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Central Square (c1928)
From an elevated position above Central Square (now Railway Square) in Sydney, the camera films the bustle of the streets at rush hour where people transfer from trams to trains and suburban trams to take them out of the city. ... [read more]
Carnival scenes, Melbourne (1918)
This clip includes scenes from a carnival held in aid of blind returned soldiers in May 1918. Consisting of a combination of still and panning shots, the scene captures groups of people in the crowd including a singing group dressed ... [read more]
A fire emergency (1932)
Members of the NSW Fire Brigade tackle a blaze at a paper mill until the fire is brought under control. The smoking wreckage and the building’s shell is all that remains. As orchestral music builds over the soundtrack, the ... [read more]
‘Working on the home front’ (1943)
This clip tells the story of a civilian worker who joined the war by helping to make engines and aircraft for the allies. His address to camera – filmed at a workbench against back projection of a factory floor – ... [read more]
‘The average man’ (1956)
This clip explains the methods used to design the new model FE Holden. A GMH employee holds a transparent plastic life-size model to demonstrate how the 'average man’ determines the proportions of the car’s interior. The car’s ... [read more]
‘Make it yours’ (1968)
This advertisement for the 1968 Holden HK Premier, narrated in voice-over by John Laws, features young people and city life over the course of a day and evening. Beginning with shots of city buildings and streets, it concludes with scenes ... [read more]
‘Holden’s number one’ (c1966)
This black-and-white television advertisement for Holden sedans and wagons incorporates the 'Holden’s Number One’ jingle. The cars feature prominently in three scenarios – a suburban family going on holiday, a group of friends on a skiing weekend, and an affluent ... [read more]
Planning for the future (1956)
Marg and Bill Smith (Dick Hackett) marry in the mid-1940s. As cheerful instrumental music plays, a montage shows Bill Smith working hard on a small construction site building cottages during the postwar boom. During a break, a workmate warns him ... [read more]
‘From little things big things grow’ (1993)
This is the full version of 'From Little Things Big Things Grow’ recorded for Kev Carmody’s album 'Bloodlines’ (1993). [read more]
West Australians at the trenches (c1917)
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]
Australia goes to war (1939)
There is no audible ceremony on Menzies’s arrival in the room, just a short introduction by another speaker. Menzies settles at the microphone and we hear a faint rustle of his papers. In his speech, Menzies exercises his skills as ... [read more]
Mary MacKillop (1994)
Using stills, interviews and voice-over, this clip describes Mary MacKillop as a woman of initiative and leadership, with a vision for providing services to the needy on a national level. Her independence raised the ire and resentment of the bishops ... [read more]
‘Does this country belong to him?’ (1976)
Mike (Greg Rowe) and his father (Peter Cummins) go to warn Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil) that trouble is brewing. Bill is not supposed to be living on a state reserve, and the ranger wants to talk to him. [read more]
Propaganda or news? (1978)
Film editor Geoff (Bryan Brown) makes a political joke, and a statement, by tampering with a newsreel to make fun of the newly-elected Prime Minister, Mr Menzies. His conservative boss, AG Marwood (Don Crosby), is not amused. [read more]
Korean liberation (1994)
Australian veterans of the Korean War recollect the day of their liberation from prisoner of war camps. [read more]
Park consultations (1998)
The Whites Creek Valley Park is under the jurisdiction of the Leichhardt Council in Sydney. The plans for the park have been in progress for 50 years. The council plans to demolish two houses and change the usage of part ... [read more]
Fear of ageing (1980)
Women, both old and young, attending the International Women’s Day (IWD) march in Sydney in 1980, talk about how they feel about getting old. [read more]
Back to school (2004)
At 105 years old, Olive Riley goes back to her school in Broken Hill to meet the current students. Parts of Olive’s early life are re-enacted. Corporal punishment was practiced in the school. Olive remembers pushing another pupil who was ... [read more]
Gauguin’s paradise (2005)
Gauguin arrives in Tahiti to find the paradise he longs to paint has almost completely disappeared. But he soon finds models to paint including fourteen-year-old Tahitian girl Teha’amana who also becomes his lover. Stephen Eisenman, author and Professor of Art ... [read more]
Japan invades China (1998)
Japan invaded China in 1934. Forty million Chinese fled the invasionary forces. Cartoonist Huang Miaozi drew anti-Japanese slogans to protest the invasion. [read more]
