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Endurance (1964)

Under relevant archival footage, the narrator states that during his time on the international scene, Menzies outlasted four American presidents including Kennedy and Johnson and five English prime ministers. He leads the Australian delegation to the United Nations and defends ... [read more]

What is love? (2005)

All the main characters are introduced in this clip, and all offer their own definition of love. [read more]

Tough love (2011)

Released from prison the day before, Karen (Shai Pittman) wakes up in a motel room to the sound of the cleaners at the door. Feeling sick from the night before, Karen quickly dresses and lets them into the room. As ... [read more]

Jumping high (1998)

The high jumper is Tim Forsyth, one of Australia’s leading high jumpers at the time the footage was filmed. He won bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. His partner, Evelyn, realises that his ... [read more]

Banana plantations (c1955)

A couple drives through banana country on the coastal border of Queensland and New South Wales. Their car pulls up at a banana plantation where they alight and meet with the owner. A voice-over explains the growing and harvesting process. ... [read more]

Still green (2005)

Two elder Indigenous men walk through the country, they are going to check if there is still water in the area. Specifically they are looking for the soakage. They come to a sandy bed, and to a plant called Ankere_ngkere, ... [read more]

Climbing to Shaggy Ridge (1944)

The eight soldiers begin the long, hot walk across rivers and kunai grass to the foot of Shaggy Ridge, in the Finisterre Range. They begin the climb, passing native carriers who take supplies up the switchback trail, bringing back the ... [read more]

Pay and conditions (1988)

Faith Bandler, an Indigenous woman, tells of her experience of the Women’s Land Army. [read more]

Flying friar (1994)

Saint Joseph of Cupertino levitated regularly while praying, occasionally requiring the use of ropes to anchor him. [read more]

Go away (1978)

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture instead. [read more]

Painting by hand (1985)

Painter Arthur Boyd uses his hands to paint. He says that the method is sensual and allows him to better depict his intent. [read more]

‘Paradise is youth’ (1981)

After the coup has been foiled, Stacey (Ray Barrett) meets Cathy, the child/woman (Janet Scrivener), at a café. As her godfather, he had given her a golliwog, when she was eight. Now he buys her another and ruminates on what ... [read more]

Kidnapped (1999)

Melanie (Alyssa McClelland) is in the back of the vehicle as it speeds along the road. The three youths who have kidnapped her bicker between themselves, having landed in even hotter water with the impulsive decision to take a prisoner. ... [read more]

Bullies outsmarted (2003)

When the council inspector (Stephen Leeder) returns unexpectedly to the camp, he fines Rose (Vanessa Steele) after he finds rubbish strewn in the bushes. Local bullies Sam (Miles Szanto) and Ryan (Alex Hughes) are delighted with the result of their ... [read more]

‘We don’t have a choice’ (1987)

Survivors in the time-travelling city discuss plans to combat the Jen-Diki. Ballard (Tom Burlinson) bluntly declares there is no escape. They must stand and fight their cyborg enemies. [read more]

True believers (1973)

While in Victoria assisting the Labor campaign for the May 1973 state elections, Gough Whitlam addresses a crowd in the Bendigo Trades Hall, and is presented with a gift. [read more]

Cities (1996)

A fascinating and discursive conversation between interviewer Andrea Stretton and Salman Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning novelist and essayist, about his interest in great cities. For Rushdie, the city is where diverse cultures collide, intermarry, eat each other’s food and sometimes ... [read more]

Escape to Australia (1995)

Chen Xing Liang describes how and why he came to Australia. Both his parents were tortured and died during the Cultural Revolution in China and the clip implies he was a participant in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. We ... [read more]

White Rose Flour Mill (c1927)

The clip begins with a scene at the front of the White Rose Flour Mill building on Bulwara Road, Ultimo. People walk by. A truck and car are shown driving down the street and people talking outside the building. John ... [read more]

Celebration (2007)

The music changes tempo with drumbeats and flute in this clip. There are images of people dancing, a couple kissing, women and men on the streets. In interview, several people speak about night being the time to celebrate, get drunk ... [read more]

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