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The Gillies Report – Series 1, Episode 4 (1984)
This week’s Gillies Report includes the news read by John Clarke with inserts from various politicians of the day played by Max Gillies, and a National Press Club debate between the Prime Minister Bob Hawke and the Leader of the ... [read more]
The discipline of writing (1988)
David Malouf explains why living in Tuscany is important to the way he writes, which includes the need to lock himself away. In Italy he is able to work through the morning until 10 am and then wander around with ... [read more]
The Queen Goes West (1988)
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, opens the Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach, Queensland. The townsfolk are excited at the prospect of the 80-minute visit and prepare for the royal visit. Bands rehearse, protocol is observed, and children practise their ... [read more]
A shape at the window (1982)
Dr Barton (Alex Scott) tells Linda (Jacki Kerin) to forget the past. Returning to Montclare, Linda sees a figure at her bedroom window wearing her mother’s red dress. Housekeeper Connie (Gerda Nicolson) says only she and Lance (Charles McCallum) are ... [read more]
Some of Many: Germans in Australia (1983)
A documentary that traces the changing fortunes of German immigrants to Australia from the first fleet to the late 1980s. Australian-based German filmmaker Juergen Corleis interviews migrants in South Australia and New South Wales as well as recalling some well-known ... [read more]
Nestle’s MILO Cinema Advertisement: The Joy of Living (1948)
This cinema advertisement for MILO shows how to get a good night’s rest and plenty of energy for the morning – just drink a cup of MILO before bedtime! [read more]
General Motors Holden – FE Holden: The Average Man (1956)
This television advertisement for the 1956 FE Holden focuses on the planning, research, technology and testing that went into the car’s development. [read more]
The coming of the light (2004)
Each year in the Torres Strait Islands, the Coming of the Light Festival is remembered with religious services and with feasting. And the food for the feasts is always island food from island produce. [read more]
Who gets the profits? (1948)
An elderly pensioner is another victim of inflated prices. While his ‘hands helped to build this country’, he lives in a run-down house and has to save his cigarette butts because tobacco is too expensive. In the wealthier suburbs ... [read more]
The hungry mile (1976)
Waterside workers are seen on the wharf while the voice-over describes their comfortable work conditions and job security, A montage of historical footage shows a queue of workers in the 1930s, and waterside workers using horses and drays on the ... [read more]
With Gentle Majesty (1962)
A black-and-white documentary about the workhorse, made at a moment in history when the horse is about to disappear from Australia’s city streets forever. In 1962, the ice cart, horse-drawn tram, mounted postman and the old fire truck are still ... [read more]
The evolution of the waltz (1934)
This clip begins with six female musicians dressed in 18th century period costume on stage accompanied by an orchestra playing a minuet. After the minuet ends, the camera tilts back to show the orchestra pit as the conductor, Hamilton Webber, ... [read more]
The First Thing I Remember (2005)
Animated documentary The First Thing I Remember recreates the fragmented and dreamlike first memories of 12 interviewees. [read more]
Faking and fighting the final battle (1919)
A shell explodes in No-Man’s-Land after a title suggesting that this is part of an Australian follow-up to an American attack on the Hindenburg Line in late September 1918. The title says the Australians broke through at Gillemont Farm after ... [read more]
General Motors Holden – The Time is Now (1966)
This television advertisement for the 1966 'turbo-smooth’ Holden HR is aimed at a female audience. [read more]
Sewerage of a Great City: Melbourne (c1922)
This sponsored documentary highlights the achievements of the Melbourne Board of Works in laying sewers underneath the city in 1922. It includes footage of pipes being laid in Brunswick and Camberwell South (clip one), the outfall sewer near Kororoit Creek, ... [read more]
The car of the future (2006)
Frank Rinderknecht is the CEO of Rinspeed Inc and he designs the cars of the future. This one is a Porsche-inspired concept car with huge six piston carbon fibre brakes and the world’s first holographic brake light. [read more]
Recording (2007)
Jonathan Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks have only a few days in the recording studio to record their CD. [read more]
A Town To Be Drowned (1958)
This is one of the earliest documentaries made by ABC television. It records the disappearance of the old town of Adaminaby beneath the waters of the Snowy as part of the construction of the Adaminaby Dam for the Snowy ... [read more]
Hayride to Hell (1995)
When George Heygate (Richard Roxburgh) stops his car for a mysterious woman in distress (Kylie Minogue) he soon finds himself on a hayride to hell. [read more]
