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The women are running the show (1990)
Bill (Denis Moore) and Michael (Frank Whitten) are driving to the police station to pick up the teenagers. The police found them in a car that the household earlier reported missing. Out of ear shot of the women for the ... [read more]
The Adams family (1956)
Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]
The fly trap (1928)
On the grounds of the forestry school in Canberra, a man empties a week’s worth of dead blowflies from a fly trap onto a sheet of newspaper for disposal. In a garden in Duntroon, a man demonstrates for the camera ... [read more]
The Middle East (1919)
At street level in Gaza, the buildings have been reduced to rubble as a result of the First World War. Aerial shots of the snaking Jordan River follow its flow into the Sea of Galilee. The team stops at Ramadi ... [read more]
The fire service (1949)
Shots of bushfires burning are followed by a forest destroyed by fire. The voice-over explains that, to minimise the effect of bushfires, organised firefighters practice emergency response with ‘properly designed’ equipment. Entering a forest on an access road, the team ... [read more]
Measuring the cost (2003)
While the Australian government has agreed to fund the vaccine for meningococcal C for the 1 to 19 age group, there’s another deadly strain called pneumococcal meningitis for which the vaccine is not subsidised by the government. [read more]
The future of flight (1962)
This 1960s film predicts the Concorde. The clip shows the film’s conclusion – a typical musical cinema experience of the time. [read more]
Follow the signs (1998)
Private investigator Charles says the signs of adultery are easy to detect – new clothes, especially underwear, joining a gym, interstate trips and items on the credit card such as expensive restaurants. [read more]
Challenging the demon (2007)
Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe narrate the story of the demon Bungalung while two boys act it out. A boy uses traditional weapons to fight and defeat the demon Bungalung. [read more]
The worst insult in the universe (1995)
The man (Syd Brisbane) and the woman (Ulli Birvé) arrive in the desert outside Las Vegas, because he has always wanted to go there. She does not, so she waits overnight while he tries his luck. They jump through space-time ... [read more]
Taxing the diggers (1983)
Bill Peach tells the story of the diggers’ frustrations that led eventually to the Eureka Stockade. The police, called Traps, would harry the hard-working miners, demanding to sight their mining licences and menacing them at every opportunity. [read more]
The birth class (1995)
Jane (voiced by Rachel Griffiths) appraises the birth class with the eye of an intelligent, detached observer; the gossiping mothers-to-be, their partners and the patronising teacher all seem a bit ridiculous. But Jane is not without self-ridicule. [read more]
The ‘Pyjama Girl’ (1939)
This clip from a 1930s newsreel recounts the coronial inquest into the mysterious ‘Pyjama Girl’ murder mystery. It reconstructs courtroom scenes and the witness account of Detective MacCrae, who calls for the body to be preserved in the ‘interests of ... [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]
‘The magic of the movies’ (2007)
New customer Helen (Penne Hackforth-Jones) has come to Chandon Pictures for a DVD slide show featuring her beloved dog Champion Charles Wink Monte Carlo. After Nick (Darren Gilshenan) notices her affection for the dog is so great that some ... [read more]
The Aboriginal struggle (1972)
Gary Foley talks about white control of the Black movement accompanied by images of the Sydney Black Moratorium march to the Sydney Town Hall on 14 July 1972. [read more]
The sounding board (1924)
The piano sounding board is constructed. The cast-iron frame is laid down while men fix it into place. On another machine, a man spins base wires for the piano strings. This is shown in detail with three different shots. The ... [read more]
The whale hunt (1931)
This clip shows a whale hunt off the coast of Western Australia from on board a Norwegian whaling vessel under the leadership of Captain Ohlsson. A whale is harpooned and drawn in close to the boat where it is secured ... [read more]
The pilgrims’ progress (2006)
This is the pretitle sequence in which the protagonists are sketched for us and the program’s theme established. There’s a young and adventurous backpacker, a soldier and his father and a family who are following the trail of a relative ... [read more]
Cadbury’s Crunchie – ‘Snap Goes the Crunchie’ (c1966)
This is a 30–second television advertisement for Cadbury’s Crunchie chocolate bar. [read more]
