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Musetta (2002)
The Australian opera is on tour with La Boheme. Musetta (Teresa La Rocca) sings one of the opera’s most popular arias from Act II. In it, she is trying to reignite her lover Marcello’s passion. [read more]
‘Still beautiful when you’re asleep’ (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) wake after a rough night. He has told her he doesn’t love her anymore; she refuses to accept it. Drunk and miserable the night before, she broke a plate on his head. In ... [read more]
A case of apples (1980)
The soldiers wait for their weekly designated phone call. Keghead (Tony Barry) discovers that, as usual, it’s a frustrating experience. [read more]
Seeing a man about a dog (1938)
Young Bill Ryan (Peter Finch) comes to see Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) about marrying his daughter Sarah (Valerie Scanlan). Unfortunately Sarah has always been known as Sal in the family – the same name as the family dog. Dad thinks ... [read more]
Aerial acrobatics and flying formations (c1935)
From inside an open cockpit, John Mack captures three Tiger Moths flying in a staggered formation close by. A single plane does some aerial acrobatics including a loop-the-loop, a falling leaf and flying upside down. [read more]
Hunting shark (1939)
This clip shows Coogee Beach, protected by a shark-proof enclosure; a man going out hunting for sharks; and a larger trawler which puts forward the ‘fight against the ever present menace of sharks’. [read more]
Coruba Jamaican rum (1979)
Opening on a Jamaican drummer, the camera sweeps to the sky and follows a giant bird carrying the product, a bottle of Coruba Jamaican Rum. We see a beautiful island and its playground attractions: gliding, skiing, palm-fringed beaches, musicians, bikini-clad ... [read more]
Social unrest (2000)
A group of young Indigenous men playing cricket. We are given a background on the Indigenous history of Fitzroy Crossing. Talking to camera, Jo Ross, who is known as Willigan, and Kevin Oscar tell us the yarn about the community. [read more]
A position of trust abused (1989)
Assistant Commissioner Graeme Parker (Bill Hunter) begins his evidence to the Inquiry by apologising for his part in the years of corruption that had characterised the Queensland Police Force. He claims that Sir Terence Lewis knew what was going on. [read more]
Road traps (1974)
Sir Laurence Hartnett is the former managing director of GMH. He comments that our roads are still a trap for drivers, with lanes suddenly merging without warning and inappropriate road signs that confuse and frustrate the driver, ... [read more]
Sherry, olives and cocker spaniels (c1934)
This clip shows a sherry party held by Melbourne socialite Jenny Faulkner, husband of Lou Connolly, at her home in South Yarra. The guests include a young shipping magnate, a German wool buyer, the wife of a tobacco owner, a ... [read more]
‘Don’t leave it too late’ (2011)
We are introduced to Kimberley cultural camp elder (John Watson), walking with a group of children amidst a bush setting as the Travelling Kimberley Songmen sing an upbeat song. This contrasts with TJ (Dean Daley-Jones), a young man from the ... [read more]
A potted postal history (1988)
This clip uses music over a selection of stills and archival footage to give a summarised history of the postal service in New South Wales. [read more]
‘We shall only be gone a little while’ (1975)
After their picnic lunch, school friends Miranda (Anne Lambert), Marion (Jane Vallis) and Irma (Karen Robson) ask permission from their French mistress Mademoiselle de Portiers (Helen Morse) to go for a walk around the base of the rock. Overweight Edith ... [read more]
‘What sort of mother do they think I am?’ (1988)
Connie (Lynette Curran) learns from a television report that her son Peter (Clayton Williamson) has chained himself to the Gamma Cenotaph in the town centre. He’s on a hunger strike in protest against the Roman boat leaving Gamma for a ... [read more]
‘Multiple personalities’ (1997)
Costume designer Lizzy Gardiner interviews the head of drama for the Seven Network, Jonathan Holmes, about the longevity of young soap stars. Gardiner also speaks to Isla Fisher about being a star of TV serials. Fisher says she has to ... [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]
Hoyts talking pictures roadshow (c1929)
An intertitle invites viewers to 'see for a brief moment’ the sound equipment for talking pictures. Then a Hoyts Talking Pictures Roadshow sound unit truck is seen coming down the street. Two uniformed men open the back doors and begin ... [read more]
A new multicultural home (1957)
In this 1957 clip, TE Carpenter (Pat Tingwell – younger brother of Bud), the boring contractor from Boorandarra, has taken a job on the Snowy Mountains Scheme and has been settled in the new township of Cabramurra. He and his ... [read more]
Australia’s front line (1942)
This clip begins with footage of Salvation Army headquarters where food and drink are provided to Australian troops. At a village base, Papuan stretcher carriers bring men to be tended by an AIF doctor who bandages the ... [read more]
