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Our Don Bradman (1982)
In an excerpt from the 1931 Australasian Films featurette That’s Cricket, Don Bradman, regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time, addresses the camera. We hear the popular song Our Don Bradman written by Jack O’Hagan and performed by Art ... [read more]
Beginning of The Rocks (1983)
This clip uses old paintings and engravings to trace the early history of the Rocks area from its inception. [read more]
Performance at the Japanese disabled festival (1998)
The Big Bag Band performs ‘Hare Disco’ at the Japanese disabled arts festival. The Japanese audience is delighted. [read more]
Papunya: a different world (1993)
The 'black and white urban band’ Djaambi arrives at the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya to find no audience, minor flooding and bleak housing conditions for the locals. The band hopes that their visit to the community will leave a ... [read more]
Aboriginal law, white man’s law (1993)
Band members on tour in the Northern Territory discuss Aboriginal law and its implications. In Victoria police arrest Aborigines on suspicion of breaking the law. In traditional Aboriginal law offenders may be speared or flogged as a punishment. [read more]
Teen smoking (1994)
Rebellious teenagers smoke to annoy their parents. A mother and daughter discuss why the girl ran away from home. [read more]
‘The rustle of tropical palms’ (1940)
In this 1940s travelogue we see a traditional dance of the Balinese women The Dance of the Eyes. We are told that it is rarely performed. [read more]
Bankers and kids (1998)
We discover the hopes and dreams of a group of inner-city kids and a group of bankers who will pair off and work to create a project together over several months. The projects will reflect the personalities of each team. [read more]
Folding mechanism of print machine (1911)
The folding mechanism of the printing machine at the Sydney Morning Herald is shown in operation, and then a mechanical hoist transfers the papers to the publishing room. [read more]
Unprotected forests in danger (1991)
Over footage of a beautiful old growth forest, narrator Noni Hazlehurst explains that, at the current rate of deforestation, Australia’s unprotected forests could no longer exist in 250 years’ time. The forest’s native animals are shown as the narrator explains ... [read more]
What would you have done? (1985)
Gary (Emil Minty) has been asked to cheat on the radio quiz show and asks Brother Kennedy (Joss McWilliam) and the Headmaster (Rhys McConnochie) for advice, but the brothers can’t give him a clear answer. At home, the show’s sponsors ... [read more]
‘They became our sons as well’ (2005)
The rules of the Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL) originally stated that no group that had fought against Australia could march on Anzac Day. After many years and much persistence by Turkish Australians, the RSL finally accepted that Turks ... [read more]
A truce at Gallipoli (2005)
Only a few weeks after the 25th April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove, the troops of both sides organised an unofficial truce in order to pick up their wounded, bury the dead and share a cup of tea. [read more]
Designing for the law (2000)
The Commonwealth Law Courts in Melbourne, Australia were designed by the architect Paul Katsieris. As he walks from the outside to the inside of this building he explains the design elements. [read more]
New vocabulary (1995)
Choreographer Meryl Tankard says she tries to create a 'new vocabulary’ whenever she creates a new dance piece. We see her rehearsing a new piece with the Adelaide based company, Australian Dance Theatre. A member of the CORPS de ... [read more]
Fort Denison early history (1939)
This clip covers the early history of Fort Denison, from its initial construction in the 1840s as a defence against a feared invasion, to its completion in 1857, and its manning by Royal Artillery men from England during the 1860s. ... [read more]
‘Silent terror of the deep’ (1939)
On the sparkling beaches of Australia, where people relax and enjoy the summer, life guards patrol the beaches and remain alert to the dangers of sharks lurking in the shallow beach water. [read more]
Hunting shark (1939)
This clip shows Coogee Beach, protected by a shark-proof enclosure; a man going out hunting for sharks; and a larger trawler which puts forward the ‘fight against the ever present menace of sharks’. [read more]
Civil administration training (1963)
This clip outlines achievements in training of local Papua New Guineans by the Australian civil administration. [read more]
No future (1996)
Night-time. White lines disappear into the darkness as a solitary car drives along a lonely stretch of country road. Files stacked beside the driver tell us that he is a field officer for the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody. ... [read more]
