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Alcohol, violence and a pathway forward (2011)
Local policeman Texas (Greg Tait) kicks off the first men’s group meeting in his small town in the Kimberley. Meanwhile in the city, TJ (Dean Daley-Jones) is at a pub. He tries ringing his son, Bullet, in the Kimberley but ... [read more]
Aircraft workshop (c1926)
Men work on various parts of planes inside an open hanger at an airfield. Men file and chip away at pieces of timber. Another man inspects a plane propeller which is then shown being attached to the front of a ... [read more]
‘Surfie chick or nobody’ (1981)
On the bus to school, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her best friend Sue (Jad Capelja) try to suck up to the head of the surfie chick clique, Tracey (Sandy Paul). When she gets into a fight on the floor of ... [read more]
Gough opens Dahlia and Arts Festival (1973)
In Bendigo assisting with the Labor Party’s campaign for the May 1973 Victorian state elections, Gough Whitlam opens the 2nd Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival. [read more]
Central Square (c1928)
From an elevated position above Central Square (now Railway Square) in Sydney, the camera films the bustle of the streets at rush hour where people transfer from trams to trains and suburban trams to take them out of the city. ... [read more]
Welcoming crowds (1927)
Many small boats and crowds wait for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York and watch the HMS Renown enter Sydney Harbour. [read more]
Band of brothers (1917)
Infantry and transport now move up through Bapaume, a short time after its occupation by the Australian 30th Battalion on 17 March 1917 (see clip two). On 19 March, the band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade plays in the ... [read more]
Free Aceh movement (2005)
After the Indonesian President Suhato was removed from power, the Acehnese in the north were promised a better life. However, Indonesian soldiers continued to oppose the Free Aceh Movement which, in response, intensified its push for independence, as human rights ... [read more]
Maureen Cahill (1988)
Maureen Cahill works with glass. She shows some of her works and talks about her love for the material. [read more]
Creation story (2005)
Agnes Palmer, or Lyaakiye as she is also known, sits facing camera. Agnes is an Arrernte and Kngwarraye woman. Agnes talks about being raised in the mission. Agnes is struck by the bareness of the white walls of the church ... [read more]
Yeeralparil tries to be tricky (2006)
We are now in the older story, right back with the first ancestors. Ridjimiraril (Crusoe Kurddal) has gone hunting because his three wives are acting up. Banalandju (Sonia Djarrabalminym) and Nowalingu (Francis Djulibing) fight with each other. When all the ... [read more]
‘Evil side of human nature’ (1991)
Polish journalist Beata Ligman visits Auschwitz concentration camp site for the first time in 1991. She remembers the German treatment of her people during the Second World War. [read more]
Pearl overboard (1937)
A Torres Strait Island crew member aboard the ‘Dugong’ finds a large pearl as Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) returns from the deep in his diving suit. The crew members cheer for joy, attracting the jealous attention of Mendoza (Ronald Whelan), who’s ... [read more]
Manufacturing a teapot (c1920)
A ten-tonne drawing press shapes the body of a teapot. A jeweller and two others watch a workman operate the machine and admire its product. The teapot body is then passed to another machine which cuts off the ‘scrap’ around ... [read more]
‘Go you Yagoona no-names’ (2006)
In the dressing rooms, the Yagoona Schooners are paralysed with fear because they have to play a team stacked with rugby league legends. Luc’s grandfather (Dao Minh Sinh) and his room-mate Bob (Leslie Dayman) leave the nursing home to join ... [read more]
A daring and unusual film (2006)
Margaret Pomeranz is reviewing the new Rolf de Heer film Ten Canoes. Excerpts from the film illustrate her words. [read more]
Movietone News titles (1945)
This clip is from the opening sequence for the Australian edition of Fox Movietone News, showing the laughing kookaburras. A superimposed graphic reads '20th Century Fox presents’ followed by 'Movietone News’ in block letters. The Movietone News graphic remains on ... [read more]
Cattle drive (2008)
The Drover (Hugh Jackman) prepares to lead the Faraway Downs cattle to Darwin. He explains the rules to Lady Ashley (Nicole Kidman), Nullah (Brandon Walters), Bandy Legs (Lillian Crombie), Kipling Flynn (Jack Thompson) and the rest of the team. [read more]
Family portraits (c1926)
Members of the Gidney family sit or stand in the garden of their Mount Eliza home and pose for the camera. They smile, laugh, wave and talk in front of the camera. [read more]
Banners held high (1956)
This clip shows part of the 1956 May Day march through Sydney’s city streets. Crowds of people, including many children, watch the parade from the curb. Some of the marchers hold banners urging peace, others carry flags representing different countries ... [read more]
