Dr Paolo Cherchi Usai, former head of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, says that Electric Shadows was an intellectual and subversive ... [read more]
Winners – The Other Facts of Life (1985)
Twelve-year-old Ben Guthrie (Ken Talbot) has a good life. His family are well off and his father Ron Guthrie (Dennis Miller), is a successful and ambitious butcher with big plans for expanding his business. There are some things however, that ... [read more]
The Upside Down Show – Art Museum (2006)
Shane (Shane Dundas) and David (David Collins) introduce the viewers to an imaginary remote control to control the on-screen action. Shane creates an artistic ‘masterpiece’ by drawing his face on a perspex screen. Not being able to find a fridge ... [read more]
Naming the Federal Capital of Australia (1913)
This silent film footage, by pioneer director Raymond Longford, documents the naming of Australia’s capital city, Canberra, in the official ceremony held on 12 March 1913. It contains shots of officials attending the ceremony including Andrew Fisher, the then prime ... [read more]
‘I take you now!’ (1977)
Burton (Richard Chamberlain) rushes home in a panic. He has sent his wife and children away because he fears the coming flood. A violent storm damages the house as he calls to Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) to show himself. The owl ... [read more]
‘I’d back her next season’ (1949)
Sam Curzon (Charles Tingwell) repays the money he stole from father WJ (Charles Randall) and mother Laura (Muriel Steinbeck). Surrounded by her family, June (Nonnie Peifer) attempts to walk for the first time since her accident. Hugh Duncan (James Workman) ... [read more]
Where Australian films go wrong (2009)
This clip considers whether filmmakers and funding agencies should take some of the blame for the industry’s problems because they make the kinds of films that Australians don’t want to see. Industry figures interviewed include Brendan Cowell, Phillip Adams, Alan ... [read more]
Bev and Bob Birtles (1996)
Presenter Greg Grainger visits the home of Bev and Bob Birtles. They are caring for Yindi after he was rescued from a bushfire and will eventually return him to the wild. Grainger then introduces us to some of the problems ... [read more]
