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Good Queen Bess (1928)
As the Spanish Armada’s flotilla of ships creeps towards England’s shores, Queen Elizabeth (George Browne) reviews her land troops assembled at Tilbury. The troops stand proudly in line. Once the Spanish come ashore, a fight with the English ensues. Finally ... [read more]
‘We want a song’ (1982)
Jackie (Jo Kennedy) returns home as a celebrity, having made the news as a tightrope walker, in a stunt set up by her cousin Angus (Ross O’Donovan). She entertains the bar at the Harbour View Hotel with a song, accompanied ... [read more]
Childhood remembered (2005)
Black-and-white photos of the parents of the filmmaker, Colin and Gloria Johnston. Both parents recount their childhood, and when they first met. [read more]
A concert at forty miles an hour! (1925)
The Wydawakes take their portable Magnavox Wireless in the car so they all can enjoy the novel experience of listening to music on their way to a picnic. [read more]
‘Housebreaking’ (1948)
With his sister Molly outside keeping watch, John breaks into a house through an unlocked window. The boy emerges and the pair walks briskly away, but they are seen by a boy watching from the apartment block above. Once safely ... [read more]
Lisa and Lucia (1983)
At the climax of a striptease given by Lisa (Alyson Best), Charles (Norman Kaye) unexpectedly gets up from his voyeur’s chair, walks briskly outside and heads towards the church across the road. [read more]
Lakeside (1970)
With two more races to go and two wins under his belt, Norm Beechey must win this race to clinch the title. A crash early on in the race doesn’t deter the rest of the field. The Shell team take ... [read more]
Vlad writes letters from space (1999)
Vlad the chimp astronaut walks across the sterile interior of his spacecraft. In his darkened room, he writes another letter home, which he files in a drawer with other, unsent letters. Vlad sits at a console, dwarfed by the letters ... [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]
Captain Elwood Ewatt (1984)
In 1942 the ocean liner President Coolidge was carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo. She accidentally struck two allied mines and sank. Captain Elwood Ewatt saved sailors lives trapped in the galley. He gave his own life to help ... [read more]
In native Australia (1917)
This is the entire footage with French intertitles. Highlights include a sequence where young Aboriginal men throw their spears at a target, then form a line and begin moving forwards and backwards, and finally charge with spears raised at the ... [read more]
Hide and seek (1968)
Sonny (Garry Pankhurst) and older brother Mark (Ken James) race through the Waratah National Park Wildlife Reserve playing a game of hide and seek with Skippy. Skippy wins round one and hides her eyes with her paws for a rematch. ... [read more]
‘An executioner’ (1997)
Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke talks about the difficulty of getting the necessary second opinion from a specialist before a termination can be carried out. Nitschke talks about the situation when relatives are not present and he is the only ... [read more]
Holiday lifestyles (c1922)
The holiday accommodation in Sorrento is shown, along with tennis courts and gardens. A title card ‘all the girls are lovely by the seaside’ introduces men in their swimming trunks and women with parasols relaxing on the beach. A group ... [read more]
‘Geez I’d love a Passiona’ (1979)
Bill (John Jarratt) is bored and thirsty on patrol, until the Australians discover a Viet Cong bush camp. They lay in wait for the enemy’s return. [read more]
Spotswood pumping station (c1922)
After seeing the interior of the electrical pumping station at Spotswood, an intertitle explains how sewerage is pumped through pipes from below to above the low watermark. A man walks through a section of pipe to illustrate its width and ... [read more]
Viewpoint (1965)
A woman (June Salter) who lost her husband in the Second World War worries that she will lose her son in Vietnam, after the introduction of conscription. [read more]
Among us (1954)
This clip shows Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arriving in George Street, Sydney, on Wednesday 3 February 1954. They are greeted by a huge, excited crowd. The Queen lays a wreath on the cenotaph at Martin Place. [read more]
