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‘They can see Australia!’ (1946)
Kingsford Smith and co-pilot Charles Ulm (John Tate) are nearing the Australian coastline, after a history-making flight across the Pacific from San Francisco. A violent storm has engulfed their plane, the converted Fokker now known as the Southern Cross. In ... [read more]
Allied apparel (c1915)
This clip begins with the animated title Cartoons of the Moment, then shows political cartoonist Harry Julius sitting at his desk reading a newspaper. He puts the newspaper down and begins to sketch. This cuts to an animated cartoon commenting ... [read more]
What you need to know (1974)
This is one of the two television advertisements produced to facilitate the change to metric on Australian roads in July 1974. [read more]
Folding mechanism of print machine (1911)
The folding mechanism of the printing machine at the Sydney Morning Herald is shown in operation, and then a mechanical hoist transfers the papers to the publishing room. [read more]
An organised destruction (1947)
The Creswick Forestry School ensures that scientific, theoretical and practical knowledge and experience inform forest policy, ensuring that reforestation, allocation of state forests, and protection against bushfires combat the ‘organised destruction’ of the industry. [read more]
Sea trials on HMAS Stuart (1963)
This is a brief clip showing a successful sea trial of the Ikara weapon, launched from HMAS Stuart. [read more]
Children playing war games (c1941)
Two children, Kay and Barry Roberts, play in the garden. The young boy (Barry), dressed in an army green helmet and holding a toy rifle, takes aim at a fake enemy off camera. The clip ends with him lying on ... [read more]
Official opening of Old Parliament House (1927)
This shows the Duke of York officially opening Parliament House in 1927, which is now Old Parliament House, in Canberra. A statue of King George V is then unveiled in the foyer and the senators leave for the first ever ... [read more]
Bernard Holtermann (1983)
Bernard Holtermann was a German migrant who arrived in Australia in 1858. In 1882 Holtermann found the largest gold nugget unearthed in the world at the time. He used his newly found riches to set up as a photographer. His ... [read more]
‘We Are Going’ (1986)
In this clip, Oodgeroo Noonuccal reads her poem ‘We Are Going’ in full to an appreciative audience at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney in 1986. [read more]
‘Life is a big struggle’ (2011)
In this clip, three Australian participants visit Dao and other relatives of a family they met in Australia – the Masudis – who remain ‘in limbo’ in Africa. They bring with them a video message from their Australian-settled relatives which ... [read more]
A tribute to Tamworth (1995)
Townsfolk and visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival pay tribute to the town. [read more]
Dorothy Tangney maiden speech (1944)
Recorded by the ABC in Sydney on 21 April 1944, Senator Dorothy Tangney reads the maiden speech that she originally presented in the Senate in Canberra on 24 September 1943. [read more]
‘Buy Australian goods’ (1924)
Packaged bundles of Australian woollen goods are ready for despatch to the capital cities nationwide. An intertitle introduces Miss Australia who appeals for the viewers’ support. A woman stands against a brick building behind a large Australian shaped sign which ... [read more]
In a bind (2007)
The clamp has come off the Shepherds’ family car and the electricity is back on for the Edwards family. Now for the hard part. The Edwards can’t seem to bring their energy consumption down because there are seven of them ... [read more]
Flood and drought (1957)
The aftermath of the Maitland floods reveals the death, destruction the disaster has left behind. Collapsed houses, destroyed cars and dead animals are amongst the mud and debris. As the clean-up effort commences, a piano accordion plays across the soundtrack. ... [read more]
A fashion parade with a difference (2005)
A group of Muslim Australian women travel all over Melbourne to put on their very special brand of fashion parade. Afterwards they stay to talk to the audience about their faith and especially why they wear the headscarf. [read more]
Children’s party (c1925)
This clip begins with a family of four – Mrs and Mr Albion with their two children Douglas and Wally – posing for a family portrait and is followed by a close-up of the youngest child, Douglas. The next scene ... [read more]
‘Had a car’ (2005)
Behind the wheel driving through the mining fields, Norman tells us that they used to get into his old Landrover to hunt kangaroo for meat, sometimes hitting the animal with the car. They would take about five or six 'roo ... [read more]
‘S(tore) H(igh) I(n) T(ransit)’ (2006)
Kenny (Shane Jacobson) drives a tanker full of sewage to the Melbourne sewerage farm at Werribee, as he explains the origins of the word 'shit’. Back at the depot, he demonstrates some of the damage sustained by his company’s portaloos. [read more]
