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A new Australian settlement (1949)

An Australian Landing Ship Tank, LST3501, arrives at Heard Island in late 1947 to establish an Australian base, for both strategic and scientific purposes. The men must initially unload everything by hand, until heavy equipment can be landed. They roll ... [read more]

A day at the beach (1956)

You can view the short film A Day at the Beach here in its entirety. This is an education film for children aged six to eight years, in which a young Australian family, the Mitchells, head to the beach on ... [read more]

‘Happier family motoring’ (c1956)

A family of six walk out of their house to the car. One of the sons helps his father pack the luggage into the boot as a voice-over narrator describes the spacious interior of the car, which can seat six ... [read more]

‘The societal moral norm’ (2006)

Karen Willis from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reflects on what she sees as the double standards between acceptable male and female sexual behaviour. AFL fan Christie talks to camera about the culture surrounding footballers and ... [read more]

‘The luckiest chicks in the world’ (2008)

Sisters Ella (Laura Gordon) and Taylor (Charlotte Gregg) leave a meeting with Alphonse Gangitano (Vince Colosimo) in a car driven by Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley). The sisters were due to testify against Gangitano after seeing him commit a murder. Gangitano ... [read more]

The mystery of the man in the tie (c1915)

As in clip one, the camera is on the wharf at Anzac Cove, but the pan is longer, covering more of the scene, and from a longer distance. The size of the encampment and the logistics required are more obvious. ... [read more]

The main street of town (1968)

Skippy, now on the run, pauses at the edge of town. Dr Stark’s henchmen, McMurtrie (Red Moore) and Snapes (Don Crosby), comment that she’ll end up on the main street and so she does. Pursued, she finds herself on the ... [read more]

Village meeting (2007)

The other griot sings about equality and that you can have rights even if you are poor. Men address a meeting and one calls on the women to speak. A woman speaks forcefully about the military hassling the miners, that ... [read more]

The Sundowner (1953)

Convinced her father was murdered, Kim Marsden (Jeanette Elphick) tells cattle station manager McLeod (Max Osbiston) she has sent for ‘the Sundowner’. McLeod claims the Sundowner is a myth created by Aborigines. [read more]

Politics in PNG (2004)

Several New Guineans express dismay at the corruption of local politics. One person says things were better under Australian colonial rule. [read more]

A trip to the cinema (1941)

In a burst of colour, eight children of various ages happily stream out of a suburban house and pile (miraculously) into a car waiting outside. The film then cuts to the children getting out of the other side of the ... [read more]

‘Most children adore Vegemite’ (c1948)

As young mothers take their children to baby health centres, clinics and day nurseries around the country, a male voice-over outlines the good work that these places are doing for young Australians. In the waiting room of a baby health ... [read more]

The housing problem in Victoria (1949)

An aerial shot of high density inner city housing is followed by a street level shot of children playing outside in the alleys. A young couple – Ted and Mary – walk towards their family home. Inside, the mother serves ... [read more]

Nearing the end (1985)

Burke (Jack Thompson), Wills (Nigel Havers) and King (Matthew Fargher) trudge towards the depot they left more than four months earlier at Cooper Creek. It is 21 April 1861. They have no food and the fourth member of the party, ... [read more]

A society wedding (c1914)

This clip begins with the arrival of guests at a wedding. The camera films from a static position at the entrance of the church as they get out of their cars and walk towards the church. The guests are followed ... [read more]

Lima bean bullies attack! (1998)

A happily napping little kidney bean (voiced by Andy Tamandl) is attacked by two scheming, bullying lima beans (voiced by Helmut Bakaitis). They grow legs and sneak up on it, playing with the kidney bean as if it were a ... [read more]

Sherlock is missing (2000)

Lauren (Jasmine Ellis) is horrified to discover that the nelf Horace (Frank Gallacher) has tricked her. Max’s (Jordan White) dog Sherlock has been sent to the animal shelter instead of the nelves. [read more]

‘We have survived’ (1981)

In this clip we hear the landmark Aboriginal protest song 'We Have Survived’, as performed by No Fixed Address on the soundtrack of Wrong Side of the Road (1981). [read more]

‘Loaded with dough’ (1919)

After two thieves attack and rob a wealthy farmer, John Harland (Snowy Baker) knocks one of them to the ground before chasing the other through city alleyways and streets, climbing a steep wall and jumping from a high bridge. Crash-tackling ... [read more]

The ‘futility of careless dressing’ (1930)

In an elaborate fitting room, careless Barb is always losing things. She has lost her shoes, and she just may lose her heart this evening too! But she despairs that her evening dress is ‘frightful’ because it ‘flops where it ... [read more]

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