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No more drudgery (1992)
The new world of computer animation is explained by reporter Tracey Curro, who shows us how movements of the human body are recorded on a series of cameras. This gives the animation director a full 360-degree view of the motion ... [read more]
A memorable day (1983)
When Hargraves (played here in re-enactments by Hugh Keays-Byrne) returned to Australia in 1849 with the knowledge he’d gleaned from the American goldfields, he set out for the country around Bathurst in New South Wales. With assistance from a young ... [read more]
Fashions in Melbourne (1908)
This clip shows two women modelling the latest fashions in Melbourne – harem pants. They begin outside the glass display windows of George’s department store in Collins Street before crossing the pavement to enter a cab. In a later shot ... [read more]
Lessons in policing (1975)
Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) and Constable Ross (John Hargreaves) wait for their lunch in a café booth. The sergeant taunts the new recruit with his lack of knowledge about real police work. When the hamburgers are ready, the older policeman ... [read more]
The Women’s Auxiliary (1983)
At a public meeting, Agnes Doig (Carol Burns) announces the formation of a Women’s Auxiliary to help the miners. Company manager Birch (David Kendall) angrily interjects. [read more]
You must be joking! (1998)
Julia’s new friend Eddie (John Brumpton) takes her down the road to buy her an ice cream. The lady serving calls Julia (Heather Rose) ‘poor little thing’ to Eddie and charges him $6, at which Julia types into her voice ... [read more]
‘Never too old’ (1986)
'Ma’ Bendall tells us how she was one of the first women to take up surfing when she was over 50 years old. She tells her story over wonderful 1960s black-and-white footage of her surfing. [read more]
‘Gee, she’s a film star’ (1963)
At the advice of his working-class neighbours, Pino (Francesco Pino) visits a marriage agency, asking for ‘a wife … 24 to 42’, and ‘blonde’. [read more]
Dipping sheep (1899)
A farmer pushes sheep underwater with a plunger as they pass through an arsenic sheep dip. [read more]
‘The embodiment of evil’ (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) and his daughter, Anne Winton (Carol Drinkwater), watch a current affairs television programme. During an interview with reporter Paul Jamieson (Nicholas Bell), Holocaust survivor Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) claims Joseph is in fact Franz Kessler, ... [read more]
A chance reunion (2003)
At a bus stop, old school friends Phaedra (Susan Prior) and Tia (Olivia Pigeot) run into each other for the first time in ages. They chat away, catching up with what they’ve been up to in the intervening period. [read more]
‘I know nothing about these soldiers’ (1990)
Prosecutor Captain Cooper (Bryan Brown) and accused Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi (George Takei) clash in court. Takahashi claims his subordinate, Captain Ikeuchi (Tetsu Watanabe), was the officer in charge of Japanese troops on Ambon. Takahashi also claims to know nothing about ... [read more]
Always adapting (2009)
Bee pathologist Dr Denis Anderson is visiting one of the largest apiaries in the world. Investigating hives with an American keeper, Denis finds that they are all infested by the Varroa mite. The keeper and Denis explain that the mites ... [read more]
Patrick makes contact (1978)
Patrick (Robert Thompson) contacts Kathy (Susan Penhaligon) while she is typing. Kathy establishes communication with Patrick and asks Matron Cassidy (Julia Blake) to witness her discovery. Patrick refuses to respond. After Matron Cassidy leaves, Patrick transmits the word ‘secret’ to ... [read more]
Important early years (1938)
Dramatised scenes from a child’s first years illustrate the importance of a correct diet in early childhood development. A young family take their five-month-old daughter, Rosemary, to a baby health centre to be weighed. The matron explains the growth rate ... [read more]
Family (1979)
In this sequence Cath (Lorna Lesley) is enjoying her new feelings of sexuality but her father (Martin Vaughan) punishes her for them. [read more]
No work (1982)
We see all the characters in a typical day – babysitting, doing house work, going to the dole office, eating fish and chips at the beach and shopping for hair dye. [read more]
Tiddly Pete (1957)
Wharfie Tiddly Pete (Jock Levy) is drinking at the Royal Oak Hotel when he should be reporting for work at the waterfront. He leaves the pub drunk and stumbles across the road into the traffic. On his way down to ... [read more]
Dreams (1984)
A young girl practises the piano and dreams of becoming a renowned concert pianist whilst her cat dances, juggles and dreams of fish. [read more]
Mother and daughter (1973)
Young office worker Jeni (Jeni Thornley) is having a conversation with her mother in the kitchen while they wash the dishes together. [read more]
