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‘Good evening’ (1978)
In the opening segment of The Naked Vicar Show, stars Ross Higgins, Kevin Golsby and Noeline Brown talk about political figures of the day. [read more]
Welcome to Faireezia (2005)
This is the Faireez series theme song that opens each episode. It introduces and reinforces the setting, characters and back-story. [read more]
Goodbye sunny New South Wales (c1917)
Soldiers are despatched to the front during the First World War in a public parade in Sydney to encourage recruitment. [read more]
Terra nullius (1989)
Professor Garth Nettheim presents historic background to the Murray Island case accompanied by footage of the Torres Strait Islands. [read more]
Garbage disposal (c1928)
Dramatised scenarios illustrate the right and wrong methods for disposing of garbage. Two men dump rubbish on the lawn next to the truck. The 'health inspector’ walks over with his hands on his hips, unimpressed. The accepted method for disposal ... [read more]
Five little Petals (1997)
The opening titles introduce the Petals and their world, a ramshackle garden that they call home. [read more]
Early Conrad Martens (1978)
Watercolourist Conrad Martens was born in England in 1801. Before coming to Australia he painted landscapes around England. Voice-over explains his technique, as we see examples of his early work. [read more]
Man’s inhumanity to man (1985)
Mike Lewis was an English serviceman filming the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp. He talks about his own horrifying experience of the aftermath, and his feelings about the Germans. [read more]
Police march on protesters (1972)
Protesters are gathered at the Aboriginal Embassy on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra in 1972. Police march on the Embassy, clashing with and arresting the protesters. [read more]
A war of nerves (2002)
Australia’s 'chocolate soldiers’ were all that stood between Australia and the highly trained and jungle-prepared Japanese forces. They were called 'chocos’ or 'chocolate soldiers’ because it was thought they would melt in the heat. The aim of the 'chocos’ was ... [read more]
A meeting of minds (2003)
News footage shows John Howard and George Bush at a press conference together at the White House prior to the invasion of Iraq. Despite the phalanx of media, they appear relaxed and seem the best of mates, with the US ... [read more]
Defining boundaries (1988)
Speaking to camera, Lorraine Mafi-Williams introduces us to Mrs Millie Boyd, the custodian of three major tribal boundaries in the far north coast of NSW. The Bundjalung (around Lismore), Githabul (Kyogle to Woodenbong), across inland over to the coast ... [read more]
Djedbang-ari (1953)
'Djedbang-ari’ is a three-part Indigenous manikay (song) and dance from the Yirrkala district in the far north-east of Arnhem Land. [read more]
Theme songs (1992)
This is the animated opening sequence, with the Lift Off series theme song followed by the episode theme song That’s Not Fair sung by the puppet Backsaks, complaining about how their lives are so unfair. [read more]
No time to waste (2007)
Fadi, the coach of his son’s Under 6 soccer team, holds a postmortem with the boys. Ahmed, one of the ICRA volunteers, collects the freshly printed ‘All Eyez on Youth’ posters and flyers and sets about distributing them. Back ... [read more]
‘Dear Avery…’ (1995)
Avery (Martin Jacobs) receives a letter from Catherine (Gillian Jones), a woman he met in Paris. Jeremy Fliszar (Jacek Koman) calls Sorel Atherton (Angie Milliken) with a request about her husband Christopher Houghton (also Martin Jacobs), who is currently in ... [read more]
Rare and colourful characters (2008)
We meet the people and chickens who will populate the film and get a glimpse of the unusual ride we’re about to embark on. [read more]
Survivors (1926)
This clip shows some of the survivors of the bushfires. Private J Sparks from the 46th Battalion has only a heap of melted pennies and a returned soldier’s medal left after the fires consumed all his other belongings. The desolated ... [read more]
Chocolate packing department (c1926)
In the chocolate packing department, lines of women wearing protective smocks and hairnets, hand select and carefully pack individual chocolates into boxes. One woman passes boxes of chocolates to another, who then makes a final inspection before folding over ... [read more]
Different worlds (1986)
The instructor of the self-actualisation course (William Zappa) is sprouting his New Age speak with the two private detectives (Terry Bader and Richard Healy) a captive audience. Meanwhile the thoroughly dependable Girl Friday (Debra Lawrence) gets to know the migrant ... [read more]
