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Speaking forensically (1991)

Ian Cochrane (Sean Scully) finds a vital clue. Superintendent Wallace (Peter Cummins) tells Jock Brennan (Paul Sonkkila) that he will have to drill Cochrane on how to testify to the forensic significance of the find in court, a prospect Brennan ... [read more]

‘You’ve got yourself a man’ (c1970)

This clip shows three different ads from the late 1960s or early 1970s which feature the tagline 'when you get Roses, you’ve got yourself a man’. In the first ad, two young women sit in a train carriage. One (played ... [read more]

Don Bradman’s captaincy (1982)

Former international cricketer Bill O’Reilly recalls Don Bradman’s captaincy during the 1937 and 1938 test cricket series. [read more]

Incompetents at work (1986)

While our intrepid private detectives (Terry Bader and Richard Healy) are bungling yet another case, shadowing the factory owner’s wife (Anna Maria Winchester), their Girl Friday (Debra Lawrence) takes on the dirty work on the factory floor to find out ... [read more]

Scotties (1983)

While spending the day sick at home, Julie Fry (Rebecca Stewart) develops a theory about paper and tissue boxes. [read more]

What’s on TV? (1988)

While running away, Griffin (Hamish McFarlane) enters a showroom full of televisions that are all switched to the same channel. Confused, he stares at a man on screen, thinking the man can hear him, and asks him where the cathedral ... [read more]

A multicultural marriage (2004)

Dallas and Zabi are getting married. The couple met when Dallas, a law student, was teaching Zabi English. Zabi is a refugee survivor of the MV Tampa and Nauru. Scenes of the wedding are shown, including some of the Afghan ... [read more]

‘Get us out of this hellhole’ (2004)

The First Fleet is on its way to Botany Bay. Governor Arthur Phillip (Sam Neill), Reverend Johnson (Garry McDonald) and Lieutenant Clarke (Jack Davenport) discuss the colony’s prospects over dinner. Down below, the convicts scrabble for leftovers. When Clarke visits ... [read more]

‘Is it all right to take pictures?’ (1987)

Tourists take photos of the local people and pay a fee. A young Papua New Guinean is interviewed about his response to tourism. [read more]

Tramcar, San Francisco (c1977)

This clip shows a tram being turned around on a circular track, so it can head back up the hill on its return route. [read more]

Caste system (2000)

A group of people recite a poem written by Romaine Moreton about the racially-based caste system that operated in Australia until recent times. [read more]

‘(I’m) Stranded’ (1976)

This is a clip from '(I’m) Stranded’, performed by the Saints and written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. This song and the single’s B-side, ‘No Time’, were recorded at Bruce Windows Studios in Brisbane. [read more]

‘Waltzing Matilda’ (1927)

The first recorded version of Waltzing Matilda, recorded in London in 1927, by John Collinson, a British-born Australian tenor. [read more]

Frank Thring and his stars (1931)

Dressed in a dinner suit, Frank Thring – film director and head of Efftee Film Studios – addresses the audience in a speech to camera which introduces the studio’s first all-Australian talking picture program. Thring outlines his hopes for the ... [read more]

A baptism of fire (2006)

Marg’s first placement with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) was in South Sudan where a terrible civil war had been raging for over 20 years. She was thrown into the work from the very first moment she arrived at ... [read more]

Teen smoking (1994)

Rebellious teenagers smoke to annoy their parents. A mother and daughter discuss why the girl ran away from home. [read more]

Footscray, 1911 (c1911)

This clip captures scenes of daily life in the main streets of Footscray, Melbourne, in 1910 and 1911. [read more]

A Bali experience (c1971)

This clip shows a tourist group visiting a Balinese village and family compound where turtles are sold by the roadside. A salt-making settlement nearby is shown where, the voice-over explains, salt is boiled inside large cauldrons within huts. The group ... [read more]

‘Local mountain hillbilly’ (1994)

Local people’s comments on the Waters family and father Ces’s autocratic methods are intercut with Ces’s son Troy exercising with a punching bag and talking about his feelings after winning a bout. [read more]

‘Nice cockroaches’ (1994)

There are 5,000 types of cockroaches. Only six are considered pests. We look at the largest cockroaches, and meet Bonnie and Clyde who have become domestic pets. [read more]

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