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Roadside stop (1998)

The family pull up at a gas station. The children are sent off to the toilet. Margie (Margaret Harvey) spies two elders Bert Nandy (Bruce Oliver) and Uncle Sam (Gnarnayarrahe Waitarie) sitting in a shed across the road. Flashback; a ... [read more]

Berlei corsets (1920)

Two women dressed in dark underwear, silk stockings and shoes model two styles of Berlei corsetry. They stand on raised platforms in front of a plain backdrop, the larger space of the studio visible beyond it. They turn, step down ... [read more]

Building for progress (1949)

Two men look at a drawing of a housing estate plan, a model of low-rise flats and a miniature of a freestanding house which can be easily extended as the family grow. Inside a factory at Homesglen, Victoria, workers construct ... [read more]

‘Why don’t you go back to your own bloody country’ (1966)

A drunken Anglo-Australian (Keith Petersen) abuses an Italian migrant family on a Sydney ferry. Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) watches in discomfort. [read more]

Gipsy Moth in flight (1935)

A DH60G 'de Havilland’ Gipsy Moth is prepared for flight at the Adelaide Parafield. Chief pilot of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia Jack Buckham, locks the wings of the plane into position. The plane is filled with fuel. ... [read more]

Isolation and attitudes (1989)

Miyuki Linsdell recounts travelling to Geelong from Melbourne in the late 1950s shortly after her arrival in Australia just to hear Japanese sailors speaking her native language. She is framed in close-up and speaks to the camera in Japanese. A ... [read more]

Nirvana (1997)

Zemka is the mother of twelve year-old Nirvana who has been killed by a shell in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. She looks at the footage of her now-deceased daughter dancing that filmmakers Tahir Cambis and Alma Sahbaz had only ... [read more]

‘We’re all going to die’ (1997)

The crew members discover that the large boxes in the hold marked ‘salt pork’ actually contain bodies. Palmer (Russell Kiefel), the unwelcome passenger, tells them these are victims of a Triad turf war. Hong (John Alansu) reasons that the Triads ... [read more]

A child is lost (1987)

A child is missing and the family frantically search the streets of Surry Hills to find her. By the time the child is found and returned to her mother (Anna Hruby) and father (Shane Connor) we’ve been introduced to all ... [read more]

A message from God (1995)

At the mental health clinic, Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) and Harry (John Lynch) have to defend their decision to stay away from doctors during Kate’s pregnancy. The clinic’s director, Dr Norberg (Robyn Nevin), Kate’s former doctor (Alex Pinder), Harry’s brother Morris ... [read more]

I can’t find my way out (2010)

After a brief credits sequence the film introduces Captain Woodward (Brendan Cowell). Woodward has just arrived at the Western Front in France for the first time and – already lost in the tunnels – is clearly rattled. [read more]

Old Jindabyne (1965)

As the waters of Lake Jindabyne, part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, begin to rise, we take a last look at old Jindabyne. [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]

Opening ceremony (1956)

From the stands, Ken Syme records part of the opening ceremony. The Australian athletes enter the stadium at the MCG. The Olympic flag is raised and hundreds of doves are released into the air. Champion runner Ron Clarke enters ... [read more]

The electric Early Kooka stove (1940)

‘Mrs Sydney’ (Pat Firman) prepares an evening meal for her husband with her newly acquired electric range while a voice-over emphasises the stove’s economy and efficiency. At the end of the advertisement, she asks to camera: ‘you’ll all eventually cook ... [read more]

On the road (1987)

Buster (Rebecca Smart) the city kid has been kitted out for her new life in the bush and her father (Bryan Brown) is setting a cracking pace as they walk to his next farm job because, as he says, 'if ... [read more]

The year in review (1971)

This clip includes scenes of anti-apartheid demonstrations against South African sporting teams; John Gorton’s tour of Vietnam; William McMahon becoming Prime Minister; a wool fashion parade staged in the New Guinea Highlands; an unusual wedding celebrated underwater at Sydney’s Marineland; ... [read more]

The police arrive (1981)

The members of the band No Fixed Address leave for their gig. During their performance the police arrive. [read more]

The circus arrives (1949)

Once the circus train has arrived, the task of unloading begins. The elephants and ponies are guided out of the carriages. The elephants are then shown pulling the poles for the big top from the carriages. Children watch as the ... [read more]

‘Chinese family dream’ (1998)

When David Wang, a successful businessman, was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 1969, his wife recalls that they were sent newspaper cuttings from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, all reporting his election. His daughter recalls her confusion over ... [read more]

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