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Kuala Lumpur (1930)
This clip features street scenes of Kuala Lumpur, including a Hindu Thaipusam festival; examples of colonial architecture; an open air wet market; hawkers and tea sellers. [read more]
Badger restored (2000)
Restoration of the Badger started in 1996 and was done by volunteers. Neil Weidenbach, the organiser, comments on the restoration. [read more]
Milk bar (1940)
This clip shows a young girl and boy riding their bicycles to the local milk bar where they join their younger sister and drink milkshakes at the counter. [read more]
Cheryl’s beat (1997)
Cheryl is a street prostitute in Kings Cross. We clandestinely observe her as she gets into a car with a ‘john’ while her boyfriend and pimp Con pulls out in another car to follow them. Cheryl earns money to support ... [read more]
Yakutat, Alaska (2008)
Jonno and Stefan travel to Yakutat, Alaska. They are welcomed by Jack, proprietor of the Icy Waves surf shop. [read more]
50 years of bad luck (1999)
Dexter the evil octopus has stolen the ancient stone, believing that it will help him gain the power he desires. Flipper and Lopaka have different plans. [read more]
Youth peace walk (1970)
Protestors march through the streets of Sydney and Melbourne against the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. The soundtrack includes chants and songs from the crowds, and excerpts of radio news broadcasts. [read more]
Stanwell Park and surrounds (1960)
A title card with a background of campervans announces this section as ‘Stanwell Park’. From a high vantage point, the camera pans across Stanwell Park’s distinctive small beach below and the curve of the foreshore with a speckling of houses. ... [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]
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]
Yorgas (1988)
Lois Onley, Jane Winder and Alice Stack talk about their experiences as Aboriginal women. [read more]
Spiny anteater (1995)
The echidna can adjust to harsh conditions by living underground and reducing its body temperature to reach a state of suspended animation, or torpor. We see a scientist measuring the animal’s heartbeat. [read more]
Four languages – two laws (1981)
Elders from the four language groups – Mara, Yanula, Garrawa, and Gurdandji – introduce the film in their respective languages. [read more]
Scenes of village life (1955)
This clip includes vignettes of village life on the Greek island from which the Gerakiteys family came, including: family members gathered around a table piled with food, locals gathered in a square for a celebration, and a group of people ... [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]
‘I can’t help what I feel’ (1978)
Beth (Margaret Cameron) has left her husband and wants to live with her lover, Terry (George Shevtsov). Terry rejects the proposal, saying he does not feel the same way about Beth. [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]
‘Maranoa Lullaby’ (1950)
Harold Blair sings 'Maranoa Lullaby’ on an unreleased recording from 1950. [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]
Lapstone Hill Hotel (1930)
This clip shows members of the Archibald family spending a weekend at the newly opened Lapstone Hill Hotel in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The camera surveys the surrounding gardens, the hotel building and members of the Archibald ... [read more]
