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A child is lost (1987)
A child is missing and the family frantically search the streets of Surry Hills to find her. By the time the child is found and returned to her mother (Anna Hruby) and father (Shane Connor) we’ve been introduced to all ... [read more]
‘Pick it up!’ (1982)
Tim (Tim Pye) tracks down his son Ben (Ben Martin) who has run off down the road. He finds that to his surprise he has obeyed his father and collected most of the orange peel he threw out of the ... [read more]
Pirates at Port Jackson (1934)
On a stage set, a man dressed as a pirate standing on the deck of the Jolly Roger sings about a beautiful haven while his shipmates listen. As the song continues, a montage of images of Sydney Harbour and Port ... [read more]
Avon Dam (c1927)
This clip begins with members of the Archibald family and their friends walking towards the camera across a wooden bridge. Among the family members present are John Ernest Archibald, his wife Ellen Kay Archibald and children John Muir and Helen ... [read more]
Picnic (1982)
The mother (Pauline Sedgewick) makes a picnic on a beach for her kids. She hands out pies which they devour. It’s as if they are devouring her. The camera takes off away from the scene as though she is escaping ... [read more]
Street scenes in rainy Melbourne (c1925)
This clip shows traffic and pedestrians in central Melbourne during the 1920s. [read more]
Opening of Melbourne Hospital (c1918)
This clip shows Mrs Grice, other guests and members of hospital staff at the opening of the New Melbourne Hospital. It begins with an exterior of the hospital building, followed by shots of the corridors and patient wards filled with ... [read more]
Griffin’s vision (1988)
Cumbria, 1348. It’s night, during a full moon. The boy Griffin (Hamish McFarlane) collapses onto the snow and experiences one of his visions. His brother Connor (Bruce Lyons) sees this as a sign they must embark on a quest to ... [read more]
‘A good bloke down on his luck’ (2000)
Back in jail in 1991 for the malicious wounding of a drug dealer, Chopper (Eric Bana) enjoys being interviewed by an attractive television reporter (Renee Brack). He is now a best-selling author with fans all over the world, and young ... [read more]
Rescue and resolution (1937)
Mr Carthew (Brian Abbot) spots a ship as he and the pastor (George Doran) are stoking the beacon fire. Miss Fortescue (Mollie Kerwin) and Mr Packer (Desmond Hay) form a bond over his secret stash of whiskey. The ship’s imminent ... [read more]
A life sentence (1934)
Maitland (John Longden) has fallen asleep in the church, praying for the strength to confess his crime and clear his friend of murder charges. He’s about to tell the police when he sees the headlines – Alma Lee (Charlotte Francis) ... [read more]
Mayhem breaks out (1985)
Judah Bow (Peter Phelps), his friends and Abigail Kirk (Imogen Annesley) race down the stairs into the brothel. Abigail uses a broomstick to trip up the men chasing them and they end up in a pile at the bottom with ... [read more]
Jenny has a wacky side (1997)
Guy (Richard Roxburgh) tells Jenny (Frances O’Connor) off for how badly she has set the table for dinner. His parents (Genevieve Mooy, Michael Ross) arrive and Jenny mischievously explains why each object in the big pile now on the table ... [read more]
Bapaume is burning (1917)
Mounted transport columns move up the Albert-Bapaume Road, skirting a large crater created by a German mine. The road runs beside a light railway line recently built by the Australian Pioneers (see clip one). A tank lumbers over the shell ... [read more]
Agricultural implement factory (c1925)
Various parts of the implement factory are shown: workers carry out their tasks in the sheet metal department; a hammering machine shapes steel into shape; a man dips a large wheel-shaped piece of farming equipment into paint; women make canvas ... [read more]
For fear of it finishing (1992)
Kerry’s hard bitten mother, played superbly by Jacqy Phillips, doles out some advice born of bitter experience as she washes her daughter Kerry’s (Belinda McClory) hair. She is determined Kerry won’t have the sort of disappointments in life that she’s ... [read more]
Word play with Lotis (1992)
Poss (Erin Pratten) and Kim (Maria Nguyen) go into the lift, which is personified as Lotis, an artificial intelligence that talks to the children and can take them anywhere. When the girls talk about riding, Lotis opens the lift doors ... [read more]
A medical miracle (2006)
Professor Nagy Habib has invented a device that is saving lives in the hospital operating theatre. The Beyond Tomorrow medical reporter, Dr Caroline West, explains how it works. It’s a device called the Habib Sealer that seals the tissue in ... [read more]
Making bush toys (2008)
In this clip the Titjikala boys talk about making bush toys and demonstrate the process and method used. [read more]
‘Any other leads?’ (2008)
Police officer Steve Owen (Rodger Corser) discusses the Alphonse Gangitano murder case with his boss Gary Butterworth (Frankie J Holden), after discovering that the key witnesses have left the country. On the streets of Carlton, Alphonse Gangitano (Vince Colosimo) – ... [read more]
