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Dreaming of glass (2003)
The story of how a commission from Manningham City Council helped start Wathaurong Glass, with shots of the beautiful artwork hanging in buildings. A practitioner speaks of going to Milan to exhibit his artwork, where the arts community has never ... [read more]
Conversations (2005)
Wayne Blair talks about the experience of acting in the play Conversations with the Dead, and the television series Water Rats (2001), discussing the pitfalls of being an actor in work, and out of work. [read more]
Changing, ongoing (2003)
Interspersed with shots of Areyonga community, Frank Djara tells how he communicated health issues through painting, and by talking about sickness to his people. [read more]
Debate (1988)
At a community meeting, a young man debates with Joe Leahy about the profit split of their Kaugum coffee plantation. Leahy explains how he is the one taking the risk with the bank loan. [read more]
Scientific complexities and contradictions (2007)
David Bradbury heads across Scotland on a train to interview Professor Eric Wright, who disagrees with the findings of another scientist (Chris Busby, see clip one) about the increasing incidence of cancer around nuclear power plants. Wright’s own discoveries about ... [read more]
Leeton state fruit cannery (1926)
A row of women halve and stone peaches, which are fed via conveyor belt into a peeling machine. Women sort the damaged fruit from the good fruit. Another machine grades the peaches which are packed into cans by hand according ... [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]
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]
The South Mine, Broken Hill (1936)
At the South Mine in Broken Hill, horses are lowered into the mine in cages at the beginning of each shift. The cages are powered by electrical winding machinery which is filmed in close-up by Frank Hurley. The men who ... [read more]
Anti-fascist exhibition (1987)
The Contemporary Art Society of Australia, of which Yosl Bergner and fellow artists are members, mounted an anti-fascist exhibition in Melbourne and Adelaide in late 1942. Bergner talks about his paintings of Aboriginal people. [read more]
History (1982)
A villager efficiently recounts the colonial history of Papua New Guinea. His comments are illustrated with archival stills. [read more]
Wounded soldiers, Bécourt Château (1917)
Stretcher bearers bring wounded soldiers into the Bécourt Château dressing station, during the battle for Pozières. From here they are loaded on trucks and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station. As shells burst in the distance, the camera examines some ... [read more]
Political hanging (1993)
Father John Brosnan, priest to hanged man Ronald Ryan, compares the Ryan hanging to that of Ned Kelly in that both were political. The judge, Sir John Starke, says that the then Victorian premier, Sir Henry Bolte, insisted that the ... [read more]
An alcoholic Christmas Day (1984)
With a tablecloth and lots of alcohol, a group of alcoholic friends celebrate Christmas Day. The men are listening to themselves talk on a radio program that was prompted by the making of this documentary. Paul Makin had previously interviewed ... [read more]
Sydney – ‘the Empire’s second-greatest white city’ (1938)
A beautifully photographed montage of Sydney’s architecture, streets, people and modes of transport that is rapidly edited to orchestrated music. [read more]
Path to progress (1992)
After black-and-white footage of Pintubi people, Smithy Zimeran Tjampitjinpa recalls being moved to Papunya. Yuyua Nampitjinpa talks about her experience in the mission school. [read more]
Main Base, Commonwealth Bay (1931)
After 20 years, the Discovery team return to Commonwealth Bay’s Cape Denison to find that the hut at Main Base is still standing. Frank Hurley recounts his memories over footage of the hut’s interior (including the kitchen, living quarters and ... [read more]
‘Halls Creek drop-in centre’ (2001)
Sergeant Neil Gordon befriended an Aboriginal boy who now resides with him. The local kids are often there playing pool and socialising and consequently Sergeant Gordon has labelled his home the 'Halls Creek drop-in centre’. [read more]
