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‘Some special disappointment’ (2007)
Tim Jarvis is now alone on the ice. His companion, John Stoukalo, representing Xavier Mertz, has left the walk at the same point at which Mertz died in the original expedition, after 320 km. Jarvis must go on alone for ... [read more]
Living in the 70’s (1974)
The title track of the Living in the 70’s album, recorded during June and July 1974 at the TCS Studios in Melbourne. The album, produced by Ross Wilson from the band Daddy Cool, broke all previous sales records for ... [read more]
HMAS Sydney’s Carley float (2004)
A tiny, war-ravaged liferaft from the HMAS Sydney is our only physical link to Australia’s worst-ever naval disaster. [read more]
Rockers and surfers clash (1963)
A short newsreel item from 1963, outlining police efforts to curb gang violence between suburban ‘rockers’ and surfers at Manly beach. [read more]
Hearts are trumps (1964)
During the 1964 world surfing championships at Manly, local teenagers flood into a dance, while the international contestants fraternise with new friends. In the morning, the keenest local surfers are out to get a wave before the competition begins. [read more]
A new Australian style of surfing (1968)
On a big day at Fairy Bower near Manly in March 1966, the bravest surfers gather to take advantage of a big autumn swell. A lone surfboat crew dares to take off on a huge wave, beside the surfers. Further ... [read more]
Quarrying limestone (1926)
This clip begins with a shot of a steam shovel collecting the limestone rubble from the quarry and emptying it into large bins for transport. A man in the foreground of the frame shovels the smaller pieces of rubble into ... [read more]
The sound of music (2007)
Niaz (Niaz Khan Shinwari) hears music and follows the sound to its source – a youth playing a traditional stringed instrument with great intensity. Niaz is transfixed. His uncle (Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi) rings his father (Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad) and ... [read more]
Building a motor body (1925)
Large power presses stamp the panels for the car bodies. As the press is lifted, one man removes the panel and another places a flat sheet into the machine. A worker in goggles welds the panels together. The finished sections ... [read more]
Building the ‘iron horse’ (1925)
This clip begins with the iron frame of the steam engine being lowered down onto its base, guided by workers standing below. A series of dissolves into close shots detail the men tightening bolts and securing fittings onto the cylindrical ... [read more]
Christmas season in Melbourne (1928)
This clip begins with a shot of a crowd (mostly women) gathering around suitcases on the pavement outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, just before Christmas 1928. Men are filmed loading suitcases onto the running boards of cars parked on ... [read more]
Processing peanuts (1954)
At the peanut processing plants, the peanuts come out of large roasting ovens to be aired and cooled. In the next phase, peanuts go through the blanching machine and have their husks removed. Women operators in a factory production line ... [read more]
A dangerous solution (1996)
On the eve of her marriage to Dave Paris, Juliet (Claire Danes) becomes suicidal. Father Laurence (Pete Postlethwaite) proposes a radical solution that will allow her to avoid the marriage and reunite with Romeo. [read more]
The hole in the ozone layer (1998)
John Clarke has agreed to appear on ABC TV’s Lateline, hosted by Maxine McKew. He is hoping to address the scheduling concerns of the swimmers, represented here by Linley Frame, but is ambushed by Maxine’s third guest, Simon Palomares. ... [read more]
November victory (1955)
On 8 November 1954, Federal Parliament authorised a Bill to secure the right of employers to recruit labour for the waterfront, overturning the tradition of waterside labour being picked by the union. This clip dramatises the campaign that made the ... [read more]
Footscray Railway Station (1911)
This clip features a crowd of people near the footbridge at Footscray’s railway station. [read more]
Australia’s first astronaut (1960)
An animation shows Rocket’s journey from moon to earth and then, in studio, his arrival in a cloud of dust. Unfortunately Miss Pat (Patricia Lovell) opens Rocket, who is ‘not speaking’, to discover Mr Squiggle is not inside. Doormat arrives ... [read more]
Making a steam train (1969)
Following the original opening titles, presenters Don Spencer and Anne Haddy introduce the first activity: making a steam train out of a washing basket, plant pot, two ‘clean’ rubbish-tin lids and part of a garden rake. This sequence segues into ... [read more]
All honour to the glorious dead (1917)
Shells burst on the horizon during what a title says is a German counter-attack. The camera pans across a desolate valley ending on a cross marking a grave. Another shell bursts behind a scene of discarded bicycles and tools. A ... [read more]
Flying friar (1994)
Saint Joseph of Cupertino levitated regularly while praying, occasionally requiring the use of ropes to anchor him. [read more]
