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The scandal of intermarriage (1997)
An Indian woman talks about having chosen to marry a white Australian, and the effect of that on her family. Some people said she has no morals. Her mother felt degraded in front of her traditional Indian friends. [read more]
Police Boys’ Club (1939)
A young boy is taken to the Police Boys Club. Its aim, according to the narration, is to ‘keep boys off the streets’. It shows the boys working in the gym, boxing, and socialising in a safe environment. Later, a ... [read more]
Kiap farce (1990)
While Dr Nelson is seated, male villagers painted white and wearing leaf headdresses perform around him with an audience in the background. In voice-over and interview, Nelson tries to explain the ‘farce’ going on as a way for the villagers ... [read more]
Tin mining (c1930)
This clip shows work inside a tin mining plant, including dredging buckets lifting ore from the bed of the river and local workers operating machinery to separate ore from water. [read more]
The floral queen (1953)
A voice-over introduces the crowning of the floral queen which takes place in front of a large crowd. Young girls from the Toowoomba Youth Centre, dressed in pastel dresses, help the queen on stage and carry her trail of flowers. ... [read more]
The shoe uppers (c1924)
The leather uppers are sewn by machine and stitched together before being trimmed. A machine punches eyelets into both sides of the upper. This is demonstrated for the camera by a female worker. The uppers are then lined and stuffed. [read more]
‘Did the right one get away?’ (1999)
Jack Christey (Steve Bisley) escorts ex-cop and murder suspect Brian Geary (Steven Vidler) to a motel room. There’s been an attempt on Geary’s life and it’s unsafe for him to go home. Geary asks Jack some uncomfortable questions about family. ... [read more]
Four overboard (2007)
Something rams into the dinghy and all four occupants are thrown into the water. Jim (Ben Oxenbould) disappears; the others panic. Adam (Andy Rodoreda) is shouting about a crocodile and tells Grace (Diana Glenn) to climb a nearby tree. She ... [read more]
Women’s lib (1979)
Cath (Lorna Lesley) is now in a relationship with Mike (Sam Neill), the temp teacher from school two years before. She is discovering art, culture, poetry, sexual politics and love. [read more]
Testing parts and manufacturing the body (c1948)
Car windows, springs, door locks and hinges, radiators and seats are all tested by machines. Panels are pressed into shape by large presses forming sections of the car body. These sections are then assembled and welded together to create the ... [read more]
Mother Tongue (2002)
You can view the short film Mother Tongue here in its entirety. In Korea in 1976, a young Korean girl and her mother record daily events for the girl’s absent father, then learn English in preparation for their move to ... [read more]
The ups and downs of cricket (1933)
This newsreel shows highlights of the third Test cricket Series, often referred to as the 'Bodyline’ series, between England and Australia in Adelaide in January 1933. [read more]
Loading horses on the SS Cornwall (1899)
Officers of the Queensland Mounted Infantry lead some reluctant horses down a ramp to board the SS Cornwall on 31 October 1899 in Brisbane, prior to departing for the Boer War. [read more]
‘Welcome to Manila’ (2002)
Linda Phillips, a volunteer law student from Australia, is met by Hoi Trinh, an Australian-Vietnamese lawyer at Manila Airport. Hoi has volunteered to help the Vietnamese boat people who are living in the Philippines as stateless persons. Linda has joined ... [read more]
Crust (1987)
You can watch the animated short film Crust here in its entirety. The protagonists of this surreal drama are seated at the kitchen table arguing over a broken biscuit. Evenrude (voiced by Bruce Currie) resembles a medieval knight with a ... [read more]
Quarrying limestone (c1926)
This clip begins with a shot of a steam shovel collecting the limestone rubble from the quarry and emptying it into large bins for transport. A man in the foreground of the frame shovels the smaller pieces of rubble into ... [read more]
Cheap blonde (1998)
You can watch Cheap Blonde here in its entirety. This experimental film rearranges the same sentence 22 times: ‘A famous filmmaker said: “Cinema is the history of men filming women”’, while deconstructing the video image of a woman bathing in ... [read more]
Marriage resisters (2002)
Anna Yen says in a voice-over, ‘Once upon a time, long ago, in a land far, far away’. The story she tells is about Yen’s grandmother’s region becoming famous for silk growing. There are extreme close-ups of silk passing through ... [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]
Salute to the Aussie male (1982)
The program’s survey says that the Aussie buttock is the sexiest attraction to the Aussie female. [read more]
