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Adoption (2001)
Dael finds the pool a comfort during unsuccessful IVF treatment. She and her husband adopt a Korean child. The pool is the centre of their social life. [read more]
Diabetes low (1997)
Twelve year-old James Jarvis is suffering a low blood sugar attack. His mother has to administer glucagon to him. [read more]
Taking on New York (2001)
When Rupert Murdoch took over The New York Post he was already an institution in the UK and Australia. The former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, reminisces about those times and how Rupert Murdoch handed him the Mayor’s job. [read more]
New vocabulary (1995)
Choreographer Meryl Tankard says she tries to create a 'new vocabulary’ whenever she creates a new dance piece. We see her rehearsing a new piece with the Adelaide based company, Australian Dance Theatre. A member of the CORPS de ... [read more]
All in a day’s work (1983)
Provisionary Constable Webber (Simon Burke) is on patrol with his more senior sergeant (Bill Hunter). When an alarm sounds at a local furrier, they’re sent to investigate. The rookie Constable is sent to check the back entrance while Sergeant O’Rourke ... [read more]
A surprise visit (1986)
Sister Theopilus (Kirrily Nolan) and Sister Beatrix (Dinah Shearing), two of the teaching nuns from Roie’s old school have come on a surprise visit to see Roie. As they leave, Grandma (Gwen Plumb) appears in her Sunday best, and charms ... [read more]
Another death in the family (1984)
The family have returned to Maggie’s house for the wake after her brother’s funeral. Uncle Tom (Peter Gwynne) has a heart attack and dies on their sofa in the lounge room just as he’s about to drink a cup of ... [read more]
Ininti seed (2006)
Young women speak about how the old people used to show them bush tucker, dances, and how to make necklaces with ininti seeds. The young women talk about how the children now do not know about bush tucker, and they ... [read more]
A family tragedy (1988)
Valerie Doyle grew up in Wittenoom. She shows reporter Paul Barry her family album from those times. Asbestos-related diseases have ravaged her family. They lived and married and had children in Wittenoom and never once were warned of any of ... [read more]
A future governor-general (1961)
The very first Four Corners opens with vox pops in a busy Sydney street, asking people whether a future governor-general should be British or Australian. The reporter is Bob Sanders. [read more]
Armistice Day, Melbourne (1925)
This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. ... [read more]
The Rushin bear and flying Turk (1915)
A large bear (representing the Russian forces) carrying a bayonet is accompanied by the caption: ‘I’m out to give Mr Turk a bad time’. In a boat landed nearby, the hand of the artist draws a fez-capped turkey (representing the ... [read more]
Allied apparel (1915)
This clip begins with the animated title Cartoons of the Moment, then shows political cartoonist Harry Julius sitting at his desk reading a newspaper. He puts the newspaper down and begins to sketch. This cuts to an animated cartoon commenting ... [read more]
A creep hits town (1985)
An unknown man in a Holden Monaro cruises through an Australian suburb looking for women. Spotting Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) in a phone box he gets out, stares at her lasciviously, blocks her exit and makes a crude, unwelcome pass. She ... [read more]
Calling all dreamers (2001)
A homestead. The point of view moves from the exterior of the homestead into the interior, entering through the window. A small girl child’s voice begins to sing, 'One night the moon …’ A young girl is snuggled with her ... [read more]
Hurley’s composites (2004)
Photographer Frank Hurley achieved some of his greatest wartime photographs by combining several photos into one. Stephen Burton of the Australian War Memorial shows how it is done. Australia’s official wartime historian, Charles Bean, was outraged. He branded the photographs ... [read more]
When you’re down and out (1985)
Tom Raynor (Michael O’Neill) has come to Sydney from the bush in search of work. It’s the early 1930s and he’s ill prepared for the harsh reality of the times. He finds a mate, Charlie Bates (John Walton), who teaches ... [read more]
Upstairs, downstairs (1989)
In the salon, the women work long hours for very little pay while the women they attend to are the socialites of Sydney society. Mrs Darcy-Twining (Pat Bishop) and her mousey daughter (Lucinda Jones) arrive at the salon expecting to ... [read more]
Harbour view and rabbit stew (1982)
Angus (Ross O’Donovan), 14-year-old wanna be rock star manager with blue hair, tries to enlist interest in his songs from a local band, The Wombats. At home later, his nana (Pat Evison) rinses out the blue dye as boarder Mrs ... [read more]
Dorothy meets the Tin Man (1976)
Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) and the surfie (Bruce Spence) stop for petrol, where a truculent mechanic (Michael Carman) ignores them — until he gets a look at Dorothy. [read more]
