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Family conference (2010)
A family conference in a deserted café about what to do in the wake of the murder of two cops in which the brothers have been involved. Family matriarch Smurf (Jacki Weaver) reminds her criminal sons Craig (Sullivan Stapleton), Pope ... [read more]
Traditions and customs (1959)
To give a feast for the visiting Commissioner, the villagers use vines to catch thousands of fish. It is a community effort, with each villager given a role. They make a big circle around part of the lagoon and tie ... [read more]
‘Show me to the officer’s dugout’ (2010)
Captain Woodward (Brendan Cowell) asks the young shell-shock victim Private Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson) to take him from the miners’ underground HQ to the officers’ dugout. [read more]
Beekeeping and making honey (c1940)
We see thousands of bees swarming on frames. A beekeeper uses a ‘smoker’ to blow smoke onto the bees so he can remove one of the frames and brush them off calmly. He uses a honey knife to strip the ... [read more]
David the recidivist (1999)
David has absconded from a youth training centre. He talks about how he just wants to live his own way, while his case officers discuss his criminal activities and his future. [read more]
Love song (1998)
You can watch Love Song here in its entirety. The setting is a desolate rocky landscape and cave. A motley crew of three punk-like rats (voiced by Richard Gray and Bruce Currie) provide the chorus for their buddy, the guitar ... [read more]
‘No killing, no injuries, no mines’ (2004)
This clip is taken from the last few minutes of the film. Habiba is a victim of a landmine in Afghanistan who now has an artificial leg as a result. She speaks movingly about her wish for an end to ... [read more]
Flying into war (1944)
A series of medium close-ups introduces eight Australian infantrymen by name: Pte AN McGregor (aka ‘Horse’), Lance-Cpl AC Pierson (‘Buster’), Pte RFC Northcott (‘Blue’), Pte AB Graffin (‘Puddin’), Pte MJ Driver (‘Maxie’), Corporal RA Box, Pte JH Adams (‘Shorty’) ... [read more]
All the Snowy’s People (1963)
The sequence shows the domestic settlements and the worksites of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in co-existence. [read more]
Applying sanctions (1973)
Robert Moore introduces the two guests and the very partisan audience for this debate about whether Australia should take sides in the future of Rhodesia. The first question is to Senator Sheil about whether sanctions are a good idea. He ... [read more]
Jack and Bryan (1983)
In this 1983 documentary, Australian actors Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown talk enthusiastically about the reviving Australian film industry. [read more]
The last preparation (1985)
The TPO officers arrive and set up the carriage for the final journey of the New South Wales TPO (Travelling Post Office) service. [read more]
Backyard betting (1938)
This newsreel segment begins with a title card which sums it up nicely: ‘slums, illegal gambling and SP bookmaking is a real and vital problem confronting the governments of Australia today’. Following newspaper headlines, the story unfolds to place illegal ... [read more]
Illywhacker (1986)
The unreliable narrator Herbert Badgery (Les Foxcroft) sits behind bars in a pet shop. He tells a tale – which he acknowledges is a lie – about the goanna seen in the opening image. But Herbert has a larger, possibly ... [read more]
‘30 million Matsuno-sans’ (c1948)
This clip begins with scenes of traditional and civilian life in Japan. Matsuno-san, according to the narrator, is an educated civilian of 'good type and a family man’. He reads at home with his family and drinks tea. The next ... [read more]
‘Our country, our rules, okay?’ (2007)
Frances (Robyn Butler) and staff members Dawn (Heidi Arena), Nada (Nicole Nabout), Neil (Bob Franklin), Ky (Keith Brockett), Lachie (Josh Lawson) and Matthew (Stephen Ballantyne), search for a suitable theme for Book Week but are interrupted by an early customer ... [read more]
Dr William Maloney MLA (c1934)
In an address to camera, 80-year-old Labor Parliamentarian Dr William Maloney comments on some of the achievements of his 45 years of political life, including helping to introduce the vote for women and removing the word 'illegitimate’ from the birth ... [read more]
Families (1985)
Carol is making coffee for Angie (Alyssa Cook) in the kitchen with her mother Alison Trig (Veronica Lang). Peter Trig (Terence Donovan) won’t let the rather overawed Angie walk home so drives her. Angie gets out at a fake address ... [read more]
Fangs of death (1938)
Fangs of Death enters the dangerous world of venomous snakes. It shows a professional snake handler with brown and tiger snakes; how to milk snakes for serum; and how to treat a snake bite wound with antivenin and a razor. ... [read more]
Jack captures Masura (2008)
Masura (Shingo Usami), lying down, has just finished remembering the events depicted in a flashback: in a combat zone in the south-west Pacific the exhausted Masura was ordered by his commanding officer to get back on his feet and march ... [read more]
