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High Tide (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis), a backup singer in a travelling rock’n'roll show, is left broke and stranded when her car breaks down in the NSW coastal town of Bega. She checks into a caravan park, unaware that Ally ... [read more]
Honest Toil March (1924)
This is the earliest disc recording of an Australian brass band. It was made in 1924 by the prize-winning Newcastle Steelworks Band, who were drawn from the ranks of the BHP steelworks. [read more]
Introducing Frances Daingangan (2008)
Frances Daingangan introduces herself, her family, community and country on the edge of the Arafura Swamp in the Northern Territory. [read more]
A man of the people (1981)
Sir William McKell was a boilermaker who rose to become premier of NSW from 1941 to 1947. While premier, he started the Housing Commission that built the landmark accommodation towers in Waterloo. McKell resigned as premier in 1947 after ... [read more]
At home with the Thompsons (1972)
Without telling Shirley (Jane Harders) or husband Reg (John Llewellyn), Rita Thompson (Marion Johns) announces the engagement of Shirley and Harold in the newspaper classifieds. A furious Shirley storms out. Reg feels the same way and follows her. [read more]
The bullying of Gary Doyle (1985)
Gary (Emil Minty) is asked to read out his exemplary essay to the class and the rest of boys groan theatrically. Later Gary is put down by the other boys when he plays badly at cricket. On his way home ... [read more]
The essence of comedy (1994)
In this clip, actors Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald rehearse a scene from Mother and Son (1985-94) with director Geoff Portmann. Portmann talks about Cracknell’s acting method and Cracknell reflects on the role of comedy in presenting serious subjects. The ... [read more]
Browne, George: Blue Mountains (c1930)
This compile of silent home movie footage was taken by George Browne in 1930 and records the scenery of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. [read more]
Stork (1971)
Stork (Bruce Spence) is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks he’s a revolutionary. Bored with a design job at General Motors Holden in Melbourne, he drops out and moves into a share house with ... [read more]
Tracey McBean - Episode 6, Series One, Multiplication (2001)
Child inventor Tracey McBean (voiced by Roslyn Oades) loves a challenge, and when her friend Shamus (voiced by Anthony Hayes) needs to be in two different places at the same time, this isn’t a problem for an intrepid genius. Tracey ... [read more]
The Henderson Kids – Series 1 Episode 2 (1985)
The second part of a two-part episode, originally screened as one. When their mother (Diane Craig) dies in an accident, 13-year-old Tamara ‘Tam Bam’ (Nadine Garner) and 15-year-old Steve Henderson (Paul Smith) move from the city to live with their ... [read more]
West Australians at the trenches (1917)
Men of the 11th Battalion, AIF, marching beside a light railway near Armentières, probably in early June 1916. Soldiers rest by a road with their horses tethered in shell holes. A military padre takes divine service. A ... [read more]
Expedition South (1961)
The Thala Dan brings relief supplies and 33 new men to Mawson, Australia’s largest Antarctic station, in early 1960. They will relieve the winter party, who have spent a year on the ice. In fine weather, teams erect new huts ... [read more]
Richmond Carnival in Aid of Blind Soldiers, May 1918 (1918)
This item from a silent newsreel features scenes from a Melbourne carnival held in aid of blind returned soldiers in May 1918. It includes footage of crowds and recreational activities as well as a street parade. [read more]
Interview with Archbishop Mannix (1962)
Dr Daniel Mannix was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1913 until his death in 1963. He was a man of considerable influence in Australian public life, not only in the religious field but also in social and political ... [read more]
Maxonol Gramophone: Buy a Good Gramophone and Keep Her at Home (1925)
In this Maxonol Gramophone cinema advertisement a mother and father decide to buy a gramophone to keep their teenage daughter at home. They visit the Maxonol demonstration room and purchase their gramophone with successful results. [read more]
Dirty War (2005)
The US has been invited by the Australian Government to use Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, Queensland as a training base. The film describes the pollution left by the US in the Philippines and asks if Australia will suffer from the ... [read more]
Weapons Research Establishment Project WRESAT (1967)
Produced by the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) Film Unit, Department of Supply, this is a documentary record of the WRESAT Project – the launch of the first Australian satellite from Woomera on 29 November 1967. [read more]
‘The hunchback of the motor-dome’ (1938)
Joe (George Wallace) is being held by Zilch’s henchmen until he agrees to give them half of the money he is due to inherit. He and 'Unk’ (George Lloyd) try a bit of wrestling, which leads to Joe’s escape, head ... [read more]
The cost of utopia (1949)
Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) and his friend Raffaello Carboni (Peter Illing) arrive at the diggings near Ballarat, part of a long line of men looking for their fortune. They stop to survey the busy goldfields below. Carboni says they will ... [read more]
