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Once a thriving river port (1976)
Peach strolls around banks of the Darling River in Bourke with local historian Alan Barton, telling of the time when the town was a thriving port. As Peach explains, Bourke, in the central west of New South Wales, was once ... [read more]
The defence case (1977)
Professor Gordon Hawkins plays the role of McLeod Lindsay as he walks through the night he came home from his work at the pub and found his wife brutally bashed. [read more]
Eradicating Argentine ants (1956)
This clip shows why the Argentine ant is such a pest and how to eradicate it. It focuses on the household, with swarms of ants seen in domestic settings like the kitchen and bedroom. Animated diagrams illustrate the characteristics of ... [read more]
‘God’s angry’ (2000)
In a flashback to the blind woman’s childhood, her mother Marie (Elise McCredie) tries to teach the child to pray, in a disused outback church. The child (Bree Beadman) has repeatedly tried to tell her mother that her grandfather is ... [read more]
Australia Post – Meeting the Challenge (1988)
This in-house program was produced for Australia Post management and employees to inform them of what the Australian Postal Corporation Act (the APC Act) will mean for the organisation. [read more]
Miles jumps in (1991)
‘Dingo’ Anderson (Colin Friels) and Billy Cross (Miles Davis) visit a famous jazz club in Paris. Billy asks the bandleader, an old friend (Onzy Matthews), if his friend can sit in. ‘Dingo’ makes a big splash, but the place erupts ... [read more]
Safety in Northcott estate (2006)
Sasha is a teenager living with her mother, Charmaine, in the public housing multi-storey estate of Northcott. Charmaine says that it is safer for her daughter playing nearby because many people know her and she is nearby. [read more]
Amy Johnson arrives in Brisbane (1930)
A title card announces the arrival of Amy Johnson in Brisbane after her ‘wonderful flight from England’. As crowds wait for her arrival, and crowds are shown arriving in cars, there is a shot of her plane landing. The crowd ... [read more]
‘No pecking order in poo’ (2006)
In the midst of a large outdoor festival, Kenny (Shane Jacobson) has to deal with a casual employee – a university student – who thinks the work is beneath him. When the uni student (Ant Keogh) tells him that a ... [read more]
The Dream – Days 9 and 15 (2000)
The Dream, hosted by comedic duo 'Rampaging’ Roy Slaven (John Doyle) and HG Nelson (Greig Pickhaver), was conceived as a two-hour informal nightly wrap to Seven’s coverage of the XXVII Olympiad in 2000, also known as the Millennium Games ... [read more]
A major medical emergency (2006)
A group of senior lifeguards just happen to be standing at the edge of the water for a photo shoot when they’re told there’s been a man found floating lifeless in the surf. The lifeguards swing into action to bring ... [read more]
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004)
This documentary is a biography of photographer Frank Hurley. Hurley went to Antarctica several times to record expeditions with his still and movie cameras. He photographed the First and Second World Wars and made films in Papua New Guinea. The ... [read more]
The Rising Generation (c1925)
This incomplete documentary promotes the public education system in South Australia from kindergarten through to university. [read more]
Australian Navy: Destroyers (c1930)
This short documentary made by Herschells Films features Royal Australian Navy destroyers launching torpedoes with dummy warheads attached for training purposes. It also shows a smokescreen created by one of the vessels, Anzac, to safeguard the larger vessel, Success. Torpedoes ... [read more]
Deadly Yarns 2 – Adrift (2006)
Thomas (Adam Corunna) is a young lad in trouble with the police. His mother (Della Rae Morrison) sends him to live with his grandfather in the country. Pop (Jim Holland) takes Thomas down to the river to teach him how ... [read more]
Rusty Bugles (1980)
Rusty Bugles follows a group of soldiers posted to a remote base in the Northern Territory during the Second World War. [read more]
German shelling of Messines Ridge (1917)
Three soldiers walk in the bottom of one of the huge craters created when 19 mines were detonated under Messines Ridge, on 7 June 1917. Messines Ridge is now held by British and Australian troops, and it is being shelled ... [read more]
Maggie’s arrival (1993)
On the road into Mount Thomas, PJ Hasham (Martin Sacks) and Nick Schultz (William McInnes) pull over a young woman for a random breath test. PJ attempts to flirt with the stranger, only to discover that she is soon to ... [read more]
Snowy Hydro - Where Giants Meet (1948)
Produced in 1948 by Cambridge Film Productions for Industrial Sales and Service (ISAS) and the SMHEA, the film is both a domestic recruitment promotion for the Snowy Mountains Scheme and an ode to the International TD-24 bulldozer. [read more]
Wealth and poverty (1955)
This clip contrasts the wealth of the shipping industry business executives and their partners with the workers who struggle to get a larger share of the profits. In a dramatised sequence, a group of affluent people are on their way ... [read more]
