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Deadly Yarns – Sugar Bag (2004)
When Laurel grew too big to hide from the troopers, her mother placed her in a mission, close to where the family lived, in order to maintain ongoing contact with her daughter. Now 70 years old, Laurel Cooper, with ... [read more]
Australia Today – Australia’s 5th Column (1941)
The opening title card to this Australia Today newsreel declares that Australia is at war and threatened by a ruthless enemy whose objective is the ‘downfall of the British Empire’. That enemy is the ‘5th Column’. [read more]
Travelling North (1987)
After retiring, Frank (Leo McKern) and his new companion Frances (Julia Blake) leave Melbourne to begin a new life in Port Douglas, in far north Queensland. He’s an irascible ex-communist civil engineer; she’s a sweet-tempered woman who believes in God ... [read more]
Concrete City (1994)
Residents of Pyrmont, a suburb next to the city of Sydney, try to secure meaningful consultation with the various government bodies involved in a proposed redevelopment in their area. Planners and developers also explain their point of view. The documentary ... [read more]
Polarising the community (1978)
The former Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, who dismissed the Labor government in 1975, is giving his very first interview for the media since that time. Paul Murphy tries to pin him on the polarisation of Australia at that ... [read more]
Meet the players (1980)
This first episode of Sale of The Century opens with a voice-over showcasing the prizes on offer, including a Mercedes Benz and a yacht. Host Tony Barber bounds on to the stage in his grey suit to rapturous applause from ... [read more]
At the rodeo (1949)
June’s father, WJ Curzon (George Randall), gives her the prized horse Revolt on her birthday. June (Nonnie Peifer) attends a rodeo with Paul (Alan White) and is thrown by Revolt on the ride home. [read more]
The war zoo (1915)
This clip begins with the hand of the artist (Harry Julius) drawing seven animals including a bear, bulldog, turkey and daschund, which surround a title card ‘the war zoo’. Three of the animals are introduced through a brief sketch: 'the ... [read more]
The Cremation of a Balinese Chief at the Hotel Bali (c1930)
This silent actuality footage, filmed by Bastian Clasie, includes part of a Hindu cremation ceremony as well as scenes of Balinese villagers receiving vaccinations from a small medical team. [read more]
The promised land? (1954)
As the Queen prepares to speak at a state banquet in Canberra, the nation gathers to listen. People dancing aboard ship, a stockman in the outback, Australian soldiers on exercise, a young family in their lounge room, businessmen in a ... [read more]
The missing letter (1928)
At breakfast, James Carson (Gaston Mervale) conceals a letter addressed to his daughter Cherry (Isable McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) before claiming that no letters have arrived for her. Note: The original aspect ratio is 1.33:1 (Academy full frame). ... [read more]
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Emotionally worn-out farmer John Woldring (William McInnes) is living a solitary existence in rural Queensland when a bruised, traumatised and initially speechless woman (Monic Hendrickx) stumbles onto his property. He bathes and clothes her and finds her a bed but ... [read more]
Laying down the law (1979)
Tarzan (Gerard Kennedy) confronts Pansy (Mike Preston) about his assault on the manager. Horse (Dennis Miller), Mad Dog (Steve Bisley), Methuselah (Michael Duffield) and Tassie (Stewart Faichney) listen as Tarzan reads the rules of their employment. [read more]
The constant threat (1946)
This four-minute film, seen here in full, was made to create awareness of the free chest x-ray service provided by the Health Department of NSW to diagnose tuberculosis. [read more]
Second World War (2005)
In this track, 'World War 2’, narrator Jack Thompson gives an overview of the involvement of Australian armed forces in the Second World War. The music is 'Mars Reprise’ from Holst’s orchestral suite 'The Planets’. Also featured is an extract ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Patriotic Procession in Aid of the French Red Cross (1915)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel clip shows a parade in 1915 for the French Red Cross. People dressed in costumes walk, ride horses or ride in horse-drawn carriages along an inner-city street of Melbourne, Victoria while trams can be seen in ... [read more]
Jack Luscombe (1953)
In the 1950s, folk enthusiast John Meredith travelled around New South Wales recording songs for posterity. Jack Luscombe, 81 at the time, was the first singer Meredith recorded, providing a fascinating glimpse back in time. Meredith captured him singing songs ... [read more]
Fig Street Fiasco (1974)
A ‘process video’ that filmmaker Tom Zubrycki made in collaboration with inner-city Sydney residents, this documentary voices the concerns of residents whose houses are tagged for demolition to make way for the proposed North-Western Expressway. [read more]
On the run (1980)
Larry (Steve Bisley) and Carmel (Arna-Maria Winchester) escape from the WALDO compound. WALDO agent Mr Gray (Ralph Cotterill) gives chase. [read more]
Kerr’s Cur (1975)
On 11 November 1975, on the steps of Parliament House, the dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam delivers his now-famous verdict on the day’s events. [read more]
