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Torque – Series 4, Episode 10 (1980)
Motoring journalist and ex-racing car driver Peter Wherrett describes what not to do when driving on the road. This includes being in a hurry, which increases stress levels, driving when tired, and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. ... [read more]
Short Changed (1985)
An aboriginal man, Stuart Wilkins (David Kennedy) is arrested for taking part in a land rights demonstration, after the death of his father. His white wife Alison (Susan Leith) leaves him and takes their son Tommy (Jamie Agius). Seven years ... [read more]
‘You boys and Kiwi are the goods!’ (1914)
Two young boys are hired to polish boots at the Imperial Hotel, London, after their trial goes surprisingly well. The hotel manager exclaims 'You boys and Kiwi are the goods’! The advertisement ends with a close-up of an animated drawing ... [read more]
Death is the only way (1984)
Stan has been placed in charge of security in the Japanese compound. His friend, Hayashi (Junichi Ishada) begs him to try to reverse the order to move some of the prisoners to another location. Stan desperately tries to understand what ... [read more]
Snowy Hydro – Gardens of the Snowy Mountains (1967)
Produced around 1967 by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority (SMHEA) photographic unit (Harry Malcolm et al.), the film promotes the establishment and maintenance of gardens, for the beautification of the newly established townships in the Snowy Mountains. [read more]
The Maryborough Railway Employees’ Picnic (1938)
This is actuality footage of the Maryborough Railway employees’ picnic held at Scarness, Queensland, on 20 March 1938. Children and families from Gympie, Bundaberg, Kingaroy, Childers and other south-east Queensland areas all attend. It includes scenes of children boarding trains ... [read more]
Black Talk (2002)
A short drama about two cousins Tim (Russell Page) and Scott (Laurence Clifford) who are temporarily reunited when city-based Tim returns to visit his family. [read more]
The good old days (1999)
With Patsy’s condition deteriorating, Nadia (Sacha Horler) tells Bo (Russell Dykstra) he should come into the house to see his mother. When he enters the kitchen, Victor (Linal Haft) thinks he has finally come to apologise. Bo says he has ... [read more]
The Dutchman (2000)
Two tourists are fussing around in front of a statue. Vinnie (Kelton Pell) and Franky AKA The Dutchman (Bruce Hutchison) are growing frustrated, and eventually hurry them out of the way. While doing so, Franky lists the atrocities executed ... [read more]
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? – End of the Line (1967)
My Name’s McGooley, What’s Yours? is a black-and-white sitcom centred on a family living in Balmain, a harbourside suburb of Sydney’s inner-west that was at the time considered barely a cut above a slum. In this episode, Wally Stiller (John ... [read more]
A Big Country – The White Rose (1979)
Frank Bourke is ‘The White Rose’ – the dance band known and loved throughout country New South Wales. [read more]
Reaping the harvests of history (1938)
Scenes of wheat harvesting are accompanied by commentary full of metaphors of nation-building based on ‘harvesting the benefits of a great past’. As the commentary builds to a patriotic climax, the music from Pomp and Circumstance is reprised and the ... [read more]
The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 5 (2004)
Maeve O’Mara travels to north-east Tasmania to discover the secrets behind creating a terrific cheddar. We then meet the chef of Sydney’s great restaurant, Claude’s, while Joanna Savill helps with the preparations for a three day long religious feast organised ... [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]
The journey begins (1991)
In the middle of the night, Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert) readies herself physically and emotionally for her and Maeve’s journey to the underworld. She remembers the childhood origins of her ‘yearning to know’ and begins the process of trying to ... [read more]
National Treasures – ‘The Magic Pudding’ Illustrations (2004)
Warren Brown takes a look at Norman Lindsay’s original illustrations for the much-loved children’s book The Magic Pudding at the State Library of New South Wales. [read more]
Uncivilised (1936)
Beatrice Lynn (Margot Rhys), a successful novelist, journeys into the ‘unexplored’ reaches of north-west Australia in search of book material. She has heard rumours of a ‘wild white man’ who lives with Aboriginal people, but she finds more than she ... [read more]
A Morning at the World’s Greatest Agricultural Show (c1926)
This fragment is from a documentary about the Royal Agricultural Show held at the Sydney Showground in approximately 1926. Horses and cattle are prepared for display prior to the agricultural events. We see children grooming, saddling and riding ponies in ... [read more]
Dynasty – Have You Got the Numbers? (1970)
John (Ron Graham) is sick of playing second fiddle to his media mogul father Jack Mason (John Tate). He has helped run his father’s newspaper for 20 years and believes it’s his turn to take charge – but the old ... [read more]
FW Thring Introduces the Stars (1931)
This cinema announcement made by filmmaker Frank W Thring Snr promotes Australian talking pictures, the Efftee Studio production Diggers (1931) and some of the upcoming stars of his Efftee feature films. The Efftee actors introduced include Ray Fisher (who played ... [read more]
