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Alfie Clay and Elley Bennett (1951)
Aboriginal featherweight Alfie Clay arrives in Sydney from Cloncurry, Queensland, to try his hand at boxing in the city. He arrives on the doorstep of fighting trainer Ern McQuillan’s gym. Clay works out in the gym with a punching bag, ... [read more]
‘We need lunch’ (1996)
Detectives Rachel 'Goldie’ Goldstein (Catherine McClements) and Frank Holloway (Colin Friels) take a break from interviewing their suspect. Over lunch, they rib each other about their various ex-spouses and Goldie suddenly remembers a school event for her son she was ... [read more]
‘Stupid and infantile’ (1987)
On a return visit to Melbourne, Frank has had a heart attack. In hospital, Frank (Leo McKern) insists he will go back up north as soon as he can go, with or without Frances (Julia Blake). She reassures him that ... [read more]
‘Remember … Cadbury’s Milk Tray’ (1955)
This clip contains two 30-second advertisements for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates. In the first, a young couple going to a show make the evening romantic with the purchase of Milk Tray chocolates. The second shows a male and female ... [read more]
‘Optimism wears out with your boots’ (1938)
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has been out of work for months when he runs into two old university acquaintances. They take a drink at a city bar, where a man selling shoelaces approaches. Joe Larkin (Alec Kellaway) is actually an ... [read more]
North-east Victoria (1954)
This clip begins with colour footage of a Victorian beach and coastline. The following scenes in black-and-white show flooded countryside and timber forests in the Marysville district, scenic shots of Stephenson Falls, Robarts Lookout and Cumberland Falls. Voice-over narration is ... [read more]
Cries in the dark (1978)
Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) argue as they drive out of the city on a rainy night. She doesn’t like camping; he doesn’t want to spend another weekend with their friends at Eildon. She criticises the amount he ... [read more]
A richer dust (1944)
Pete (Peter Finch) has been wounded in an action to take an enemy gun post. Bluey (Grant Taylor) orders a withdrawal, so Milo (Chips Rafferty) slings his wounded mate over his shoulder and carries him out. Pete only survives long ... [read more]
Homecoming (1997)
Two men sit by a waterhole. Mandildjara people are picking fruit from trees, and digging in the earth for food. A man cracks something three times, then tosses a dead goanna onto the soil. The narrator tells us that it ... [read more]
The superintendent’s dream (1970)
Superintendent Tilley (Nigel Lovell) is shaken after discovering that a drunken troublemaker he saw at the golf club and the detective he has nominated for an award are apparently the same person. That evening, he has a peculiar dream featuring ... [read more]
‘A very friendly fellow’ (1973)
The Homicide team question friends of Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen) in an attempt to discover what he knows about the robbery. Inspector Lawson (Charles Tingwell) and Detective Sergeant Barnes (George Mallaby) question Buddy’s employer. Senior Detective Kelly (John Stanton) and ... [read more]
Prime Minister Curtin (1985)
At the December 1940 election, John Curtin narrowly avoids losing his seat of Fremantle. In October 1941 he becomes Australia’s 14th prime minister. [read more]
‘We are at war’ (1985)
On 8 December 1941 John Curtin announces Australia is at war with Japan. He declares Australia must look to the United States rather than the United Kingdom for security. [read more]
‘Can you imagine?’ (2008)
On 25 January 1788 the First Fleet enters Sydney Harbour. Narrator Rachel Perkins and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation convey the Indigenous point of view of this event. Emeritus Scholar Inga Clendinnen describes attempts by the Aboriginal ... [read more]
A compromise (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins gives the historical context to the lives and situation of this episode’s focus individuals – Simon Wonga and William Barak. Writer Bruce Pascoe of Boonwurrung heritage and historian Professor Janet McCalman expand on the cultural and spiritual ... [read more]
‘I’m right into passion’ (1989)
Ted Egan visits opal town Mintabie and Yvonne, an old friend who lives there. [read more]
Hogg sees a massacre (2007)
George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is typing in a war-torn building. Just as he writes ‘The city is quiet’ he hears activity in the street. He goes to the window and sees Japanese troops herding Chinese civilians into a park ... [read more]
Powerful presence (1996)
This clip features historical stills from the archive of Captain James Cook and Indigenous peoples, while a voice-over and interviews discuss the arrival of the white colonists and the belief system of the Aboriginal inhabitants. [read more]
Negotiations (2005)
Bill ‘Happy’ Henderson (Shane Bourne) takes Layla Young (Petra Jared) to discuss a case with lawyer Hugo Urban (Vincent Miller). Meanwhile, Professor Robyn Masterson (Sigrid Thornton) is delivering bad news to her sick patient Belinda (Chloe Armstrong). Tests show her ... [read more]
Vlad writes letters from space (1999)
Vlad the chimp astronaut walks across the sterile interior of his spacecraft. In his darkened room, he writes another letter home, which he files in a drawer with other, unsent letters. Vlad sits at a console, dwarfed by the letters ... [read more]
