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Official parade (1932)

The Farey family travelled from Victoria to Sydney for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932. This home movie clip opens with a shot of the Farey family on a roadside stop on the Princes Highway at the ... [read more]

Prejudice against Lebanese (1996)

Lebanese men say that the police in the south-west of Sydney are prejudiced against them. A Lebanese father of six children says he feels unsafe in his house. We see the men in their backyards, and their families inside their ... [read more]

Rescue demonstration (1909)

This clip shows members of the South Australian Fire Brigade at their Wakefield Street headquarters in Adelaide demonstrating rescue and resuscitation techniques for the camera. Firefighters practise the 'fireman’s lift’ (used to rescue trapped people from a fire), wear protective ... [read more]

‘People die out in this country’ (2003)

Bogged and stranded a long way from help, Sandy (Toni Collette) asks Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) if she can borrow his phone, because she has no signal. He is reluctant to let anyone know they are lost. She explains how bad ... [read more]

Golfing sarong (1950)

A woman dressed in golfing attire practices her golf swing as a female voice-over explains the features of the ‘Sarong’ girdle the woman is wearing beneath her clothes. The action freezes as the camera zooms in and ‘sees through’ the ... [read more]

‘We’ve got to wear it’ (1997)

The Footscray Football Club plays Collingwood and is narrowly defeated. Their coach, Terry ‘Plough’ Wallace, gives the players a roasting after the game. [read more]

Nicaragua under attack (1984)

Nicaragua is attacked at its borders by the Contras. They are backed by the USA, which claims that Nicaragua is supplying arms to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. Tomás Borge, the Nicaraguan Minister for the Interior denies this, and ... [read more]

Cattle and TB (1984)

Vet David Bradley undertakes the dangerous job of testing wild cattle for tuberculosis. [read more]

‘A fertility symbol’ (1979)

Max the plumber (Ivor Kants) asks Jill the academic (Judy Morris) about her time in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He calls the PNG artefacts ‘boong stuff’, but identifies himself as a member of a disadvantaged ... [read more]

Kids and bombs (2007)

Laith Stevens talks about the aspirations of the Laos people as we see a teacher in front of a class telling the kids not to collect iron to sell. Kids walking along in the bush look for scrap metal and ... [read more]

Great sea voyage (1973)

After the Dutch ship Batavia is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, Commandant Pelsaert and 49 crew sail 1,200 miles in an by open boat to seek assistance in Batavia. [read more]

Camels, horses and buggies (2001)

A map of the Frew River area. A voice-over tells us about the inevitable conflict that occurred as a result of the pastoralists coming into contact with the Alyawawarra peoples. Sepia-toned footage (made to look like historic footage) of Indigenous ... [read more]

‘Anybody here?’ (2003)

Steve (Gary Sweet) arrives home from the office and has trouble getting into his house. Finally entering to find the vestibule dark and quiet, he smiles to himself, thinking he’s about to encounter a surprise birthday party. But when he ... [read more]

Touring Service reps and mapping expeditions (c1956)

A Shell representative makes notes describing the construction occurring in his area to pass the updated information to the Shell Touring Service. A landslide and floods are shown as the voice-over continues to explain how the Service contacts Shire Councils ... [read more]

PK chant (1976)

Islanders play cricket as the narrator (Jerry W Leach) explains the local customs of the game. One team gets an opposing player out then performs the 'PK’ chant, then an exit dance. [read more]

Melbourne Cup 1924 (1924)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel special shows highlights of the 1924 Melbourne Cup including the horses entering the racetrack, crowd, the showground, grandstand and the race which was won by Backwood. [read more]

HMAS Brisbane launched (1915)

Crowds gather at the docks at Cockatoo Island for the launching of the HMAS Brisbane on 30 September 1915. Mrs Fisher, wife of the then Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship’s bow. The ... [read more]

Recording (2007)

Jonathan Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks have only a few days in the recording studio to record their CD. [read more]

Wallenberg’s mission (1984)

Through historical footage, interviews and voice-over, this clip tells of the need to help save Hungarian Jews from the Nazis in 1944. [read more]

Razorback rampage (1984)

Carl Winters (Gregory Harrison) is attacked by the razorback at the Pet Pak factory. He tells Sarah Cameron (Arkie Whiteley) to run for her life. [read more]

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