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Bananas in Pyjamas – Banana Breakfast (1999)
In this story, narrated by Karina Kelly, Bananas in Pyjamas B1 (Ken Radley) and B2 (Nicholas Opolski) decide to make a surprise breakfast for the Teddies, Morgan (Jeremy Scrivener), Amy (Mary-Ann Henshaw) and Lulu (Taylor Owynns). When Rat in a ... [read more]
Come the revolution (1985)
When the men arrive at the pub to celebrate the end of the strike at the factory, Mick Mendel’s younger brother, the firebrand communist agitator, Jakob (Swawomir Wabik), is furious, and calls them scabs for not holding out. The men ... [read more]
Let George Do It (1938)
Joe Blake (George Wallace) graduates from stagehand to performer at a vaudeville theatre after upstaging Mysto the Magician (Alec Kellaway). When he discovers that Molly (Gwen Munro), the girl he secretly loves, is going to marry the show’s producer, Joe ... [read more]
The art museum (2006)
When Shane (Shane Dundas) opens the Stuff Closet, David (David Collins) falls in. Shane follows and they both emerge in the Art Museum (the Art Gallery of NSW). They search for a suitable spot for Shane’s picture and finally ... [read more]
Bill the housewife (1996)
Bill Lew and his wife and children talk about the effect on the family when Bill lost four restaurants in the 1990–91 recession. Bill was ashamed by his inability to provide for his family but his children were more resilient ... [read more]
On the tracks (1940)
The Spirit of Progress train is filmed from different angles as it passes the camera, followed by a tracking shot of the train tracks taken from on board the train. The next section is a dramatised sequence which shows a ... [read more]
Continuing the discussion (1999)
The Reconciliation Learning Circle group have just held their last meeting at a social venue. As they get up and disperse, an Indigenous man speaking in voice-over predicts that the group members will now go back to their busy lives ... [read more]
The shoe uppers (1924)
The leather uppers are sewn by machine and stitched together before being trimmed. A machine punches eyelets into both sides of the upper. This is demonstrated for the camera by a female worker. The uppers are then lined and stuffed. [read more]
In the wet (1982)
In the Gulf country of northern Australia, a farming family are living through the wet season that, each year, takes over their lives. The pedal radio is all the Forshaw family have to keep them in touch with civilisation during ... [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]
Centenary Celebrations of Melbourne, Victoria (1934)
This unedited newsreel footage contains a speech given by the Duke of Gloucester opening Melbourne’s centenary celebrations. [read more]
Illusion and confusion (2007)
A man returns home to his family and hides a mirror in a drawer. Family life is disrupted when his relatives find it and mistake their reflections for those of others. [read more]
The hidden enemy (1941)
In this dramatised scenario, Shirley displays signs of dengue fever and a doctor explains to Shirley and her mother the dangers. Next, the doctor leaves as Shirley plays on a swing in her garden. Inside his office, the doctor explains ... [read more]
Constructing the expressway (1968)
Aerial shots of section one of the expressway show work completed by mid-1964, a year into construction of the Sydney-Newcastle expressway. A map illustrates the first two sections of the expressway including the interchange at Mount White. The Department of ... [read more]
Planting the flag (1954)
The ten men who will man Mawson Station for the next year wave goodbye from their Weasel, which heads back over the ice to their new base. The ship heads east, hoping to explore the region around Prydz Bay and ... [read more]
The great debate (1984)
This clip lampoons the National Press Club lunch with its invited guests, the egotistically preening Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Max Gillies) and the pompously patrician leader of the Opposition, Andrew Peacock (Max Gillies). They are being challenged by well-known members ... [read more]
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]
60,000 km around the world (1983)
Explorer Dick Smith arrives at Fort Worth, USA, completing his solo voyage around the world by helicopter. Press and family greet him. [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]
