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City West Development Corporation (1994)
The City West Development Corporation is making major changes to the traditionally working class suburb of Pyrmont, Sydney. The residents feel that some changes are detrimental to their lifestyles and the heritage of the area. They are consulting with various ... [read more]
Jumping high (1998)
The high jumper is Tim Forsyth, one of Australia’s leading high jumpers at the time the footage was filmed. He won bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. His partner, Evelyn, realises that his ... [read more]
Questions (1987)
Ally (Claudia Karvan) wants to know if her parents loved her. Grandmother Bet (Jan Adele) assures her that they did. Ally says she sometimes dreams about her father. [read more]
Lisette’s life decision (2004)
Seventy-nine-year-old Lisette Nigot has decided to end her life. She is healthy and of sound mind and wants to maintain control over her life. [read more]
Life goes on (1993)
American Jewish comedian Moshe Waldoks at home with his family. He sees his children as something more positive than replacements for the children lost in the Holocaust. [read more]
Athol Tier (1931)
This clip shows an excerpt from a comedy routine by vaudeville performer Athol Tier dressed as Napoleon. The routine ends with a song and his exit from stage on a wooden horse. [read more]
Lessons from Ranger mine (1997)
Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation says that the Ranger mine has major pollution problems caused by the high level of water in the area and the disposal of tailings. These same problems will probably occur with the Jabiluka ... [read more]
Moments before impact (1995)
Car drivers describe their reactions and thoughts moments before their car accident. [read more]
Making fire (1898)
Three Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate a traditional fire-making practice. [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]
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]
‘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]
Cold return home (2004)
African American ex-servicemen recall returning to prejudice and hatred by white Americans at the end of the Second World War. [read more]
Cattle and TB (1984)
Vet David Bradley undertakes the dangerous job of testing wild cattle for tuberculosis. [read more]
Visiting Rob (1998)
Preschooler Emily is hearing impaired. We see Emily and her family visiting her teacher Rob Last, at his home for afternoon tea. Rob, who has been teaching Emily to use sign language, says that teaching these children is a long-term ... [read more]
Puffing Billy (1991)
Puffing Billy transports tourists from Melbourne to the Dandenong Ranges. [read more]
Maureen Cahill (1988)
Maureen Cahill works with glass. She shows some of her works and talks about her love for the material. [read more]
You can’t please everyone (1975)
Al Daff says you can’t make pictures that please everybody. He tries to gauge movie audiences’ taste in different regions of the world, and to anticipate any changes in that taste. [read more]
