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The Barossa Valley (1983)

Strolling around his winery, Hermann Thumm talks to the filmmaker, telling the story of how he founded the successful vineyard Chateau Yaldara after the Second World War when he emigrated to the Barossa Valley in South Australia. German winegrowers remain ... [read more]

Melbourne celebrates (1956)

This clip shows both street-level and high angle views down some of Melbourne’s main streets including Swanston, Collins and Elizabeth Streets lined with flags and decorations. A string of athlete-shaped figures also festoon the city streets, and there is a ... [read more]

A nuclear future (1976)

Reg Sprigg is taking Bill Peach for a 4-wheel drive trek to the far reaches of his extraordinary Flinders Ranges property, Arkaroola. Street and Peach sit perched over a rocky cavern, while Sprigg tells a story relating to the property. ... [read more]

‘An incredible childhood’ (2004)

Spike Milligan explains the challenges of bringing up three children on his own after his first wife left him. His daughter recalls how many of her father’s playful children’s stories (such as Bad Jelly the Witch) had their genesis in ... [read more]

Cutting across the vein (1996)

The rehearsals have gone underground, after the hospital administrator, Mr Kerner, has sacked Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn). The actors now meet in secret at night, in the disused hospital laundry. Lewis has to comfort a distraught Ruth (Pamela Rabe), after she ... [read more]

And they lived happily ever after! (2002)

One of the seven dwarves stole the apple to save Snow White. After a lot of effort, the cops have finally worked out a way to get the dwarf to ‘cough up’ the stolen apple with the help of Claude, ... [read more]

‘The vermin have inherited the earth’ (1981)

Max (Mel Gibson) is now a desert wanderer, in a world where petrol is the only currency. He drives ‘the last of the V8 Interceptors’, a remnant of the days when he was a highway patrolman. As the film begins, ... [read more]

Sonnets (2001)

This clip introduces Dolly Walker Wraight, one of the Marlovians who believe that Christopher Marlowe wrote the works commonly attributed to William Shakespeare. There is a group singing about Marlowe at a Marlowe Society meeting. Walker Wraight has written a ... [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]

The politics of protest (1980)

Local residents discuss tactics to protest logging in Terania Creek, northern NSW. [read more]

Come, follow Me (1992)

Nuns from the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy order discuss why they became nuns and some of them reveal why they left the order. Vocations are a call to serve God. [read more]

Denying reality (1997)

Looking back on those early days as a young man, Adam realises he was sexually attracted to guys but repulsed by that feeling. For him such feelings were wrong and when a guy once hit on him, Adam replied with ... [read more]

Puffing Billy (1991)

Puffing Billy transports tourists from Melbourne to the Dandenong Ranges. [read more]

Wheat fields (1991)

Railways opened up the inland wheat fields of Australia. [read more]

The silly faces of George Wallace (1999)

Stand up comic and film star George Wallace struts his stuff in this compilation of his film roles. [read more]

George Wallace’s big break (1999)

Actor George Wallace gets his first job with Happy Harry Salmon’s travelling show. Theatre historian Frank Van Straten comments on Wallace. [read more]

George on Harmony Row (1999)

Actor George Wallace was a big success when he starred in the 1933 Australian feature film Harmony Row. Bill Kerr remembers his own screen debut. [read more]

Still green (2005)

Two elder Indigenous men walk through the country, they are going to check if there is still water in the area. Specifically they are looking for the soakage. They come to a sandy bed, and to a plant called Ankere_ngkere, ... [read more]

Meet Bertie the Aeroplane (1942)

Little Bertie the Aeroplane is only a youngster really, but ‘boy can he fly’. As he flies through the sky and leapfrogs over mountains, a voice-over narrates the story of how Bertie solves the mystery of flying saucers. Flying into ... [read more]

Home building and industry (1936)

Large newly felled logs are transported to the timber mills where they are converted into useable wood to furnish the modern home. This is explained through a voice-over by the narrator of the film, a building and contract officer. Inside ... [read more]

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