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Municipal tramways (1910)
The camera pans across a large crowd gathered in the Malvern tram depot as a man standing on a spiral staircase addresses the audience. There are trams in a shed in the background. The camera films the first Prahran-Malvern tram ... [read more]
Panorama of Footscray (c1911)
This clip views the Melbourne suburb of Footscray from an elevated position. The camera pans clockwise to record a panoramic view of the buildings, streets, landmarks and layout of the area as it was in December 1910. [read more]
Murray Island law (1989)
The clip begins with a black-and-white photograph of the Murray Island Courthouse taken in November 1898. The plaintiffs’ lawyers discuss the importance of some of the cases heard by the Murray Island court. The clip includes a traditional dance by ... [read more]
Rain makes me sad (1986)
Rain falls on the fringe camp where the family are sheltered in their humble home, having been evicted from the housing commission house. The attempt to move up in the world has proven to be unsuccessful. Old Eva (Kath Walker) ... [read more]
Cherry picker rotation of muck train trucks (1963)
The process of cherry picker rotation of muck trains, and the cherry picker co-ordination with the drill jumbo, employed in Snowy Mountains Scheme tunnelling, is detailed. [read more]
Cold return home (2004)
African American ex-servicemen recall returning to prejudice and hatred by white Americans at the end of the Second World War. [read more]
‘A haven of refuge’ (c1924)
An intertitle introducing the work of the South Melbourne Methodist Mission is followed by an exterior shot of its church in Cecil Street, South Melbourne. A Sister from the mission walks through the streets with poor and orphaned children. Others ... [read more]
Practising at Lords (1930)
Members of the team practise batting in the nets at Lords Cricket Ground. Players smile for, and walk past, the camera. A pan of the bowlers practising in the nets is followed by more players captured casually in close up. ... [read more]
Police radio patrol (c1931)
In a dramatised scenario, a woman has her bags snatched by two thieves. A witness to the event comes to her aid and reports the incident to the local police station. Inside, a man receives the call by telephone and ... [read more]
Solo dance on Bungan Beach (c1936)
A solo dancer performs a dramatic contemporary dance routine on the shoreline of Bungan Beach. His routine contains arm gestures and facial expressions as well as leaps and lunges. As he dances, the ocean water licks his feet. The clip ... [read more]
Underdog wins (1984)
A quick overview of how Australia II won the America’s Cup in 1983. [read more]
Inside Hieronymous (2005)
Following their collision with the airship Hieronymous and their discovery of the skeletons of its crew, Dr Claude Belgon (Helmut Bakaitis) convinces Captain Griswald (Tommy Dysart) to continue their voyage to the island. [read more]
Secret ceremony (1996)
Narrator Ian McLaren explains how filmmaker Ian Dunlop was invited to film the initiation ritual of the Baruya people. Dunlop speaks about artistic energy and ceremonies, and initiation being the most important ceremony. He details the harsh circumstances young men ... [read more]
A family tragedy (1988)
Valerie Doyle grew up in Wittenoom. She shows reporter Paul Barry her family album from those times. Asbestos-related diseases have ravaged her family. They lived and married and had children in Wittenoom and never once were warned of any of ... [read more]
Gramophone (1983)
Michael Leahy’s photographs and footage show the highlanders surrounding and looking at a gramophone (with a 1930s recording of ‘Looking on the Bright Side of Life’ playing on the soundtrack). In an interview, later on in the film, one of ... [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]
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]
Gentle whale (1994)
Images of whales in the ocean are accompanied by soothing music and a commentary which is intercut with interview footage. Whales nurture their young like humans and the composition of whale songs is very similar to the way humans compose ... [read more]
