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50 years of bad luck (1999)

Dexter the evil octopus has stolen the ancient stone, believing that it will help him gain the power he desires. Flipper and Lopaka have different plans. [read more]

GAM (2005)

US journalist William Nessen interviews soldiers from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). GAM’s chief spokesman, Sofyan Daoud, explains that GAM is fighting the Indonesian Government for self-rule. [read more]

Making biscuit kisses and chocolate creams (c1926)

A man uses his body weight and a hook secured on a wall to stretch out the caramel toffee used to make flavoured Ernest Hillier ‘kisses’. The dough is then fed into a machine that is ‘almost human’ in which ... [read more]

D 2.51 (2006)

After a futile attempt to speak to the Department of Debt over the phone, Woodman sets out to see them in person. [read more]

Furious five (2005)

The final and deciding round of the competition, ’Furious Five’, involves a quick-fire series of questions with free-for-all buzzer action. [read more]

Business as usual (2005)

The United Nations has just completed a report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo detailing how President Joseph Kabila and his cronies are pillaging the country of its mineral riches, aided and abetted by African and other foreign companies. [read more]

Henry ‘Breaker’ Morant (1973)

Using stock footage to accompany the voice-over, the narrator tells us, in detail, of the disputed circumstances of Morant’s birth in England, and of his arrival in Australia in 1884. We learn that as a young man in Western ... [read more]

A new life (1958)

New Adaminaby has been built further up the valley, well away from the flood waters that are slowly drowning the old town. The townsfolk speak with optimism about their future and seem to have accepted their fate with a rare ... [read more]

‘No-one’s hurt’ (2002)

Barry (Bryan Brown) shows his nephew Darcy (Sam Worthington) the counting house where the poker machine takings are processed. ‘Hollywood’ Riley (William McInnes) explains how they drain the machines of cash every night, limiting the possible payout to a few ... [read more]

200 to 1 (2003)

Jockey Bernie Cooper speaks to the owner of the racehorse Gentle Genius as she prepares to race it. The race starts, she pulls ahead, and the owners get very excited when she finishes in second place. Back in her change ... [read more]

Signing oath of allegiance (1901)

This clip shows Sydney’s Archbishop, William Smith, welcoming Lord Hopetoun and Prime Minister Edmund Barton, and dignitaries to the swearing in of Australia’s first federal cabinet and for the reading of the Proclamation of the Constitution at Centennial Park, Sydney ... [read more]

‘A metre of tulle’ (1989)

The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet. [read more]

‘It doesn’t belong to us’ (2000)

The Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council are holding their executive meeting. The women express their objection to the presence and abuse of substances in their communities. [read more]

Merauke, Dutch New Guinea (c1925)

Members of the cast and crew from The Jungle Woman (1926) stroll through a small village in Merauke with some of the locals cast as extras in the film. A man hands an object to a villager and then Frank ... [read more]

Threshing at Allora (1899)

Farm workers feed wheat sheaves into a threshing machine. A conveyor belt transports the processed wheat to a large stack. In the foreground, a team of horses brings a loaded cart of wheat to the machine. [read more]

Play, health and education (1962)

At Halls Creek, the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) conducts a hostel for schoolchildren from the surrounding areas, where they play and learn. AIM staff look on as the children play an educational game on the hostel ... [read more]

Talisman Sabre (2005)

The clip details the relationship between Australia and the US regarding weapons testing. A 20-year memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Australia in 2005 allows the two countries to carry out exercises in Australia including the use of ... [read more]

Your eyes are intense (2004)

At the local service station, Heidi (Abbie Cornish) inquires about a job. The young woman behind the counter, Bianca (Hollie Andrew) is curt and unfriendly. Heidi buys a pair of red gloves and goes walking by the lake. Back at ... [read more]

GPO street scenes (1942)

This unedited mute, black-and-white footage shows street scenes around the Sydney GPO, during removal of the clock tower in 1942. [read more]

It takes all kinds (2007)

Esther Blueburger (Danielle Catanzariti) is now attending Sunni’s (Keisha Castle-Hughes) school. The freedom she has there is very different to the regimented nature of her old private school. Sunni shows her around, giving the audience a visual run-through of the ... [read more]

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